Kanavane Kan Kanda Deivam (1955)

Interesting facts

Kanavane Kankanda Deivam is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language fantasy film directed by T. R. Raghunath and produced by Pattanna. The film stars R. Ganesh and Anjali Devi, with V. Nagayya, M. N. Nambiar, Friend Ramaswamy and Lalitha in supporting roles. It revolves around a man who steals an object to cure the king's blindness and marry the princess, but becomes cursed because of the theft and seeks to undo it.

Production

Kanavane Kankanda Deivam was directed by T. R. Raghunath, and produced by Pattanna and Narayana Iyengar under Narayanan Company. The story was written by K. V. Srinivasan, Umachandran and Sadasivabrahmam, while Srinivasan wrote the screenplay and Umachandran the dialogues. Cinematography was handled by B. S. Ranga. The producers initially rejected R.

The producers cast Anjali Devi as the princess Nalini after being impressed with her performance in Sorgavasal (1954). P. Bhanumathi was initially cast as the snake queen Nagarani after production began. She filmed many sequences, including the song "Unnai Kann Theduthey", but left in the middle of production. The role was later recast with Lalitha. Ganesh performed many stunts without the use of a stunt double.

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