Genova (1953 film)

Genova is a 1953 Indian Malayalam film, directed by F Nagoor and produced by EP Eppan. The film stars MG Ramachandran, B. S. Saroja in lead roles. The film had musical score by MS Viswanathan, Jnanamani, Kalyanam. The film was remade in Tamil and this version was released two months after the Malayalam release. All the main roles in both the languages were performed by same artistes, except for the villain role enacted by Alleppey Vincent, which was done by P. S. Veerappa in the Tamil version. It is the one and only Malayalam film in which MGR acted. It also is the debut of Malayalam film of actor M. G. Chakrapani, music director M. S. Viswanathan, lyricist and dialogues writer Swami Brahmavrathan, lyricist Pethambaram, and director F. Nagoor.