Maalaiyitta Mangai (1958)

மாலையிட்ட மங்கை

Chandru completes his education in London and comes back to India. While Kamalam loves Chandru a lot, he falls in love with Sarasu, a poor girl, and marries her.

Date of release
1958-06-27
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
G. R. Nathan

Casting

Interesting facts

Maalaiyitta Mangai is a 1958 Indian Tamil-language film directed by G. R. Nathan and produced by Kannadasan under his own production company Kannadasan Films. A remake of the 1957 Bengali film Chandranath, it is based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's eponymous novel. The film's soundtrack was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. The film stars T. R. Mahalingam, Pandari Bai and Mynavathi, with Manorama, Kaka Radhakrishnan and C. Lakshmi Rajyam in supporting roles. The film was released on 27 June 1958 and became a success.

Production

Maalaiyitta Mangai is an adaptation of the novel Chandra Nath by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The film marked the acting debut of Manorama. In an interview, she recalled that it was Kannadasan who insisted her to perform the comical role for the film as portraying such characters would cement her status in the industry.

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