Inbavalli

Production

The film was produced by Shyamala Pictures and shot at Ratna Studios, Salem. The film is a folklore-genre tale with incredible twists. May be inspired by the classic The Arabian Nights, this film has scenes where humans are transformed into animals like bears and monkeys and also shows a kind of mirror in which one can see the past and the future.

Plot

It is a love story between a princess and the minister's son. Both of them grew up together and eventually fall in love with each other. However, the reigning queen has an idea of marrying her daughter to a prince. Learning this, the lovers elope together during a night. A massive hunt for them begins. There is a wily magician who is also interested in the princess. He finds the minister's son and captures him by his tricks. But an old lady saves the minister's son. She transforms him into a parrot. The parrot flies away and escapes. The palace dancer take refuge of the parrot. After many twists and turns finally the lovers are united.

Cast

T. R. Mahalingam as Minister's son
B. S. Saroja as Princess
M. D. Krishna Bai as the Queen
M. R. Swaminathan as the wily Magician
P. K. Saraswathi as the Palace Dancer
N. S. Krishnan
T. A. Madhuram
E. R. Sahadevan
S. Menon
K. S. Angamuthu
T. V. Sethuraman
C. V. Velappa
P. Sundar Rao
A. V. Ramkumar
R. Vinayakam
M. Lakshmanan
M. Saroja
Sethulakshmi
K. Jayalakshmi
Bhagyalakshmi
K. S. Harihara Iyer
Kaka Radhakrishnan
M. Saminathan

Crew

Production: Shyamala Pictures
Director: S. Notani
Story: P. A. Kumar
Screenplay & Dialogues: Elangovan and M. Lakshmanan
Editing: S. Notani
Choreography: Vaideeswarankoil Muthuswami Pillai
Studio: Ratna Studios, Salem
Cinematography: V. P. Aikthap

Fake Horse Dance

One of the attractions of the film was a folk art dance ‘Poikaal Kudhirai Aattam’ brilliantly executed by N.S. Krishnan.(See Sound Track for video).

Sound Track

Music was composed by G. Ramanathan and lyrics were penned by Rajagopala Iyer and K. P. Kamatchi. Singers : T.R. Mahalingam, P.A. Periyanayagi, T. V. Rathinam, and P. Leela.