Geetha Gandhi

Geetha Gandhi
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Subramanyam; M. R. S. Mani
Produced by	L. Krishnan
Screenplay by	K. Subramanyam
Story by	K. Subramanyam
Starring	P. A. Periyanayaki; B. S. Saroja; Baby Padma; T. R. Ramachandran; Lalitha-Padmini; V. Kumar
Music by	Pandurangan; Brother Lakshmanan
Cinematography	P. L. Rai
Edited by	M. R. S. Mani
Production; company	Madras United Artistes Corporation
Release date	16 March 1949 (India); [1]
Running time	208 minutes (19500 ft.)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Geetha Gandhi (transl. Bhagavad Gita and Gandhi) is a 1949 Indian, Tamil-language film produced and directed by Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam.[2] The film featured T. R. Ramachandran and B. S. Saroja in the lead roles.

Plot

Subbaiyer is an old man whose granddaughter, Girija is studying in Annamalai University. She comes home by train. At Egmore railway station, an unknown woman hands over an infant child asking the girl to hold it for a moment. While Girija is doing so, the woman intentionally jumps in front of a train. Shocked by this, Girija goes to the police, but they taunt her. She goes home with the baby and is mistreated in the same way. In the meantime, two men travel in a train. One is Dr. Chander and the other is Gopu, who takes revenge on Dr. Chander for insulting him. Gopu takes the identity of Chander and sends him to a mental asylum. Gopu "invents" a medicine (Andev Pazhani) and becomes rich. Gopu's sister Sarada, who is a nurse, falls in love with him (in parallel). Girija is sent to the mental asylum for drowning the abandoned baby at the beach. Subbaiyer is saddened by the turn of events and takes it upon himself to bring back happiness in the family. What he does, forms the rest of the story.[3][4]

Cast

The list is compiled from the database of Film News Anandan[1] and from the review article in the Hindu newspaper[3] and the song book[4]

Male Cast

T. R. Ramachandran as Subbaiyer
M. R. S. Mani as Doctor Chander
V. Kumar as Gopu
K. Viswanathan
Pandit Bholonath Sharma
Vinayaka Mudaliar

Female Cast

P. A. Periyanayaki as Sarada
B. S. Saroja as Girija
Baby Padma as Baby Padma
R. Padma as Kamakshi
Lakshmiprabha
K. S. Angamuthu as Angurbala

Dance

Lalitha-Padmini

Production

Krishnaswami Subrahmanyam produced the film under his own banner Madras United Artistes Corporation. As a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, Subrahmanyam made films like Sevasadanam, Thyagabhoomi and Balayogini with social themes relevant to Gandhian principles. This is another on the same lines.[3]

Subrahmanyam's daughter, who was known as Baby Padma featured in this film as a child artiste. There was a dance sequence by Lalitha and Padmini, a dance drama. B. S. Saroja and Pandit Bholonath Sharma performed a fine dance as well.[3] Choreography was handled by Pandit Bholonath Sharma, Katak, and Muthusami.[4] Makeup was done by Haribabu, Somu and Gopal.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Pandurangan and Brother Lakshmanan while the lyrics were penned by Meenakshi Subrahmaniam. The songs were recorded by T. R. Ramachandran and R. Ramachandran.[4] Padma sang two songs in the film. One song was in praise of Mahatma Gandhi and the other was about her ambition in life. There was a line in the lyrics that said she will become a dancer and stage her dance in America. It is significant because in later years she became a world renowned Bharatanatyam dancer.[3] Singers are P. A. Periyanayaki, Baby Padma.

No	Song	Singer	Length(m:ss)
1	Manamohana Das Gandhi	P. A. Periyanayaki	02:39
2	Sonnarodi Gandhi Mahatma
3	Enakku Vayasu Enna Theriyuma	Baby Padma
4	Karuvizhi Edhaiyum Paaraadhu
5	Aandev Pazhani	P. A. Periyanayaki
6	Kandu Malar Ennai	P. A. Periyanayaki
7	Parinile Seerongum Nadu Nam India	K. S. Angamuthu
8	Jagame Mayakkam En	K. S. Angamuthu
9	Gandhi Thatha	Baby Padma
10	Aaduvom Geetham Paduvom	K. S. Angamuthu
11	Mannan Chandran	P. A. Periyanayaki
12	Unnaiyallal Gathi Edhu	P. A. Periyanayaki
13	Kannan Geethopadesam Seidha	P. A. Periyanayaki
14	Pudhu Juram Pudhu Juram Adhu	Dance Music
15	Jeevathmakkal Ithayajothi
16	Sathyamidho Sathyamidho Sathyamidho

Reception

The film did not perform well at the box office.[3]

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References

Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.
Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 595.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
Guy, Randor (7 August 2009). "Geetha Gandhi 1949". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
Geetha Gandhi (song book) (in Tamil). Madras United Artistes Corporation. 1949. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via Internet Archive.

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[anandan-1] Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017.

[2] Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 595.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[hindu-3] Guy, Randor (7 August 2009). "Geetha Gandhi 1949". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

[songbook-4] Geetha Gandhi (song book) (in Tamil). Madras United Artistes Corporation. 1949. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via Internet Archive.