Kalyana Mandapam (1965 film)

Kalyana Mandapam (transl. Wedding Hall) is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language film produced by Dhanalakshmi Theatres.[2] The film was directed by Maa. Raa. and stars C. L. Anandan, Ravichandran, K. R. Vijaya and M. S. Malathi.[3]

Kalyana Mandapam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Maa. Raa.
Produced by	Maa. Raa. K. Jagannathan D. Subramaniam
Screenplay by	Maa. Raa.
Starring	C. L. Anandan Ravichandran K. R. Vijaya M. S. Malathi
Music by	R. Parthasarathy
Cinematography	M. Karnan
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Production company	Dhanalakshmi Theatres
Release date	24 September 1965 (1965-09-24) (India) [1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

It is the story of a young prince, Prathaban who, when he was about to be crowned, was denied the Kingdom by some conspirators who alleges that he is an imposter and there is another true prince. Prathaban vows that he will prove his claim and goes in search of his identity. He meets a mystic who gives him a talisman. One day when Prathaban was sleeping in an abandoned building, he meets a spirit. He believed it was the spirit of his dead mother and kept it inside the talisman. But someone took away the talisman. Prathaban continues his journey and on his way meets a girl, Anandhi and they fall in love. It turned out that Anandhi is a princess. Prathaban is imprisoned for loving Anandhi. How he establishes his identity and regains his Kingdom forms the rest of the story.[4]

Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan[1] and from the film's song book.[4]

Male Cast C. L. Anandan Ravichandran Rajavelu Parthiban

Female cast K. R. Vijaya M. S. Malathi Kalpana Devi Vimala

Guest artistes R. S. Manohar Nagesh Manorama

Production

The film was produced by Maa. Raa., a popular writer who also directed and wrote the story and dialogues. K. Jagannathan and D. Subramaniam also joined Maa. Raa. as producers. Cinematography was handled by M. Karnan while R. Devarajan was in charge of editing. T. S. Rangasamy was in charge of audiography. Art direction was by Angamuthu and choreography was done by Chinnilal, Sampathkumar, Rajkumar and Jayaraman. The film was shot at Sharadha Studios.[4]

This film is the debut for K. R. Vijaya.[5]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Rangasami Parthasarathy while the lyrics were penned by Vaali and Thellur Dharmarajan. Playback singers are T. M. Soundararajan, P. B. Srinivas, P. Susheela, S. Janaki and L. R. Eswari.[6]

No.	Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Duration (m:ss)
1	Poothirukkum Vizhiyeduthu	P. B. Srinivas & P. Susheela	Thellur Dharmarajan
2	Unnaithaan Thedivandhen	L. R. Eswari
3	En Pillai Mugam Therigiradhu	S. Janaki	Vaali
4	Pasum Pul Tharaiyil	P. Susheela
5	Naan Unnai Thodalaam	T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela

References

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 13 June 2017.
2. Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 605.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
3. Kalyana Mandapam (1965)
4. Kalyana Mandapam Song Book. Sivaji Printers, Chennai-14.
5. Guy, Randor (3 August 2013). "Idhaya Kamalam (1965)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
6. G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 2 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition November 2016. pp. 192–193.