Porter Kandan

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Porter Kandan
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Poster
Directed byK. Vembu
Written by Sandilyan
Ko. Tha. Shanmugasundaram
M. S. Kannan
Story byP. Chengaiah
Produced byV. L. Narasu
Starring M. K. Radha
G. Varalakshmi
S. V. Subbaiah
CinematographyM. Masthan
Edited byR. Rajagopal
Music by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Production
company
Narasu Studios
Distributed byNarasu Studios
Release date
  • 14 April 1955 (1955-04-14)
Running time
190 min.
Country India
LanguageTamil

Porter Kandan is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Vembu. The film stars M. K. Radha and G. Varalakshmi. [1]

Contents

Cast

The list is adapted from the database of Film News Anandan. [1]

Production

The film was produced by V. L. Narasu under the banner Narasu Studios (a subsidiary of Narasu coffee company) and was directed by K. Vembu. P. Chengaiah wrote the story while the dialogues were written by M. S. Kannan, Novelist Sandilyan and K. T. Shanmugasundaram. Cinematography was by M. Masthan while the editing was done by R. Rajagopal and Balaraman. A. K. Sekar was the art director while P. G. Chellappa was the choreographer. Still photography was done by R. P. Sarathy. [1]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by the duo Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. [2]

SongSinger/sLyricist
"Kondaatam Kondaatam" Thiruchi Loganathan, S. C. Krishnan, Sellamuthu, Madhavan, K. Rani A. Maruthakasi
"Ezhuthi Chellum Vidhiyin Kai...Varundhaathe Maname"S. C. Krishnan
"Vinaiyaa, Vidhiyaa, Ulagin Sadhiyaa" Ghantasala
"Aadhiyaai Ulagukellaam"V. N. SundaramAmbikapathy
"Nalla Nalla Sevai, Naattuku Thevai" Jikki & ChorusAzha. Valliyappa
"Vidumurai, Vidumurai, Vidumurai"Baby Rajakumari, Krishnaveni & Baby JayaK. T. Shanmugasundaram

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "1955 – போர்ட்டர் கந்தன் – நரசு ஸ்டுடியோஸ்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 96.
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