Pandithevan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. Subramanyam
Screenplay byMuhavai Rajamanickam
Story byK. Subramanyam
Produced byK. Subramanyam
StarringM. G. Chakrapani
Rajasulochana
T. K. Balachandran
CinematographyU. Rajagopal
Edited byC. P. Jambulingam
S. Ratnasabapathi
Music byC. N. Pandurangan
Meenakshi Subramanyam
Production
company
Morak Limited
Distributed bySrinivas Films
Release date
  • 7 March 1959 (1959-03-07) (India)
[1]
Running time
3 hrs 27 mins (18714 ft.)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Pandithevan is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language film, produced and directed by K. Subramanyam. The film stars M. G. Chakrapani, T. K. Balachandran, Rajasulochana and B. S. Saroja.[1][2]

Cast and crew

The following lists are adapted from the database of Film News Anandan.[1]

Cast

Crew

  • Producer &
  • Director: K. Subramanyam
  • Story: K. Subramanyam
  • Screenplay & Dialogues: Muhavai Rajamanickam
  • Cinematography: U. Rajagopal
  • Editing: C. P. Jambulingam, S. Ratnasabapathi
  • Art: V. Rama Rao
  • Choreography: K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai, K. G. Gopal
  • Photography: V. K. Sathasiva Rao

Production

This is the last film directed by K. Subramanyam. The film was shot in Neptune Studios that later was named Sathya Studios. (Now, it houses the MGR Janaki College of Arts and Sciences.)[3]

K. Subramaniam's wife was a co-music director to this film. Meenakshi Subramaniam was a music composer, a lyricist in Sanskrit and Tamil and an instrumentalist who played Veena, Violin and Harmonium.[4]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by C. N. Pandurangan and Meenakshi Subramanyam, while the lyrics were penned by Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, Muhavai Rajamanickam and Muthukoothan.[5]

SongSinger/sLyricistDuration (m:ss)
"Kal Udaithu Malai Pilandhu"P. B. Sreenivas, T. V. Rathnam, A. G. Rathnamala,
S. V. Ramanan, Gomathi and Group
Muhavai Rajamanickam
"Chandi Miranda Kaadu Kollaadhu"S. Janaki03:09
"Vaanga Vaanga Nalla Manamulla"K. Jamuna Rani03:06
"Kannum Karuthum"(Radha) Jayalakshmi, K. Rani, S. Janaki & GroupMuthukoothan05:35
"Sekku Poal Asaignchaadum"K. Rani05:21
"Solluradhai Sollipidden"J. P. ChandrababuPattukkottai Kalyanasundaram03:14
"Kodumai Purivathe"Seerkazhi Govindarajan
"Vaa Vaa Sooriyane"K. Jamuna Rani03:02
"Vambu Mozhi Maari Maari"P. Leela03:23
"Nee Aadinaal Oor Aadidum"J. P. Chandrababu & K. Jamuna Rani03:21

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1959 – பாண்டிதேவன் – மொராக் லிமிடெட்" [1959 – Pandithevan – Morak Limited.]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. "Pandithevan". The Indian Express. 7 March 1959. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. Kumar, Divya (16 February 2010). "In a flashback mode". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  4. "Padma Subrahmanyam – Bharatanatyam Dancer, Tamil Nadu, India". Sabhash.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  5. Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. pp. 177–178.
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