தெனாலி ராமன்

தெனாலி ராமன் (1956)

King Krishnadevaraya becomes a puppet in the hands of the courtesan Rangasani, who has been planted in the kingdom by enemies. It is up to Tenali Raman, a poet, to save the king and his kingdom.

Data di uscita
1956-03-27
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Durata
3 h 15 min
Generi
Storia, Commedia, Dramma
Regista
B. S. Ranga

Cast

Curiosità

Tenali Raman is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language historical comedy film written and directed by B. S. Ranga, based on Ch. Venkataramaiah's play Tenali Ramakrishna. Produced for the banner Vikram Productions, the film stars Sivaji Ganesan, V. Nagayya, P. Bhanumathi, Jamuna and Thiruvengadam Chettiyar. Ranga also handled the cinematography while P. G. Mohan edited the film. Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy composed the soundtrack and background score.

Production

After the success of his first production venture Maa Gopi (1954), B. S. Ranga wished to produce and direct a historical film based on the life of the 16th century Telugu poet and scholar Tenali Rama, who was one of the Ashtadiggajas (a collective title given to the eight Telugu poets in the court of Krishnadevaraya, which literally translates to eight great elephants).

Venkataramaiah's play was comical in nature, and focused plainly on the life and times of Rama. Fearing that it would fail to translate on-screen effectively, Samudrala and Kannadasan decided to incorporate political elements during the rule of Krishnadevaraya. While Samudrala focused on the administrative aspects of Krishnadevaraya, Kannadasan opted to "humanise" the king by writing scenes related to his personal life and preferences.

Ranga cast Sivaji Ganesan to play Raman in Tamil with Akkineni Nageswara Rao replacing him in the Telugu version. N. T. Rama Rao and V. Nagayya were signed to play Krishnadevaraya and his minister. M. N. Nambiar played the role of the kingdom's royal priest and was replaced by Mukkamala in the Telugu version.

Ranga approached P. Bhanumathi to play Krishna. Initially disinterested, Bhanumathi accepted the offer keeping in view Ranga's association as a cinematographer for films produced by the former's production company Bharani Pictures. Surabhi Balasaraswathi, Jamuna and Master Venkateshwar were cast in key supporting roles.

Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy were signed to compose the soundtrack and background score for both the versions. In addition to directing, Ranga also worked as the director of photography. P. G. Mohan edited the film. Vali and Ganga were the art directors, while Chopra and Gopalakrishnan choreographed the dance sequences.

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