Prithivirajan

Prithivirajan is a 1942 Indian Tamil language film directed by B. Sampathkumar. The film featured P. U. Chinnappa and A. Sakunthala in the lead roles.[1][2]

For the title character, see Prithviraj Chauhan.

Prithivirajan
Directed byB. Sampathkumar
Written byB. Sampathkumar
Based onPrithviraj Chauhan folk legend
StarringP. U. Chinnappa
A. Sakunthala
T. S. Balaiah
M. R. Santhanalakshmi
Music byG. Ramanathan
Production
company
Distributed byHaran Talkies
Release date
  • 29 April 1942 (1942-04-29) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

The story is based on the popular folk legend Prithviraj, the king of Kanauj, of the Chauhan dynasty. Prithivirajan falls in love with Samyuktha the princess and daughter of the King of Delhi, Jayachandran. Though Prithivirajan and Jayachandran joined hands and defeated Mohammed Ghori, something happened and they became enemies. Jayachandran places a statue of Prithivirajan in the hall where Samyuktha is to choose her life partner from among the princes who were gathered there. She puts the garland to the statue of Prithivirajan. But, lo and behold, the statue turns into real life Prithivirajan who takes the hand of Samyuktha and off they went to the utter astonishment of King Jayachandran and others.

Cast

The list is adapted from The Hindu article.[2]

Production

Though this was a historical film, Subramania Bharati's song Bharata Samudhaayam Vaazhgave, of the 1930s Indian Freedom Movement period, was included in the film and sung by the hero P. U. Chinnappa. Bharati was not credited in the titles because there was British rule in India at that time and Bharati's songs were banned.[2]

The same story was again filmed in 1962 in Tamil with M. G. Ramachandran and Padmini in the lead roles. The title was given as Raani Samyuktha.[3]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by G. Ramanathan while the lyrics were penned by A. Natarajan and Velusamy Kavi.[2]

Reception

The film did not fare well at the box office. However, the comic scenes by N. S. Krishnan & T. A. Mathuram and Kali N. Rathnam & C. T. Rajakantham provided good entertainment. The film is remembered for PUC's impressive performance and melodious music.[2]

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References
  1. Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 631.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Guy, Randor. "Prithvirajan (1942)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. Guy, Randor (19 September 2015). "Rani Samyuktha (1962)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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