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Thai Ullam
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Wikipedia article
'Thai Ullam' is a 1952 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Ramnoth. Starring V. Nagaiah, Manohar and R. Ganesh, the film has music composed by Nagaiah and A. Rama Rao. It is an adaptation of the 1861 novel 'East Lynne', by Ellen Wood. The film was released on 9 February 1952, and emerged both a critical and commercial success.
Plot
Cast
;Male cast
* V. Nagaiah as Zamindar Seethapathy
* Manohar as Manohar
* R. Ganesh as Sekar
* K. Ramasami as Clerk Kuppu
* N. Seetharaman as Magistrate Masilamani
* Chandra Babu as Sukumar
* Kolathumani as Ponnambalam
* C. V. V. Panthulu as Sabapathy
;Female cast
* M. V. Rajamma as Nirmala
* Madhuri Devi as Vasundhara
* K. R. Chellam as Santhamma
* T. P. Muthulakshmi as Janaki
* Sakunthala as Singari
* C. K. Saraswathi as Kanthimathi
;Supporting cast
T. K. Kalyanam, G. V. Sharma, Nandaram, Loose Arumugam, and V. T. Kalyanam.
Production
K. Ramnoth, who had left Gemini Studios on 15 August 1947, worked for Narayanan & Company, for which he made the film 'Thai Ullam', an adaptation of the 1861 novel 'East Lynne' by Ellen Wood. While Manohar was cast as the male lead, T. S. Balaiah was considered for playing the antagonist. He however opted out of the project after demanding a salary of 75,000, which he was refused. Subsequently, he was replaced by a then struggling actor named R. Ganesh, who later became known as Gemini Ganesan.
Soundtrack
The songs were composed by Nagaiah and A. Rama Rao, with lyrics by Kanakasurabhi, Subramania Bharati and Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai. The song "Vella Thamarai" is based on Bharati's poem of the same name. The song "Konjum Puraave" is based on the song "Thandi Hawayen" from the Hindi film 'Naujawan' (1951). That, along with the songs "Kovil Muluthum Kanden", "Kathayai Kelada", "Vellai Thamarai" and "Poo Chendu Nee" attained popularity.
Release
'Thai Ullam' was released on 9 February 1952, and distributed by Narayanan & Company themselves. The film was both a critical and commercial success, and a major breakthrough for Ganesh, who would later become a part of the "Big Three" of Tamil cinema, the other two being Sivaji Ganesan and M. G. Ramachandran.
References
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