Directed by R. M. Krishnaswamy Screenplay by A. T. Krishnaswamy | Produced by V. C. Subburaman Story by Acharya Athreya | |
Starring Chittor V. Nagaiah
Pandari Bai
B. S. Jayamma
P. V. Narasimha Bharathi
R. S. Manohar
C. K. Saraswathi
M. Saroja
and others Music by G. Ramanathan
Chittor V. Nagaiah &
C. N. Pandurangan | ||
Gumastha (English: Government Clerk) is a Tamil language film released in 1953 with Chittor V. Nagaiah, R. S. Manohar and Pandari Bai in the lead roles. The film was produced in Tamil and Telugu under the same title.
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Plot
Ranganathan is a government clerk struggling in life with a low salary and a big family. He has to support his aged father, his wife, two children, his brother Gopu and an unmarried sister, Susheela.
Though Gopu is a smart young man, he couldn't continue his college education due to the financial situation in the family. In the meantime, a rich man's son, Ravi meets Susheela and gets attracted towards her. Eventually, they both become lovers. Ravi has a medical problem in the heart. The doctor advise him against marriage. But he dismisses it and marries Susheela. She comes to know about Ravi's medical condition and refuses to be intimate with him. However, one day Ravi forces and make love to her due to which she becomes pregnant.
People, who know about Ravi's medical condition, suspects Susheela as carrying someone else's child. She becomes distressed. Her old father, learning about her plight, dies of shock.
How the government clerk Ranganathan, her brother, solves the problems forms the rest of the story.
Cast
Chittor V. Nagaiah as Ranganathan (Gumastha)
Pandari Bai as Susheela
B. S. Jayamma as Seetha, Ranganathan's wife
P. V. Narasimha Bharathi as Ravi
T. N. Sivathanu as Ravi's father
Friend Ramasamy as Ravi's friend
R. S. Manohar as Gopu
M. L. N. Kausik as Shankar
C. V. V. Panthulu as Shankar's father
T. V. Sethuraman as friend's father
V. K. Karthikeyan as Harmonium artiste
Karuppaiah as Astrologer
P. Sundara Bashyam Naidu as Ranganathan's father
Balan as Guptha
V. T. Kalyanam as House owner's son
Anilkumar as Ranganathan's son (small boy)
Bairavan as Ranganathan's son (grown up)
P. Kalyanam as Ranganathan's son's friend
C. K. Saraswathi as Ravi's mother
M. Saroja as Pappi
Menaka as Rani
K. S. Angamuthu as milkmaid
Venubai as Shankar's mother
Baby Uma as Ranganathan's daughter
Crew
Producer: V. C. Subburaman
Director: R. M. Krishnaswamy
Story: Acharya Athreya
Screenplay: A. T. Krishnaswamy
Cinematography: R. M. Krishnaswamy
Editing: K. Satyam
Photography: Nagaraja Rao
Choreography: Madhavan
Lab: Vijaya
Production
The film was produced by V. C. Subburaman under the banner Aruna Films and was shot at Film Centre, Madras
Sound Track
Music was scored by G. Ramanathan, Chittor V. Nagaiah and C. N. Pandurangan while the lyrics were penned by A. Maruthakasi & S. D. S. Yogi. Singers are: Chittor V. Nagaiah & B. Jayamma. Playback singers are A. M. Rajah, M. L. Vasanthakumari, K. Rani, G. Kasthoori & K. R. Chellamuthu.