Madanakamarajan
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Producer S. S. Vasan Duration Language Tamil | Director B. N. Rao Written by B. S. Ramiah Cast Kothamangalam Subbu Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 28 November 1941 Genres Tamil cinema, World cinema Similar movies S S Vasan produced Madanakamarajan and directed Chandralekha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Madanakamarajan (Tamil: மதனகாமராஜன்) is a 1941 Tamil film directed by B. N . Rao and produced by S. S. Vasan. It was the first film for Vasan as producer.
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Production
In 1940, S. S. Vasan purchased director K. Subramaniam's Motion Pictures Producers' Combine (MPPC) studios in a court auction. The company was renamed as Gemini Studios and entered film production in association with a group of businessmen from Dindigal. Dindugal Amirtham studios and Gemini came together to produce a new film titled Madanakamarajan. Later differences arose between them and Vasan bought out his partners and produced the film alone. B. N. Rao (Balakrishnan Narayanan Nair) was hired to direct the film. The film was based on a screenplay written by playwright B. S. Ramaiya. Carnatic musician V. V. Satakopan and popular actress K. L. V. Vasantha were cast in the lead roles. Table tennis player N. Krishnamurthy and Kothamangalam Subbu were cast in a supporting roles. Comic relief was provided by the comedian T. S. Durairaj. The film was advertised as a "Produced for Dindugal Amirtham Talkies At Gemini Studios" and not officially produced by the Gemini Studios. M. D. Parthasaraty and S. Rajeshwara Rao composed the music while Papanasam Sivan wrote the lyrics. The camerawork has handled by Adi M. Irani. The completed film was 17,907 feet in length.
Plot
Madanakamarajan is tale of the adventures of a prince (Satakopan) and his friend (N. Krishnamurthy).
Cast and crew
Reception
The film was released on 28 November 1941 and was a commercial success. Gemini Studios went on to become a major player in the Tamil film industry
Soundtrack
Partial list of songs in Madanakamarajan:
References
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