Maragadham

<i>Maragatham</i>

Maragatham

1959 Indian film

Maragatham (transl. Emerald) is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film produced, directed and co-written by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu.[2] 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.

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Plot

Cast

Production

Maragadham was directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu, who also produced it under Pakshiraja Studios.[3] 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,[4] and editing by Velusamy.[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu,[5] 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.[6]

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Release and reception

Maragadham was released on 21 August 1959,[3] and failed commercially.[7]

References

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    Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, p. 360.
  2. [2]
    காந்தன் (6 September 1959). "மரகதம்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 42–43. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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    "51-60". Nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
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    Guy, Randor (29 April 2010). "Maragatham (1959)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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    "Maragatham". Gaana. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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    மணியன், பி.ஜி.எஸ். ""சங்கீத அய்யா" எஸ்.எம். சுப்பையா நாயுடு – 9". Thamizhstudio.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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    Swaminathan, G. (2 July 2020). "Print to celluloid: From 'Kalvanin Kadhali' and 'Mullum Malaram' to 'Ponniyin Selvan'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

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