Vijayakumari (film)

Vijayakumari
Tamil விஜயகுமாரி
Directed by A. S. A. Sami
Produced by M. Somasundaram
Screenplay by A. S. A. Sami
Starring K. R. Ramaswamy
T. R. Rajakumari
Serukulathur Sama
T. S. Balaiah
Kumari Kamala
P. K. Saraswathi
M. N. Nambiar
Music by C. R. Subburaman
Cinematography Masthan, W. R. Subba Rao
Edited by D. Durairaj
Production
company
Release date
  • 18 March 1950 (1950-03-18) (India)
[1]
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

It's 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 willy 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]

Dance

Crew

  • Producer = M. Somasundaram
  • Director =A. S. A. Sami
  • Story, Screenplay & Dialogues = A. S. A. Sami
  • Cinematography = Masthan, W. R. Subba Rao
  • Editing = D. Durairaj
  • Art = A. K. Sekar
  • Chreography = Vedantam Raghavaiah
  • Lab = Central Studios

Production

This is a historical film but almost like a folklore 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]

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

  1. 1 2 3 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. ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 654.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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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