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Engal Selvi
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Engal Selvi
| image = Engal Selvi poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = D. Yoganand
| producer = T. E. Vasudevan
| writer = Maran
| starring = Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Anjali Devi
| music = K. V. Mahadevan
| cinematography = Adhi M. Irani
| editing = M. S. Mani
| studio = Associate Producers
| released =
| runtime = 160 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'Engal Selvi' is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language drama film, produced by T. E. Vasudevan and directed by D. Yoganand. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Anjali Devi , with music composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film was a remake of Hindi film 'Lajwanti'. The film was dubbed into Telugu as 'Kanna Kuthuru' (1960).
Plot
Cast
*Anjali Devi as Kamala
*Nageswara Rao
*T. S. Balaiah
*Balaji as Ashoka
*V. R. Rajagopal
*C. K. Saraswathi
*K. R. Chellam
*Mohana
*Baby Uma
Soundtrack
Music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.
Production
The film had a wrestling match between Dara Singh and King Kong. The producer said while the shooting of the match was in progress, he noticed blood oozing from King Kong's mouth. He was concerned and shouted, "cut, cut". But the wrestler King Kong wanted the blood to be seen in the film. King Kong almost hit the producer, but Dara Singh intervened and told him that he is the producer of the film, the producer reminisced in an interview later.
The producer said he had to burn copies of the film due to lack of storage facilities. However, it appears some copies have survived.
Reception
'The Indian Express' wrote, "Anjali Devi, Nageswara Rao and Baby Uma give a convincing display of a devoted wife, a distraught husband a love-lorn child".
References
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