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Mangamma Sabatham (1943 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Mangamma Sabatham' is a 1943 Indian Tamil-language film, starring Vasundhara Devi, Ranjan, N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram. The film was produced by S. S. Vasan and directed by T. G. Raghavachari, credited as Acharya. The film was remade in Hindi and Telugu as 'Mangala' (1950 and 1951), in Sinhala as 'Mathalan' (1955) and again in Telugu as 'Mangamma Sapatham' (1965).
Plot
Mangamma, a village girl, is humiliated by a prince and vows to take revenge. She vows to make the prince marry her and have a child who would whip the prince in the court. However, her plans are almost foiled when the prince imprisons her when she tries to seduce him. The story revolves on how she tricks him into falling in love with her and begets a son through the prince who ultimately whips him in court.
Cast
Adapted from the song book:
* Vasundhara as Mangamma
* Ranjan as Sugunan, Jayapalan
* P. A. Subbaiah Pillai as Venkatachalam
* P. N. Seshagiri Bhagavathar as King
* P. V. Rao as Minister
* P. Appanna Iyengar as Adappakkaran
* Puliyoor Duraisami Iyer as Guard
* M. Ramamurthi as Sumathi
* A. S. Leelavathi as Rathi
* Kolathu Mani as Acrobat
* Ramasami as Sarangi
* N. S. Krishnan as Sathan
* T. A. Mathuram as Yamuna
Production
'Mangamma Sabatham' is the first film that N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram featured for Gemini Studios. Krishnan trained hard to do the tight-rope walking scene himself without using a double.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and M. D. Parthasarathy while the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan and Kothamangalam Subbu.
Release and reception
'Mangamma Sabatham' was released on 30 July 1943. 'The Indian Express' wrote that despite the lengthy running time, it was "a perfect artistic unit in every detail". According to film historian Randor Guy, the film netted a profit of .
Remakes
'Mangamma Sabatham' was remade in Hindi in 1950 and Telugu in 1951, both titled 'Mangala'. A Sinhala remake 'Mathalan' was released in 1955. A second Telugu remake, 'Mangamma Sapatham', was released in 1965.
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