Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1955


Menaka (1955 film)

Buy Menaka (1955 film) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'Menaka' is a 1955 Indian Tamil language film directed by V. C. Subburaman. It is a remake of the 1935 film of the same name. The film stars K. R. Ramasamy and Lalitha.

Plot



The story is about a loving couple getting separated by designs of evil doers. However, after many sufferings, they re-unite.

Cast



List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and from the Hindu review article.

;Male cast

*K. R. Ramasamy

*K. Sarangapani

*T. K. Ramachandran

*D. Balasubramaniam

*Acharya

*Friend Ramasami

*T. N. Sivathanu

*M. S. Karuppaiah

*T. V. Sethuraman

*V. P. Balaraman

*V. P. S. Mani

;Female cast

*Lalitha

*Ragini

*C. K. Saraswathi

*M. S. S. Bhagyam

*K. S. Angamuthu

*Indira

*S. K. Venubai

*K. S. Adilakshmi

*K. S. Rajam

*K. S. Chandra

;Dance

*Padmini

*Kushalakumari

Production



This is the second edition of the same story by Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar that he first published as a novel. Then it was staged as a successful play by TKS Brothers. It was made into a film in 1935 with the same title. K. R. Ramasamy who featured in a supporting role in the 1935 edition, was the hero in this 1955 edition.

The film was produced and directed by V. C. Subburaman. Screenplay and dialogues were written by A. T. Krishnaswamy. Cinematography was handled by P. Balasubramaniam, R. R. Chandran and M. S. Mani while the editing was done by B. V. M. V. Ramaraju was in charge of art direction while the choreography was done by V. Madhavan. Still photography was by R. N. Nagaraja Rao.

Soundtrack



Music was composed by T. G. Lingappa, C. N. Pandurangan and Vedha while the lyrics were penned by Kannadasan, Ku. Sa. Krishnamoorthy, A. Maruthakasi, K. P. Kamatchisundaram, K. D. Santhanam and S. D. Sundharam. Singer is K. R. Ramasamy while the playback singers are P. Leela, (Radha) Jayalakshmi, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, A. P. Komala, A. M. Rajah and Sirkazhi Govindarajan.

Reception



'Menaka' was poorly received by critics, and underperformed at the box office.

References



Category:1955 drama films

Category:1955 films

Category:Films based on Indian novels

Category:Films scored by T. G. Lingappa

Category:Indian drama films

Category:Remakes of Indian films

Category:Indian films based on plays

Buy Menaka (1955 film) now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 1955



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1099776584.