Lavangi

Lavangi is a 1946 Tamil film directed and produced by Y. V. Rao and written by P. R. Narayanan. It stars Y. V. Rao, Kumari Rukmini, B. R. Panthulu, Jayamma, K. Sarangapani, K. R. Chellam and T. R. Ramachandran.[1] The film features music by C. R. Subbu Raman.[2][3][1]

Lavangi
Film poster
Directed by	Y. V. Rao
Screenplay by	P. A. Narayanan
Story by	P. A. Narayanan
Starring	Y. V. Rao Kumari Rukmini
Music by	Subbaraman Padmanabha Shastri
Cinematography	Jiten Bannerji Purushothan
Production company	Sri Jagadish Films
Release date	10 May 1946 (1946-May-10) (India)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Kameswari has been separated from her husband, Jagannatha for twelve years, enduring poverty, agony, and blackmail.[4]

Cast

Credits adapted from the film's songbook[4]

Male cast Y. V. Rao as Jagannatha Panditharajan B. R. Panthulu as Shah Jahan Rangaswami as Perubhattar K. Sarangapani as Muthanna T. R. Ramachandran as Gopu Sundar Rao as Appaiah Dikshithar Kasivishwanathan as Battoji

Female cast Kumari Rukmani as Lavangi (Kameswari) Jayamma as Mumtaz Bhanumathi as Mahalakshmi K. R. Chellam as Komalam Jayagowri as Manorama Dance The Dance Group of Miss Azurie

Supporting cast

• V. S. Mani, Natesa Iyer, Sethupathi Pillai, Rajam Iyengar, Anantharaman, Rajarathnam, Jaya and Kalyani.

Production

The film, which was shot at the famed Newton Studios, was recorded by noted photographer Jiten Bannerjee and designed by celebrated art director and film-maker F. Nagoor. The story line, tune, and comedy were remarkable in the film.[5] It also was dubbed into Hindi, but even with this change, it still was not successful.[1][6]

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by Subbaraman and Padmanabha Shastri, with lyrics written by Papanasam Sivan. The songs were recorded by Dinshaw K. Tehrani and Loganathan. The film had melodious songs including a popular duet Vashakaarar Pola Thonuthey (performed by Rao and Rukmini).[1]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Modi Seyvathu Niyayamo Thilaiyo Kanna		Papanasam Sivan
2	Indra En Vaazhvil Inbanaal	Kumari Rukmani		02:12
3	Paavan Yamuna Theeram	Y. V. Rao
4	Sukumara Unnaik Kannte Kanamoka Maiyal	Jayagowri
5	Thuyaramo Erzhai Vaazhnaalellaam	Kumari Rukmani		02:20
6	Neel Kanjavizhik	Jayamma		03:05
7	Aa Aa Paaduvom Ellorum			02:49
8	Paaraamugam Eno Pethai En Parithapam	Kumari Rukmani		03:17
9	Aha Inre Peranantam	Kumari Rukmani, Jayamma, Y. V. Rao
10	Vashakaakar Pola Thonuthe	Kumari Rukmani, Y. V. Rao
11	Premaiya Uyirkal Innuyirame	Kumari Rukmani, Y. V. Rao

References

1. Randor Guy (25 May 2013). "Blast from the past – lavangi 1946". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
2. "lavangi". spicyonion. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
3. Randor Guy (7 May 2015). "in a lighter vein column sarangapani". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
4. "Song Book for Tamil Film "Lavangi"" (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
5. Dhananjayan 2016, p. 17. sfn error: no target: CITEREFDhananjayan2016 (help)
6. "Lavangi 2014". nthwall. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

External links

• Lavangi on IMDb