Naan Valartha Thangai

1958 Indian film
  • 10 November 1958 (1958-11-10)
Running time
189 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Naan Valartha Thangai (transl. The younger sister I raised) is a 1958 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by Ch. Narayanamurthy. The film stars Prem Nazir and Pandari Bai. It was released on 10 November 1958.

Plot

Cast

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

Male cast
  • Prem Nazir
  • S. V. Subbaiah
  • Nagesh
  • V. R. Rajagopal
  • T. K. Ramachandran
Female cast
  • Pandari Bai
  • Mynavathi
  • Helen
  • Suryakala
  • Daisy Irani (as child artiste)

Production

The film was produced under the banner Saravanabhava Unity Pictures and directed by Ch. Narayanamurthy. Story was by P. A. Padmanabha Rao while the dialogues were written by Ra. Vi. Cinematography was handled by P. Ramasamy and editing was done by K. Govindasamy. S. V. S. Rama Rao was in charge of art direction. P. S. Gopalakrishnan, Chopra and Venugopal handled the choreography. Still photography was done by R. N. Nagaraja Rao and K. Vinayagam. The film was shot at Neptune studios and processed in AVM laboratory.[1]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Pendyala Nageswara Rao while the lyrics were penned by Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram and Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.[2]

Song Singer/s Lyricist
"Amma Thulasi, Unmaiyin Arasi" P. Leela Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram
"Aangal Maname Appadithaan" T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela
"Katpin Ilakkaname" Ghantasala
"Indhiyaavin Raajathaani Dilli" A. L. Raghavan & Jikki
"Maalai Neram Vandhathu Paaru" Jikki
"Inba Mugam Onru Kanden" P. Susheela
"Paarthaayaa Maanidanin"
"Aisaa Paisaa Ulagamadaa" Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
"Ottu Maambazhathai Pole" S. C. Krishnan & Jikki

Release

Naan Valartha Thangai was released on 10 November 1958,[1] delayed from a September release.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "1958 நான் வளர்த்த தங்கை – சரவணபவ யூனிடி பிக்" [1958 Naan Valartha Thangai – Saravanabhava Unity Pic.]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. ^ Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 148.
  3. ^ "Nan Valartha Thangai". The Indian Express. 6 September 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ^ "நான் வளர்த்த தங்கை". Kalki (in Tamil). 21 September 1958. p. 29. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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