Kumara Kulothungan

Kumara Kulothungan
Kumara Kulothungan
Directed by	I. Raja Rao
Cinematography	G. G. Mama Shinde
Edited by	P. M. Thambu Setty, D. G. George
Music by	A. M. Nataraja Mudaliar
Production; company	Deccan Cinetone
Release date	1941;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kumara Kulothungan is a 1939 Indian, Tamil-language film directed by I. Raja Rao^[2] The film featured T. R. Rajakumari in the lead role credited as T. R. Rajalakshmi.^[3]

Cast

The list was compiled from the book Thamizh Cinema Ulagam^[4]

Male

C. D. Kannapiran as Kumara Kulothungan
G. Gopal as Poet Pugazhendhi
P. Subbaiah Thevar as Poet Ottakoothar
S. Nandaram as Chozha Commander Ukkirasenan
T. T. Arasu as Parakrama Pandiyan
A. Meganathan as Poet Kambar
P. M. Ummar as Pandiyan Commander
G. M. Govindasamy as Pandiyan minister
S. M. Thangaraj as Pandiyan minister
A. R. Venkataram as Chozha minister
P. A. Santhanam as Chithreegan

Support cast

A. R. Ramadas
V. M. Menon
K. Govindasamy
M. S. Murugesan (comedian)
S. S. Kokko (comedian) (Real name: Pasupuleti Srinivasulu Naidu)

Female

Rajalakshmi as Buvaneswari
M. R. Mahalakshmi as Thyagavalli
M. R. Meenakshi Bai as Pandiyan Queen
M. K. Hamsaveni as Neelaveni
N. Varalakshmi as Dancer Kanagavalli

Support cast

S. Saraswathi
K. Janaki
T. M. J. Saradha (comedian)
C. K. Selvambal (comedian)

Production

The film was produced by Deccan Cinetone in their own studios at Kilpauk, Chennai. It was directed either by I. Raja Rao^[2] OR by R. Dwarakanath.^[3] Though the film was produced in 1939 there was no takers at that time. It was released only in 1941 after the success of Kacha Devayani in which T. R. Rajakumari created a sensation. In 1939, T. R. Rajakumari was credited with her real-life name, T. R. Rajaye but when this film was released in 1941, her name was changed as T. R. Rajalakshmi.^[3]

In an interview to Ananda Vikatan published on 5 July 1960, T. R. Rajakumari said the film was not released.^[4]

Soundtrack

A. M. Nataraja Mudaliar wrote the lyrics and composed the music. There were 36 songs in the film 5 sung by T. R. Rajakumari.^[4] But no trace of any song is available now.

Reception

Writing in 2014, Randor Guy says the film was a failure at the box-office.

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 3 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 609.
^ ^a ^b ^c Randor Guy (22 March 2014). "Kumara Kulothungan (1939)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Vijayakumar, Akila (March 2019). Tamizh Cinema Ulagam Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers 044 25361039. pp. 316–319.

[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 3 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[Ashish-2] Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 609.

[hindu-3] Randor Guy (22 March 2014). "Kumara Kulothungan (1939)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[akila-4] Vijayakumar, Akila (March 2019). Tamizh Cinema Ulagam Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers 044 25361039. pp. 316–319.

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