Karpukkarasi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byA. S. A. Sami
Written byA. S. A. Sami
Aru. Ramanathan
Siva-Sundaram
Screenplay byA. S. A. Sami
Aru. Ramanathan
Story bySiva-Sundaram
Produced byM. Somasundaram
StarringGemini Ganesan
Savitri
M. N. Nambiar
M. K. Radha
G. Varalakshmi
K. A. Thangavelu
CinematographyP. Ramasamy
Edited byK. Govindasamy
Music byG. Ramanathan
Production
company
Distributed byJupiter Pictures
Release date
  • 14 June 1957 (1957-06-14)
[1]
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Karpukkarasi is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film directed by A. S. A. Sami and produced by M. Somasundaram under Jupiter Pictures. The story and screenplay were written by A. S. A. Sami and Aru. Ramanathan. The dialogues were written by Siva-Sundaram. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, M. N. Nambiar, R. Balasubramaniam, and K. A. Thangavelu, with G. Varalakshmi, M. K. Radha, Savitri E. V. Saroja and M. Saroja in supporting roles.[2]

Cast

Production

One scene required Ganesan to throw a knife at Nambiar. He did so, but the director had not called for "action" when Nambiar saw something come straight at him like a "bat out of hell". Nambiar had only one second to turn his head as the knife grazed his eye and impaled itself on the wall, leaving Nambiar with a permanent black spot on the eye. Ganesan had thrown the knife long before the shot was supposed to roll, only to impress two women who had walked on to the set.[4]

Soundtrack

Music was by G. Ramanathan and lyrics were written by Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, Kannadasan, A. Maruthakasi and Udumalai Narayana Kavi.[3]

NoSongSingersLyricsLength
1"Kaniyaa Kanniyaa Vaazhvil Inbam SollavaaT. M. Soundararajan & Jikki03:28
2"Nalvaakku Nee KodadiS. C. Krishnan & A. G. Rathnamala03:31
3"Sellakkiliye Allik KulameA. P. Komala01:50
4"Aadum Ponne Aasai KanneK. Jamuna Rani01:00
5"Anbe Aandavan AagumSeerkazhi Govindarajan01:00
6"Enakkoru Manakkurai Agatridal Vendum"V. T. Rajagopalan00:25
7"Thoongaadhu Kann Thoongaadhu"T. M. SoundararajanPattukkottai Kalyanasundaram01:45
8"Thatthkaa Putthakaa Naalu Kaalu"Seerkazhi Govindarajan & P. Leela02:00
9"Kaayame Idhu Meiyadaa"T. M. Soundararajan & Seerkazhi GovindarajanPattukkottai Kalyanasundaram02:40
10"Ambigaapathi Seidha Pizhai"T. M. Soundararajan01:45
11"Vizhiyodu Vilayaadum"M. L. Vasanthakumari & P. LeelaA. Maruthakasi06:22
12"Illaadha Adhisayamaai Irukkudhudhadi"A. P. Komala & K. Jamuna RaniPattukkottai Kalyanasundaram02:50
13"Marundho Marundhu...Naattu Vaitthiyar"T. M. Soundararajan & Seerkazhi Govindarajan01:42
14"Pudhu Vaazhvum...Pirinndhavar Koodinaal"K. Jamuna Rani00:50
15"Idhaya Vaanile Udhayamaanadhe"T. M. Soundararajan & Jikki01:59
16"Kaniyo Paago Karkando"P. B. Sreenivas & M. L. VasanthakumariUdumalai Narayana Kavi03:42
17"Ellai Merudhe Manam Thulli Aadudhe"K. Jamuna Rani, A. P. Komala & A. G. RathnamalaPattukkottai Kalyanasundaram04:30

References

  1. Film News Anandan (2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [Tamil film history and its achievements] (in Tamil). Sivagami Publishers. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020.
  2. Guy, Randor (10 November 2006). "A Star Fades Away". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 கற்புக்கரசி (song book) (in Tamil). Jupiter Pictures. 1957.
  4. Dipak Nambiar, M. N. (7 March 2019). Nambiarswami: The Good, the Bad and the Holy. HarperCollins. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-93-5302-843-5.
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