Maragatham

Maragatham is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film, directed and co-written by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu, who also produced the film. It is an adaptation of the novel Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai by T. S. D. Sami. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. It was released on 21 August 1959, and failed commercially.

Maragatham
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	S. M. Sriramulu Naidu
Produced by	S. M. Sriramulu Naidu
Screenplay by	S. M. Sriramulu Naidu Murasoli Maran (dialogues)
Based on	Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai by T. S. D. Sami
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Padmini
Music by	S. M. Subbaiah
Cinematography	Sailen Bose
Edited by	Velusamy
Production company	Pakshiraja Studios
Release date	21 August 1959 (1959-08-21)
Running time	203 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

Male Cast Sivaji Ganesan as Varendran T. S. Balaiah Chandrababu as Gundan S. Balachandar as Anandar, Maranamarthanda Zamindar T. S. Durairaj O. A. K. Thevar Narayana Pillai Santhanam Kanaiah Pakkirisamy Natarajan

Female Cast Padmini as Maragatham, Alamu Sandhya as Karpagavalli Gnanam Muthulakshmi Lakshmiprabha Lakshmirajam Saraswathi

Production

Maragadham was directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu, who also produced it under Pakshiraja Studios.[2] The film was based on Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai, a novel by T. S. D. Sami. Naidu wrote the screenplay and Murasoli Maran wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was handled by Sailen Bose, art direction by A. K. Sekhar,[3] and editing by Velusamy.[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu,[4] with lyrics by Yogi Shuddhananda Bharathiar, Papanasam Sivan, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam & Ra. Balu. "Kunguma Poovey Konjum Puraavey" became a hit song. However, there is a controversy about this song. It is said that the tune for this song was composed by T. G. Lingappa for the film Sabaash Meena. But for some reason, Chandrababu refused to sing the song for that film. Later he gave this tune to Subbaiah Naidu and got it included in this film.[5]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
1	"Kunguma Poove Konjum Puraave"	J. P. Chandrababu & K. Jamuna Rani	Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam	03.27
2	"Aadinaal Nadanam Aadinaal"	Radha Jayalakshmi	Ra. Balu	03.12
3	"Kannukkulle Unnai Paaru"	T. M. Soundararajan & Radha Jayalakshmi	Ra. Balu	03.32
4	"Kaviri Paayum"	T. M. Soundararajan	Ra. Balu	03.27
5	"Maalai Mayangukindra Neram"	Radha Jayalakshmi	Shuddhananda Bharati	04.08
6	"Punnagai Thavazhum Madhimugamo"	T. M. Soundararajan & Radha Jayalakshmi	Papanasam Sivan	03.54
7	"Pachchai Kili Pola"	P. Leela & K. Jamuna Rani

Release and reception

Maragadham was released on 21 August 1959,[2] and failed commercially.[6]

References

1. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul, eds. (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. "filmographyp6". Nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
3. Guy, Randor (29 April 2010). "Maragatham (1959)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
4. "Maragatham". Gaana.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
5. மணியன், பி.ஜி.எஸ். ""சங்கீத அய்யா" எஸ்.எம். சுப்பையா நாயுடு - 9". Thamizhstudio.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
6. Swaminathan, G. (2 July 2020). "Print to celluloid: From 'Kalvanin Kadhali' and 'Mullum Malaram' to 'Ponniyin Selvan'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

External links

• Maragatham on IMDb