Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam
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| Directed by | T. R. Raghunath |
| Produced by | Pattanna |
| Written by | Sadasivabrahmam, Umachandran, K. V. Srinivasan |
| Starring | Gemini Ganesan Anjali Devi |
| Music by | Hemant Kumar Addepalli Ramarao |
| Cinematography | B. S. Ranga |
| Edited by | S. R. Chandra Sekaran M. Mani M. Siva Prakasam |
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Production
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Vahin,
Revathi Narasu Studios |
| Distributed by | Narayanan Company |
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Release date
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6 May 1955 |
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Running time
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167 Mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
The film script was written by K. V. Srinivasan, Umachandran, and V. Sadha Sivabramnam, and the soundtrack was composed by Hemanth Kumar and A. Rama Rao. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Anjali Devi, Lalitha, with M. N. Nambiar, T. P. Muthulakshmi, Friends Ramaswamy, Chittoor V. Nagaiah. The film was remade in Hindi as Devta (1956) The movie ran for 100 days at many cinemas across South India.[1] ContentsPlotThe King, Soora Simmahar (Chittoor V. Nagaiah), loses his sight and seeks a "Naga Jothi" (serpent light) found in Sarpalokam (Serpent World). A young servant from the King's palace named Vijayan (Gemini Ganesan) who is in love with Princess Nalini (Anjali Devi), undertakes the hazardous journey of retrieving the serpent light.Vijayan travels to the netherworld and discovers that the Serpent Queen, Naga Rani (Lalitha), jealously guards the light. Vijayan realizes that the Serpent Queen has become attracted to him, and so he pretends to return her love so as to get the light. After Vijayan successfully takes the light, the Serpent Queen becomes aware of his trickery and curses him, turning him into an ugly man. When Vijayan returns home, Princess Nalini marries him despite his ugliness, however, they are banished from the palace and are forced to live in a hut. Soon after, they have a baby boy, and happily live together in the hut. Vijayan's devoted wife and their son withstand many trials and tribulations. Eventually Vijayan regains his original physical being.[1] ProductionBhanumathi Ramakrishna, who gained fame from her work with Swargaseema (1945), was cast at one point. She sang the song "Unnai Kann Theduthey," which was used in the film even though she left in the middle of production.[1] Lalitha was cast as a vamp after production commenced, as a substitute for Bhanumathi. Others in the cast included M. N. Nambiar, V. Nagaiah, M. N. Rajam, T. P. Muthulakshmi and 'Friend' Ramasami. Gemini Ganesan disguised himself as a beggar and approached producer Narayana Iyengar, who was so impressed that he gave him the role in the film.[2] The climax of is film is widely considered a classic scene of fifties Bollywood. This film had its dance sequences by Anjali Devi in gorgeous Gevacolor which was something rare in that decade.[3]
CrewSoundtrack
Some songs from the film became hits, the most popular being "Unnai Kann Theduthey". This song was filmed later with Lalitha and was first rendered by P. Bhanumathi. The sequence was shot before the actress chose to walk out of the film. This song (lyrics penned by Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam), is still fondly remembered by Tamil movie fans. Bhanumathi told Randor Guy years later that in the song recorded with P. Suseela, the hiccups were hers. This was one of Suseela's early hits as playback singer.[1][5][6] "Unnai Kann Theduthey" was later remixed by G. V. Prakash Kumar in Va Quarter Cutting (2010).[7]
RemakeKanavaney Kankanda Deivam was remade in Hindi as Devta (1956),[1] where Gemini Ganesan and Anjali Devi returned.[8]ReferencesExternal links | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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