Vijayakumari (film)

Vijayakumari
Vijayakumari
Tamil	விஜயகுமாரி
Directed by	A. S. A. Sami
Written by	Dialogues; A. S. A. Sami
Screenplay by	A. S. A. Sami
Story by	A. S. A. Sami
Produced by	M. Somasundaram
Starring	K. R. Ramaswamy; T. R. Rajakumari; Serukulathur Sama; T. S. Balaiah; Kumari Kamala; P. K. Saraswathi; M. N. Nambiar
Cinematography	Masthan,; W. R. Subba Rao; Art:; A. K. Sekar
Edited by	D. Durairaj
Music by	C. R. Subburaman
Production; companies	Jupiter Pictures; Lab:; Central Studios
Release date	18 March 1950 (India);
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vijayakumari is a 1950 Indian Tamil language film directed by A. S. A. Sami.^[2] The film featured K. R. Ramaswamy and T. R. Rajakumari in the lead roles.^[1]

Plot

This is the story of a young man who works to bring changes in the society destroying corruption and superstitious beliefs. The story is set in a kingdom that had a wily minister. The princess falls in love with the young man, but the minister has ideas to marry the princess to his son. The young man and his sister are tormented by the minister.^[3]

Cast

List adapted from The Hindu article.^[3]

Male cast

K. R. Ramaswamy as Vijayan
Serukulathur Sama as Prime Minister
T. S. Balaiah as Son of Prime Minister
M. N. Nambiar as the brother of a fisherwoman
R. Balasubramaniam
K. R. Ramsingh as an amputated Wizard
Pulimoottai Ramasami
K. Sayeeram

Chreography

Vedantam Raghavaiah

Female cast

T. R. Rajakumari as the Princess
Kumari Kamala as Sister of Vijayan
P. K. Saraswathi as Maya, Queen of an island
K. S. Angamuthu
M. S. S. Bhagyam as a fisherwoman

Dance

Production

This is a historical film, but almost like a folklore film, produced by M. Somasundaram under the banner Jupiter Pictures. After the success of Velaikkaari, the producer encouraged A. S. A. Sami to bring out another film with a similar theme. Sami created the character of a young man with revolutionary ideas and the same hero K. R. Ramaswamy was featured in the role.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by C. R. Subburaman, while the lyrics were penned by Udumalai Narayana Kavi.^[1] The film had 14 songs, some of them of Western style. The dance song Laalu Laalu written by K. D. Santhanam and rendered by Vyjayanthimala became popular.^[3]

No.	Song	Singer/s	Lyrics	Duration (m:ss)
1	"Laalu Laalu"	A. P. Komala	K. D. Santhanam	02:39
2	"Geethaanandham Perinbam"	M. L. Vasanthakumari & P. Leela		04:59
3	"Vaa Vavvaa Kittey Vaa Vavvaa"	A. P. Komala & Pulimoottai Ramasamy		03:14
3	""	A. L. Raghavan
4	"Pandrimalai Panimamalai"	A. P. Komala & K. V. Janaki

Reception

In spite of the reformist theme, the film did not do well because of its complicated story. Film historian Randor Guy wrote in 2009 that the film is remembered for "the western-style dances by Vyjayanthimala and Lalitha-Padmini, catchy western tunes and good production values."^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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 28 March 2017.
^ Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 654. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Guy, Randor (5 November 2009). "Blast from the past: Vijayakumari (1950)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

External links

Vijayakumari at IMDb

[anandan-1] 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 28 March 2017.

[2] Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 654. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

[hindu-3] Guy, Randor (5 November 2009). "Blast from the past: Vijayakumari (1950)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

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