Nam Kuzhandai

Nam Kuzhandai
Directed by	K. S. Gopalakrishnan[lower-alpha 1]
Produced by	W. M. S. Thambu
Written by	Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Starring	R. S. Manohar; S. Varalakshmi; N. S. Krishnan; T. A. Mathuram; A. P. Nagarajan
Music by	M. D. Parthasarathy
Cinematography	P. D. Mathur
Edited by	V. B. Nataraja Mudaliar
Production; company	Windsor Productions
Distributed by	Windsor Productions
Release date	27 May 1955 (India); [1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Nam Kuzhandai (transl. Our Child) is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan.[lower-alpha 1][2] The film stars R. S. Manohar and S. Varalakshmi.[3]

Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan[1]

Male cast

R. S. Manohar
N. S. Krishnan
Chittor V. Nagaiah
A. P. Nagarajan
V. M. Ezhumalai

Female Cast

S. Varalakshmi
T. A. Mathuram
Kumari Lakshmi
Lakshmiprabha

Production

The film was produced by W. M. S. Thambu and was directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan.[lower-alpha 1] P. D. Mathur was in-charge of cinematography while V. B. Nataraja Mudaliar did the editing. Still photography was by R. N. Nagaraja Rao.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by M. D. Parthasarathy while the lyrics were penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass and Puratchidasan. Singers are V. Nagaiah, N. S. Krishnan and S. Varalakshmi and the playback singers are M. S. Anuradha, V. N. Sundaram, U. R. Jeevarathinam, C. S. Pandian, Kothamangalam Seenu, N. L. Ganasaraswathi and Ghantasala.[4]

The song Oviya kalai therinthaal Pothuma set in the Raga Arabhi and sung by M. S. Anuradha was a hit.

No.	Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Duration (m:ss)
1	Deivame Unnai	V. Nagaiah	Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
2	Ulagam Pora Thinusai	S. Varalakshmi
3	Kadhaiyaa Alladhu Karpanaiyaa	S. Varalakshmi
4	Deivathaal Agaadhenin	V. N. Sundaram
5	Jigu Jigu Digiri Nambaadhe	U. R. Jeevarathinam
6	Photo Edupadhu Edhukku	N. S. Krishnan & C. S. Pandian
7	O! Mariyaadhai Ariyaadha Podhu A. Paar Pogudhu Endha Maanida Veda B. Meyadha Maan, Pul Meyadha Maan C. Muruga Varam Arul	S. Varalakshmi & Kothamangalam Seenu
8	Paalaivanameedhile Jeevanadhi Polave	N. L. Ganasaraswathi
9	Oviya kalai therinthaal Pothuma	M. S. Anuradha		02:36
10	Aandavan Sattathai	Ghantasala
11	Idhayathile Pugundha	S. Varalakshmi	Puratchidasan

Notes

Not K. S. Gopalakrishnan. This K. S. Gopalakrishnan worked with films during 1940s and early 1950s. He was the director of Gemini's Chakradhari (1948).

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 4 June 2017.
Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 621.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
Nam Kuzhandhai (1955 - Tamil)
G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014. p. 93.

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[a-1] Not K. S. Gopalakrishnan. This K. S. Gopalakrishnan worked with films during 1940s and early 1950s. He was the director of Gemini's Chakradhari (1948).

[anandan-2] 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 4 June 2017.

[3] Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 621.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[4] Nam Kuzhandhai (1955 - Tamil)

[5] G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014. p. 93.