Koteeswaran

Koteeswaran (1955)

கோடீஸ்வரன்

After completing their studies, best friends Chandru and Shankar return to their village and get shocked to learn about the prevalence of the dowry system. Soon, they raise their voices against it.

Date of release
1955-11-13
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Sundar Rao Nadkarni

Casting

Interesting facts

Koteeswaran (transl. Millionaire) is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language comedy film co-written, co-produced, edited and directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, S. Balachander and Ragini. Based on B. V. Warerkar's Marathi play Haach Mulacha Baap, it revolves around two friends setting out to fight against the dowry system in their village. The film was released on 13 November 1955.

Production

Koteeswaran is based on Haach Mulacha Baap, a Marathi play written by B. V. Warerkar. It was directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni who also produced the film with B. Radhakrishna under Sri Ganesh Movietone, and wrote the screenplay alongside Kangeyan. The dialogues were written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass and Kangeyan. Cinematography was handled by G. K. Ramu, the art direction by D. S. Kotkavngar and the editing by Nadkarni.

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