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Wikipedia article
'Maragatham' is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film produced, directed and co-written by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. It is an adaptation of the novel 'Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai' by T. S. D. Sami. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. It was released on 21 August 1959.
Plot
Cast
;Male Cast
* Sivaji Ganesan as Varendran
* T. S. Balaiah
* Chandrababu as Gundan
* S. Balachander as Anandar, Maranamarthanda Zamindar
* T. S. Durairaj
* O. A. K. Thevar
* Narayana Pillai
* Santhanam
* Kanaiah
* Pakkirisamy
* Natarajan
;Female Cast
* Padmini as Maragatham, Alamu
* Sandhya as Karpagavalli
* Gnanam
* Muthulakshmi
* Lakshmiprabha
* Lakshmirajam
* Saraswathi
Production
'Maragadham' was directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu, who also produced it under Pakshiraja Studios. The film was based on 'Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai', a novel by T. S. D. Sami. Naidu wrote the screenplay and Murasoli Maran wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was handled by Sailen Bose, art direction by A. K. Sekhar, and editing by Velusamy.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, with lyrics by Yogi Shuddhananda Bharathiar, Papanasam Sivan, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam & Ra. Balu.
"Kunguma Poovey Konjum Puraavey" became a hit song. However, there is a controversy about this song. It is said that the tune for this song was composed by T. G. Lingappa for the film 'Sabaash Meena'. However, for some reason, Chandrababu refused to sing the song for that film. Later he gave this tune to Subbaiah Naidu and it was included in this film.
Release and reception
'Maragadham' was released on 21 August 1959, and ran successfully by completing 100 days .
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