Directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao Screenplay by V. Sadha Sivabrahmmam Director Tatineni Prakash Rao Music director S. Rajeswara Rao | Produced by Shankar Reddy Music by S. Rajeswara Rao Running time 3h 17m | |
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Based on The Wreck (Noukadubi)
by Rabindranath Tagore Starring Gemini Ganesan
Anjali Devi
A. Nageswara Rao
Savitri
S. V. Ranga Rao Written by Vempati Sadasivabrahmam, C. V. Sridhar Cast Gemini Ganesan, Anjali Devi, Savitri, S V Ranga Rao Similar Maaman Magal, Káthirunda Kangal, Guna Sundari, Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam, Thamarai Nenjam | ||
Mathar Kula Manickam (தமிழ்: மாதர் குல மாணிக்கம்) is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Tatineni Prakash Rao and produced by Shankar Reddy. The screenplay and dialogue were written by V. Sadha Sivabrahmmam and C. V. Sridhar, respectively. The film's soundtrack and score were composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, A. Nageswara Rao, Anjali Devi, Savitri and S. V. Ranga Rao in the lead. Also filmed in Telugu under the title Charana Daasi, both versions were critical and commercial successes.
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Plot
The story revolves around a man, who presumes that his wife is dead in a train accident, and gets married to another woman. It turns out that his wife survives and comes back to his house to work as a servant.
Cast
Crew
Production
The film is based on Rabindranath Tagore's novel, The Wreck. The director Tatineni Prakasa Rao chose to replace the boat crash sequence in the novel with a train accident in the film, inspired by a real event that took place near Ariyalur. C. V. Sridhar, then an upcoming writer, was recruited as the dialogue writer. The film was shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu languages, with the Telugu version titled Charanadasi. Mathar Kula Manickam remained the only Tamil film in which Anjali Devi and Savitri co-starred.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and lyric were written by Udumalai Narayanakavi, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Doss, A. Maruthakasi and Vembatti Sathyam.
Release
Mathar Kula Manickam and Charanadasi, the Tamil and Telugu versions respectively, were released the same year and were box-office successes. The former helped Gemini Ganesan and Anjali Devi establish a career in Tamil cinema. It was later remade in Hindi as Ghunghat (1960), by S. S. Vasan, and was a moderate success at the box-office.