Lavanya (film)

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Lavanya
Directed byG. R. Lakshmanan
Written byG. R. Lakshmanan
Produced byG. R. Lakshmanan
StarringT. E. Varadan
Suryaprabha
Vanaja
Kumari Kamala
Cinematography Marcus Bartley
Adi Irani
Edited byJambu
A. S. Thangavelu
Music by S. V. Venkataraman
Production
company
Eastern Art Productions
Distributed byEastern Art Productions
Release date
  • 26 May 1951 (1951-05-26)(India)
[1]
Running time
173 mins. (15623 ft.)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Lavanya is a 1951 Indian Tamil language film directed by G. R. Lakshmanan. The film stars T. E. Varadan and Suryaprabha.

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Plot

Two poor girls make their living by street dancing. Some heavenly maidens descend to Earth and wants to make fun. They make one of the girls to get lost while bathing and make the other girl into a handsome young man. Now the young man falls in love with a princess. They marry. A divine person presents the young man with a ring and says the ring will give whatever he wants but there is one condition. The young man should not consummate his marriage. So, the young man gets all he wants and strictly guarded himself from making love to his wife. The wife does all sorts of things to seduce him. At last, one day he relents to her charms and make love to her. But, Lo and behold! He lost everything he had. How he fights back to get back all the things and also the lost girl, forms the rest of the story. [2]

Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan [1] and from the Hindu review article. [2]

Production

The film was produced and directed by G. R. Lakshmanan who also wrote the story and dialogues. Cinematography was handled by Marcus Bartley and Adi Irani while the editing was done by Jambu and A. S. Thangavelu. K. Nageswara Rao was in-charge of Art direction. K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai, Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai and Hiralal did the choreography. The film was shot at Vauhini studios. [2]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. V. Venkatraman while the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan. Playback singers are D. K. Pattammal, P. A. Periyanayaki and Jikki [3]

No.SongSinger/s
1"Enni Enni En Manadhu"
2"Thanga Oru Nizhalillaiye...Bharatha Nannaadu"D. K. Pattammal
3"Kaalam Kettu Poche"Jikki
4"Idhu Mun Seydha Vinaiyo"P. A. Periyanayaki
5"Yezhai Ennidam Umadhu Manamum"
6"Thoodhu Nee Sellaayo Mugile"
7"Unai Ninaindhurugi Kanavilum"

Reception

The film did not fare well at the box office. However, the film is remembered for the dance sequences and brilliant cinematography. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru[History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Guy, Randor (5 February 2011). "Lavanya 1951". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. ↑ G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014. p. 25.
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