Nala Damayanthi (1959 film)

Nala Damayanthi
Film poster
Directed by	Kemparaj Urs
Screenplay by	Aroordas
Based on	Maha Bharatha stories
Produced by	Kemparaj Urs
Starring	P. Bhanumathi Kemparaj Urs V. Nagayya Relangi Mukkamala
Cinematography	P. D. Mathoor
Edited by	P. Kandasamy
Music by	B. Gopalam
Production company	Kemparaj Urs Productions
Distributed by	Janatha Cine Corporations [1]
Release date	1959 (1959)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Nala Damayanthi is a 1959 Indian Tamil language film produced and directed by Kemparaj Urs. The film stars Kemparaj Urs and P. Bhanumathi. The film was originally made in Telugu with the same title and was released in 1957. ^{[2] [3]}

Plot

The film is based on a story from the Vana Parva of Mahabharata. Damayanthi is the princess of Vidarbha Kingdom and Nala is the king of Nishadha Kingdom. He is an excellent cook. They love and marry each other and beget two children. But soon they undergo hardships due to Nala losing his kingdom in a game of dice. They get separated but Damayanthi is found and joins her father with her two children. Nala is bitten by a snake and becomes a dwarf. Damayanthi arranges for a fake swayamwara to find her husband. Nala, as a dwarf, attends the ceremony with his master. Damayanthi recognizes him from the food he prepared. Nala is restored to his former self and the couple are reunited.

Cast

• P. Bhanumathi as Damayanthi
• Kemparaj as Nala
• V. Nagayya as Paakugan
• Relangi as Vidhooshagan
• Mukkamala as Pushkaran
• Jayalakshmi as Neelaveni
• Kameswaramma as Gowri
• Ramadevi as Kannamma
• Seetha as Vannaralakshmi
• Lankasathiyam as Vannara Chinnaan
• Sri Vathsa as Rudhubarnan
• Venkara as Sudevan
• Lakshmaiya Chowdri as Kali Purushan

Soundtrack

Music was composed by B. Gopalam.^{[ citation needed ]}

Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Duration(m:ss)
"Sarasam Seiyadhe Maname"	P. Bhanumathi	Puratchidasan	02:53
"Anname Thaen Piraiyaale"	P. B. Srinivas		01:25
"Jai Bavani Dhayaarpari"	P. Bhanumathi		00:55
"Ilanthalir Neeraadum Then Suvai"	A. P. Komala		03:20
"Nan Konda Koyil Endha"	P. Bhanumathi		03:14
"Nin Paadha Dhaasi"	P. Bhanumathi		03:41
"Karunaabharaney"	B. Gopalam	Samudrala	01:26
"Vinaip Payan Idhuthaanaa"	B. Gopalam	Kuyilan	02:36
"Singara Dhamayanthi Seemandham"	A. P. Komala		03:31
"Thee Vinayo Nenjam Mariyadho"	P. Bhanumathi		03:39
"Amma Puviyaalum Mathaa"	P. Bhanumathi		03:37
"Varunaadhi Devane"	B. Gopalam		02:39
"Seena Seeyanna Sirichaa"	S. Janaki		03:06
"Prabho Yae Prabho"	P. B. Srinivas		02:15
"Thappi Pottu Thappu"	B. Gopalam, K. Rani	M. Sundharan	03:34
"Mali Pugazh Nala Saridhai"	Seerkazhi Govindarajan	Papanasam Sivan	02:22

References

1. "நள தமயந்தி". Kalki (in Tamil). 8 November 1959. p. 53. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
2. "1959-ல் வெளியான படப்பட்டியல் - தயாரிப்பாளர்கள்" [List of films released in 1959 – Producers]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
3. "சகலகலா வல்லி பானுமதி (3)". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 3 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

External links

• Nala Damayanthi at IMDb