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| name = Kudumba Gauravam

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| director = B. S. Ranga

| producer = B. S. Ranga

| writer =

| screenplay = Udhayakumar

| story =

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| starring = Gemini Ganesan
Savithri
K. Sarangapani
P. Kannamba

| narrator =

| music = ViswanathanRamamoorthy

| cinematography = B. N. Haridas

| editing = P. G. Mohan

| studio = Vikram Productions

| distributor =

| released =

| runtime = 195 minutes

| country = India

| language = Tamil

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'Kudumba Gouravam' is a 1958 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and Savithri. The film was a remake of 1957 Telugu film of same name also directed by B. S. Ranga.

Plot



Kanagarathinam is the owner of Umaiyalpuram Farm. He has a son Gopal from his first marriage. Kannamma is his second wife and she has a son and a daughter. Sarala is Gopal's wife. The smooth-running family is disturbed by the arrival of Sankaralingam, a distant relative who claims that he is Kannamma's elder brother. He is an ace fraud and he swindles money from the farm. Gopal and Sarala are chased out of the farm house. Gopal vows to restore order and unity in the family. How he does that forms the rest of the story.

Cast



List compiled from the database of Film News Anandan and from the film's song book.

;Male cast

*Gemini Ganesan as Gopal

*K. Sarangapani as Kanagarathnam

*Sayeeram

*V. R. Rajagopal

*C. P. Kittan

;Female cast

*Savithri as Sathya

*P. Kannamba as Kannamma

*E. V. Saroja as Sarala

*'Baby' Uma

*Prabhavathi

;Supporting cast

*Duraisamy

*'Thodi' Kannan

*Rajan

*Kanniah

*Balakrishnan

Production



The film was produced and directed by B. S. Ranga. Screenplay was written by Udhayakumar. Cinematography was handled by B. N. Haridas while the editing was done by P. G. Mohan. Chopra, P. S. Gopalakrishnan and Ganesh Pillai were in charge of choreography. The film was shot and processed at Vikram Studios, Chennai.

Soundtrack



Music was composed by the duo ViswanathanRamamoorthy while the lyrics were penned by A. Maruthakasi and Kannadasan. Playback singers are T. M. Soundararajan, A. L. Raghavan, P. B. Srinivas, P. Nageswara Rao, Sirkazhi Govindarajan, P. Leela, S. Janaki, P. Susheela, K. Jamuna Rani, L. R. Eswari, A. P. Komala and A. G. Rathnamala.

References




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