Singari

Singari
	Poster
Tamil	சிங்காரி
Directed by	T. R. Raghunath
Produced by	National Productions
Written by	V. N. Sambandham
Screenplay by	T. R. Raghunath
Story by	V. S. Venkatachalam
Starring	T. R. Ramachandran; Lalitha; Padmini; D. Balasubramaniam; S. V. Sahasranamam; K. A. Thangavelu
Music by	S. V. Venkatraman; T. R. Ramanathan; T. A. Kalyanam
Cinematography	P. S. Selvaraj
Edited by	S. A. Murugesan
Production; company	National Productions
Distributed by	National Productions
Release date	29 October 1951 (India); [1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Singari is a 1951 Indian Tamil language comedy film directed by T. R. Raghunath. The film featured T. R. Ramachandran, Lalitha and Padmini in the lead roles.[2]

Plot

Adapted from The Hindu article.

A young man (Nayagam) who is wrongly convicted for a bank robbery leaves his young daughter behind to serve a seven-year sentence in prison. She is involved in a car accident. The car owner, a rich man, (Balasubramaniam) brings her up as his own, changing her name (Padmini). A college-going girl (Lalitha) drawn to the world of entertainment runs away from home and joins a drama troupe run by TRR assisted by a crooked manager (T. K. Ramachandran). Sahasranamam (the rich man's son) is thrown out of the house by his father because of his insistence on going abroad for further studies. The father goes on a long pilgrimage and Sahasranamam coming back meets Padmini who is drawn to him. However, he goes around with the stage actor (Lalitha), creating much gossip. Indeed T. R. Ramachandran is in love with her. Complications ensue and, in the end, it turns out that the young women are the daughters of two brothers and the two couples marry and live happily….

A somewhat complicated story, it was well narrated on screen.[2]

Cast

Adapted from the opening credits of the film

Male cast

Female cast

Lalitha
Padmini
Ragini
N. R. Leela
Nirmala
M. M. Radha Bai
C. K. Saraswathi
M. S. S. Bhagyam

Crew

Compiled from Film News Anandan's database.[1]

Direction & Story: T. R. Raghunath
Dialogues: V. N. Sambandham
Cinematography: P. S. Selvaraj
Editing: S. A. Murugesan
Art: Kuppusamy, Selvam and Babu
Choreography: Hiralal, P. S. Gopalakrishnan (Bharata Natyam)
Studio: Newtone

Trivia

Comedian K. A. Thangavelu came to be known as Danaal Thangavelu because he used the phrase Danaal Danaal in his dialogues in this film.[3]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by 3 music directors - T. A. Kalyanam, S. V. Venkatraman and T. R. Ramanathan while the lyrics were penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, K. P. Kamatchi Sundaram and Kannadasan.[2] Probably T. R. Ramanathan handled the background music as his name does not appear in the credits for songs.

Songs

The following list of songs are adapted from the book authored by K. Neelamegam.[3]

S/N	Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Composer	Duration (m:ss)
1	Sudhdham Seyyanum	Jikki	Kannadasan	T. A. Kalyanam	02:58
2	Paalu Paalu Pasum Paalu	P. A. Periyanayaki & P. Leela	Thanjai Ramaiah Dass		04:27
3	Kani Suvai Tharum Amudhaave	Thiruchi Loganathan & Jikki
4	Ezhaigal Vaazhave Idamillaiyaa	Thiruchi Loganathan
5	Maaname Pradhaaname	Thiruchi Loganathan			02:49
6	Oru Jaan Vayire Illaattaa	K. N. Reddy, K. Rani		S. V. Venkatraman	03:56
7	Jighu Jighu Samakku Paarungo	P. Leela			01:56
7	O! Chellaiah Nee Vallaiah	P. Leela
8	Urum Sadhamalla Uttrarum	C. S. Pandian
9	Kaanil Vennilaa Poleh	P. Leela			02:34
10	Kohnaadha Marathinile	K. H. Reddy, K. Rani			01:10
11	Bhaarathi Enge Solladi	P. Leela
12	Ottai Pallai Kaatiye
13	Vaanavillaipoleh Oru Vaaliban	P. Leela	K. P. Kamatchi Sundaram		02:56

Reception

Film historian Randor Guy wrote in 2011 that the film was remembered for its storyline, music, song, dances and the remarkable performance of artistes like Sahasranamam, Lalitha, Padmini, D. Balasubramaniam and Kaka Radhakrishnan.[2]

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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 28 January 2017.
Guy, Randor (20 August 2011). "Singari 1951". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
K. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam - Part 1 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition 2014. pp. 18–19.

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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 28 January 2017.

[hindu-2] Guy, Randor (20 August 2011). "Singari 1951". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

[neelamegam-3] K. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam - Part 1 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition 2014. pp. 18–19.