Sri Kandha Leela

Sri Kanda Leela
Directed byH. S. Mehta
Written byNanjappa Chettiar
StarringRaja M. G. Dhandapani
M. V. Mani
Ramaiah Sastry
Vasantha
Sundarambal
Dhanalaksmi
CinematographyJ. S. Patel
Music byG. Govindarajulu Naidu
Production
company
Premier Cinetone
Release date
  • March 19, 1938 (1938-03-19)
[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Sri Kanda Leela is a 1938 Indian Tamil language film directed by H. S. Mehta.[2]


Cast

The following details were taken from the company song book.[3]

Males
Name Character
Raja M. G. Dhandapani Sooran
M. V. Mani Veeravagu
Master P. S. Mani (5 years) Bala (child) Murugan
Master Murugesan (10 years) Dhandapani
Master Narayanan Subramanyar
Ramaiah Sastry Idumban
Gnanamani Narada
Selvamani Sayanthan
V. V. S. Mani Bhanugopan
T. R. Kuppusamy Pillai Lord Shiva
G. Govindarajulu Vishnu
Saudappa Brahma
Arumugam Indra
Females
Name Character
Vasantha Valli
Sundarambal Deivayanai
Dhanalakshmi Parvathi
Suseeladevi Indrani
Seethalakshmi Asamukhi

Production

The film was produced by M. A. S. Sellam and Co, Kovai Premier Cinetone and directed by H. S. Mehta. L. Najappa Chettiar wrote the screenplay, dialogues and songs. Cinematography was done by J. S. Patel. Meenakshisundara Nattuvanar directed the choreography.[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. Govindarajulu while the lyrics were penned by L. Nanjappa Chettiar. Some folk devotional songs and one Thiruppugal was included in the film. Altogether there were 25 songs in the film.[4] All the songs were sung by the actors featuring the respective characters.

References

  1. ^ Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ Guy, Randor (30 March 2013). "Sri Kandha Leela". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b Sri Kandha Leela Song book, 1938, Reliance Press, Coimbatore.
  4. ^ Vijayakumar, Akila (March 2019). Tamizh Cinema Ulagam Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers 044 25361039. pp. 270–271.