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

Nam Kuzhandai
Directed byK. S. Gopalakrishnan[a]
Written byThanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Produced byW. M. S. Thambu
StarringR. S. Manohar
S. Varalakshmi
N. S. Krishnan
T. A. Mathuram
A. P. Nagarajan
CinematographyP. D. Mathur
Edited byV. B. Nataraja Mudaliar
Music byM. D. Parthasarathy
Production
company
Windsor Productions
Distributed byWindsor Productions
Release date
  • 27 May 1955 (1955-05-27) (India)
[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast edit

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

Production edit

The film was produced by W. M. S. Thambu and was directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan.[a] 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 edit

Music was composed by M. D. Parthasarathy while the lyrics were written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass and Puratchidasan. Singers are V. Nagayya, 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]

No. Song Singer/s Lyricist Duration (m:ss)
1 "Deivame Unnai" V. Nagayya Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
2 "Ulagam Pora Thinusai" S. Varalakshmi
3 "Kadhaiyaa Alladhu Karpanaiyaa"
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 edit

  1. ^ a b c 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 edit

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 621.
  3. ^ Nam Kuzhandhai (1955 - Tamil)
  4. ^ G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014. p. 93.