Thangapadumai (1959)

தங்கப்பதுமை

Sivaji Ganesan plays the younger physician to the king (R. Balasubramaniam) and his wife (Padmini) was modelled on Kannagi as the personification of female virtues. The physician is commanded to the palace to treat the king where the princess (M. N. Rajam) falls for him and virtually enslaves him, preventing him from going back to his wife.

Date of release
1959-01-10
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
3h 4m
Genres
Drama
Director
A. S. A. Samy

Casting

Interesting facts

Thanga Padhumai is a 1959 Indian Tamil language film starring Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. The film was co-written and directed by A. S. A. Sami, produced by M. Somasundaram under Jupiter Pictures, and had music by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. Thanga Pathumai proved to be a hit in its re-release, and won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for the year 1959.

Production

In the late 1950s, Somu of Jupiter Pictures thought of remaking Kannagi (1942) with Sivaji Ganesan starring as Kovalan. He screened the film to mentor C. N. Annadurai who watched it along with A. S. A. Sami, who was to direct the potential remake. After watching the film, Annadurai told them that remaking the film would not prove successful.

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