Parijatham (1950 film)

Production

The film was produced by S. K. Sundararama Iyer under the banner Lavanya Pictures.

Plot

The film has three story lines. The first line which is the first part is about the well known myth of Naragasura. Naragasura, the demon king has invincible powers due to the boons he had received from Devas and with all that he wreaks havoc on everyone. Narada knows that only Bama, the wife of Krishna who was Naragasura`s mother in the previous birth can annihilate him. Narada adept in his his covert ways to achieve his goals subtly gifts a parijatham flower to Krishna and make him in turn gift it to his first wife Rukmani. As expected the demon king dies at the hands of Bama but not before making a request that his day of death be celebrated by people as Deepavali. The next story line has the same parijatham that breeds enmity in Bama against Rukmani. Finally she understands that Rukmani`s devotion to Krishna far exceeds her own, a humbling experience. There is a third line which is a comic interlude that instersects the film throughout. N.S.krishnan, T.A.Mathuram and side kicks Kaka Radhakrishnan and Pulimootai Ramasamy take care of that.

Sound Track

Music was composed by C. R. Subburaman and S. V. Venkatraman Lyrics were written by Santhanakrishna Naidu, Papanasam Sivan, Kambadasan, Udumalai Narayana Kavi and K. D. Santhanam. Singers are T. R. Mahalingam, N. S. Krishnan & T. A. Madhuram. Playback singers are M. L. Vasanthakumari, T. V. Rathinam, K. V. Janaki, P. Leela, Jikki, S. V. Venkatraman & C. R. Subburaman.

Comedy Track

N. S. Krishnan virtually stole the film right under the nose of all the stars in the film with his brand of socially reformist and irony-rich comedy track. Randor Guy says the film is remembered for the satire-rich comedy of NSK.