Mullaivanam

Mullaivanam is a 1955 Indian Tamil language film produced and directed by V. Krishnan. The film features Sriram (Madurai Sriram Naidu) and Kumari Rukmini in the lead roles.^[2]

Plot

A woman, Bhavani, travels in an old Postal Delivery van. Another passenger tells a story to her. There was a young woman who was in love with someone. But she had to marry her aunt's brother being forced by the aunt. Her husband is a crooked person. However, during the marriage ceremony the thaali (Mangala Sutra) goes missing. So the ceremony is halted. How the young woman marries her lover forms the rest of the story.^[2]

Cast

• Sriram
• Kumari Rukmini
• P. S. Veerappa
• P. S. Gnanam
• A. Karunanidhi
• S. A. Natarajan

Production

The film is one of the many films produced by V. Krishnan who owned Aravind Pictures in Coimbatore. The dances were by Rajeswari and Lalitha Rao. Choreographer is a well-known natuvanaar, Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan, while the lyrics were penned by Ku. Sa. Krishnamurthi, Thanjai Ramaiah Das, Ka. Mu. Sheriff and Ko. Ku. Playback singers are: M. K. Vijaya, Guruvayur Ponnamma, A. P. Komala, (Radha) Jayalakshmi, Jayasakthivel, Gajalakshmi, and T. M. Soundararajan.

The following song list was compiled from spicyonion.com ^[3]

References