Mohana Sundaram

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Mohana Sundaram
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by A. T. Krishnaswamy
Screenplay byA. T. Krishnaswamy
Based onMohana Sundaram
by J. R. Rangaraju
Produced by T. R. Mahalingam
StarringT. R. Mahalingam
S. Varalakshmi
CinematographyA. Shanmugam [1]
Edited byT. M. Lal [1]
Music by T. G. Lingappa
Production
company
Sree Sukumar Productions
Distributed byM. S. Pictures [2]
Release date
  • 21 July 1951 (1951-07-21)
Running time
171 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Mohana Sundaram is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by A. T. Krishnaswamy. An adaptation of J. R. Rangaraju's detective novel of the same name, the film stars T. R. Mahalingam and S. Varalakshmi. It was released on 21 July 1951, and became an average success. [1] [3]

Contents

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by T. G. Lingappa and the lyrics were written by K. D. Santhanam. [5] The westernised song "Hello My Dear Darling", which contained many English words, attracted considerable attention. [3]

SongsSingersLength
"Oh Jagamathil Inbam" T. R. Mahalingam S. Varalakshmi 02:17
"Oh Jagamathil Inbam" – Female S. Varalakshmi
"Pattu Venuma Oru Paattu"T. R. Mahalingam03:02
"Oyillana Mayilattam" P. Leela & K. Rani 03:51
"Pulli Maanai Pole"T. R. Mahalingam, S. Varalakshmi02:10
"Kanneer Thaano En"T. R. Mahalingam, S. Varalakshmi03:55
"Ninaivellam Neeya"T. R. Mahalingam
"Avar Thaane En"S. Varalakshmi
"Venmugil Kaana"S. Varalakshmi02:45
"Kannana Kanmani"T. R. Mahalingam03:47
"Inbam Pongum" Chandra Babu Jikki 02:57

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