Kathanayaki

1955 Indian film

19 February 1955 (1955-02-19)

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Kathanayaki (pronunciation^ⓘ) transl. Heroine) is a 1955 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by K. Ramnoth and produced by T. R. Sundaram. The film stars Padmini, T. R. Ramachandran, M. N. Rajam and K. A. Thangavelu. It was released on 19 February 1955. The film's story takes inspiration from the 1951 film Happy Go Lovely.

Plot

The story set in a drama troupe company. Padmini leaves home and joins drama company whose owner T. R. Ramachandran falls in love with her. She faces many problems and how she and her boyfriend solve them forms the rest of the plot.

Cast

Padmini
T. R. Ramachandran
M. N. Rajam
K. A. Thangavelu
K. Malathi
T. K. Ramachandran
K. S. Angamuthu
A. Karunanidhi
P. S. Gnanam
P. D. Sambandam
K. R. Jayagowri
K. K. Soundar
M. R. Santhanam
V. P. S. Mani
T. K. Kalyanam
Jayasakthivel
S. Ramarao
M. R. Sundaram
R. M. Sethupathi
Rajasekharan
Raju
Nagaratnam

Soundtrack

Music was scored by G. Ramanathan while the lyrics were penned by Suratha, Kannadasan and Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.^[1]

No.	Song	Singer/s	Duration (m:ss)
1	"Kodi Naatuven, Vetri Kodi Naatuven"	P. Leela	04:57
2	"Adhirshtam Adhu Ishtamaaga Varuvadhu"	P. Leela	03:09
3	"Ammammaa Aagaadhu Aavesam Koodadhu"	S. C. Krishnan & K. Rani	03:12
4	"Pasi Pasi Pasi Parama Ezhaigalin"	S. C. Krishnan & K. Rani	03:22
5	"Idli Saambaar, Namma Idli Saambaar"	S. C. Krishnan	03:06
6	"Adho Varugiran" (Sathiyavan Natagam)	S. C. Krishnan	04:05
7	"Maalai Onru Kaiyil" (Kannagi Natagam)	K. Jamuna Rani & Radha Jayalakshmi	12:04
8	"Perum Panathile Pirandhu"	P. Leela & Swarnalatha	03:35
9	"Duraiye Ilamai Paaraai"	A. M. Rajah & K. Jamuna Rani	05:48
10	"Karpanai Kanavinile Naan Oru"	A. M. Rajah & Swarnalatha	03:20
11	"Alolam Alolam" (Sri Valli Natagam)	S. C. Krishnan & Swarnalatha	02:42

Release and reception

Kathanayaki was released on 19 February 1955.^[2] According to historian Randor Guy, the film was not successful as some critics felt it had a "predictable" storyline.^[3]

References

^ Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 86.
^ "Kathanayaki". The Indian Express. 19 February 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ Guy, Randor (31 May 2014). "Kathanayaki (1955)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

External links

Kathanayaki at IMDb

Modern Theatres

Key people

T. R. Sundaram (founder)

Films produced

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