Makkalai Petra Magarasi

Makkalai Petra Magarasi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. Somu
Written byA. P. Nagarajan
Produced byV. K. Ramasamy
A. P. Nagarajan
StarringSivaji Ganesan
P. Bhanumathi
K. Sarangapani
V. K. Ramasamy
P. Kannamba
M. N. Nambiar
M. N. Rajam
CinematographyV. K. Gopal
Edited byT. Vijayarangam
K. Durai
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
Production
company
Sri Lakshmi Pictures
Distributed bySivaji Films[1]
Release date
  • 27 February 1957 (1957-02-27)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Makkalai Petra Magarasi (transl. The Mother of Children) is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Somu and written by A. P. Nagarajan, who produced it with V. K. Ramasamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and P. Bhanumathi. It was remade in Kannada as Anna Thangi.[citation needed]

Plot

A village in Coimbatore district. Sengodan is a naïve good-hearted farmer, who knows no other God other than his mother Angamma. Staying back in the hamlet and tilling his land, he sends his beloved sister Thangam to a college in town. Angamma's brother is an avaricious landowner in the same village. The two families are not in speaking terms ever since Angamma's husband ran away unable to meet the unreasonable demands of his brother-in-law after having borrowed some money from him. Kannan, the villain's son, however does not inherit his father's wily characteristics. Studying in the same college, Kannan and Thangam fall in love with each other. The storm which breaks out when the warring families become aware of their love and how the lovers unite finally fill rest of the reels. In the midst of these chaotic proceedings there is also another love story between the brave and mischievous belle Rangamma and the shy Sengodan.

Cast

Production

Makkalai Petra Magarasi was the first film to be produced by actor V. K. Ramasamy and director A. P. Nagarajan (who worked mostly as a screenwriter at that time) under their then newly formed production company Sri Lakshmi Pictures.[2]

Soundtrack

The music composed by K. V. Mahadevan.[3][4] The song "Manapaarai Maadu Katti" is set to the Sindhu Bhairavi raga.[2][5]

Song Singers Lyrics Length
"Manapaarai Maadu Katti" T. M. Soundararajan A. Maruthakasi 03:25
"Sonna Pechcha Kekkanum" P. Bhanumathi 03:29
"Vandhadhu Yaarunu" 02:50
"Makkalai Petra Maharasi" Jikki 02:00
"Seemaikku Poi Padichchavaru" S. C. Krishnan & A. P. Komala 04:08
"Senthazham Poovai Poi" K. Jamuna Rani & A. G. Rathnamala 03:01
"Adi Tharapuram Thambaram" S. C. Krishnan & A. G. Rathnamala Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass 02:41
"Poravale Poravale Ponnurangam" T. M. Soundararajan & P. Bhanumathi 03:15
"O Malliyakka O Rojakka" Jikki, K. Jamuna Rani & A. G. Rathnamala Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram 05:55
"Ondru Serndha Anbu" P. B. Sreenivas & Udutha Sarojini A. Maruthakasi 03:22

Reception

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References

  1. ^ "Makkalai Petra Maharasi". The Indian Express. 24 February 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ a b ராமசாமி, வி. கே. (6 April 1997). "சாவித்திரி கொடுத்த ஷாக்!" (PDF). Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 32–35. Retrieved 31 May 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Makkalai Petra Maharasi". JioSaavn. 31 December 1957. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. ^ Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. pp. 130–131.
  5. ^ Mani, Charulatha (10 May 2013). "Light and melodious". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ^ காந்தன் (24 March 1957). "மக்களைப் பெற்ற மகராசி". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 50–51. Archived from the original on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via Internet Archive.