''Vanagamudi'' () is a 1957 Indian

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-language film starring

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji G ...

and Savitri. The film directed by P. Pullaiah, had musical score by

G. Ramanathan Gopalan Iyer Ramanathan was an Indian music composer for Tamil movies. He is also known as ''Isai Methai'' (Genius of Music) or ''Sangeetha Chakravarthy'' (Emperor of Music) and is considered to be one of the influential Tamil music composers ...

and was released on 12 April 1957. The film was a super hit at the box office.

Plot

Cast

;Male cast *

as Architect Chitrasenan * M. K. Radha as King * V. Nagayya as Sevappan * M. N. Nambiar as Narendran *

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as Paranjothi ;Male support cast * M. R. Santhanam, Nat Annaji Rao,
Thangappan and Gemini Balu. ;Female cast * Savitri as Devasundari *

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as Mangalam *

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as Ambika * M. Saroja as Neelaveni ;Dance *

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, and the lyrics by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass. The song "Ennai Pol Penn" is set in

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raga, and "Vaa Vaa Valarmathiye" is set in

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Release and reception

''Vanangamudi'' was released on 12 April 1957. During the time of its release, Mohan Arts handcrafted an cutout which was kept at the Chennai-based Chitra theatre. According to Mohan Arts founder K. Mohan's son Harinath, it was the tallest standee made in the whole of Asia at that time. On 19 April 1957, ''

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'' positively reviewed the film, particularly Ganesan's performance. The film emerged a commercial success.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0256421 1950s Tamil-language films 1957 films Films directed by P. Pullayya Films scored by G. Ramanathan Indian epic films