Gruhalakshmi (1955 film)

Gruhalakshmi
Gruhalakshmi
Directed by	H. V. Babu
Screenplay by	Udhayakumar (dialogues)
Story by	H. M. Reddy
Produced by	H. M. Reddy
Starring	M. K. Radha; Anjali Devi; V. Nagayya; T. V. Kumudhini
Cinematography	D. L. Narayana
Edited by	M. S. Parthasarathy
Music by	B. S. Kala/Sarala; T. A. Kalyanam; G. Natarajan
Production; company	Rohini Pictures
Distributed by	Rohini Pictures
Release date	14 April 1955;
Running time	181 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Gruhalakshmi (transl. Prosperous House-wife) is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language film directed by H. V. Babu. The film stars M. K. Radha and Anjali Devi. It is a remake of the 1938 Telugu film of the same name.^[1]

Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan^[1]

Male cast

M. K. Radha
V. Nagayya
Raghuveer
Peer Mohamed
T. E. Krishnamachari

Female cast

Anjali Devi
T. V. Kumudhini
Bombay Meenakshi
Padma

Production

The film was produced by H. M. Reddy who earlier produced and directed the Telugu version in 1938. This Tamil version was directed by H. V. Babu (Hanumappa Viswanath Babu). H. M. Reddy wrote the story and the dialogues were written by Udayakumar. D. L. Narayana handled the cinematography while the editing was done by M. S. Parthasarathy.^[1] Art direction was by A. K. Sekar and the choreography was done by Natraj. Still photography was done by Eswar Babu. The film was made at Film Centre, Madras.^[1]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by B. S. Kala, Sarala, T. A. Kalyanam and G. Nataraj.^[2] A song "Kaalai Thookki Nindru Aadum", penned by Carnatic music composer Marimutha Pillai was included in the film.

Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Duration (m:ss)
"Jaya Jaya Savithri Devi"	P. Leela	Papanasam Sivan
"Kanne Maniye Kannoli Poove"	Ghantasala	Guhan
"Vaaraayi Sukumaaraa Yen Manadhil"	Jikki		3:19
"O Settaiyyaa Sottaiyyaa"	P. Leela
"Paapam Seydheno"	P. Leela & K. Jamuna Rani
"Kaalai Thookki Ninru Aadum"	Natarajan & Padma	Marimutha Pillai

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "1955 – கிருஹலஷ்மி – ரோகினி பிக்சர்ஸ்-கிரஹலஷ்மி (தெ)". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
^ Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 89.

External links

Gruhalakshmi at IMDb

[lakshmansruthi-1] "1955 – கிருஹலஷ்மி – ரோகினி பிக்சர்ஸ்-கிரஹலஷ்மி (தெ)". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[2] Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 89.

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