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Kannin Manigal
Kannin Manigal
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	T. Janakiraman
Screenplay by	O. Ganapathyappan
Story by	T. Janakiraman
Produced by	T. Janakiraman
Starring	M. K. Radha; Padmini; Sundar; N. S. Krishnan; T. A. Mathuram
Cinematography	T. Janakiram
Edited by	B. N. Rao
Music by	S. V. Venkatraman
Production; company	Maheswari Pictures
Distributed by	Jaya Pictures
Release date	5 May 1956;
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kannin Manigal (transl. Dearest Children [or] Eye Sight) is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced and directed by T. Janakiraman. The film stars M. K. Radha and Padmini.^[1]

Cast

The details are adapted from the database of Film News Anandan.^[2]

Male cast

Female cast

Production

Kannin Manigal was produced, written and directed by T. Janakiraman. The dialogues were by A. L. Narayanan and O. Ganapathyappan. Cinematography was handled by T. Janakiraman, and the editing by B. N. Rao. A. P. Chellaiah, D. Sohanlal and S. V. Gopal Rao were in charge of art direction, choreography and photography, respectively.^[2] The film, mainly in black-and-white, had some sequences in Gevacolor.^[3]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. V. Venkatraman while the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan, Kambadasan, Subbu. Arumugam, A. Maruthakasi and Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai.^[4]^[5] The song "Kaalam Maari Poche" (sung by N. S. Krishnan) was a satire on modern life and lifestyles, and attained popularity.^[6]

Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Duration (m:ss)
"Maheswari Undhan"	N. L. Ganasaraswathi	Papanasam Sivan
"Vinaiyo Nin Sodhanaiyo"		Papanasam Sivan
"Nayagar Padshamadi"		Mayuram Vedanayagam Pillai
"Adhaiyum Idhaiyum"	Kasthoori	A. Maruthakasi
"Kuthaalathula Kuriyirukkira"	Kasthoori
"Appadiyum Ippadiyum"	Sundaramma
"Edhukkum Rendu Thaevai"	Kasthoori, Saroja & Sundaramma
"Kaalam Maari Poche"	N. S. Krishnan	Subbu. Arumugam	02:37
"Nalla Veenai Idhe Mannile"	M. L. Vasanthakumari	Kambadasan
"Velli Nilavinile"
"Aaraaro Aasai Kanmaniye"
"Anbin Dheepamidhe"
"Manidhiramo Maayamo"	Saroja
"Kaadhal...Kandukonden Naane"	T. A. Mothi & R. Balasaraswathi
"Kaadhal...Kandukonden Naane" (Pathos)	T. A. Mothi & R. Balasaraswathi
"Yaen Marandhaai Eesaa"	S. V. Venkatraman

Release and reception

Kannin Manigal was released on 5 May 1956,^[2] by Jaya Pictures.^[3] The film was not a box office success, and no print of it is known to survive. This makes it a lost film.^[6]

References

^ காந்தன் (20 May 1956). "கண்ணின் மணிகள்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 30–31. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2022 – via Internet Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1956 – கண்ணின் மணிகள் – மகேஸ்வரி பிக்சர்ஸ்" [1956 – Kannin Manigal – Maheswari Pictures]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Kannin Manigal". The Indian Express. 27 April 1956. p. 10. Retrieved 5 November 2018 – via Google News Archive.
^ Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. pp. 103–104.
^ RANKSNS (4 June 2021). Kannin Manigal (1956) Jukebox (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021 – via YouTube.
^ ^a ^b Guy, Randor (26 July 2017). "Kannin Manigal (1956)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2017.