Maragatham () is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film produced, directed and co-written by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. It is an adaptation of the novel Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai by T. S. D. Sami. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. It was released on 21 August 1959.

Plot

Based on an interesting crime thriller by T.S.D. Sami, the film has a sub-title ‘Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai' within brackets.

Cast

Male Cast Sivaji Ganesan as Varendran T. S. Balaiah Chandrababu as Gundan S. Balachander as Anandar, Maranamarthanda Zamindar T. S. Durairaj O. A. K. Thevar Narayana Pillai Santhanam Kanaiah Pakkirisamy Natarajan

Female Cast Padmini as Maragatham, Alamu Sandhya as Karpagavalli Gnanam Muthulakshmi Lakshmiprabha Lakshmirajam Saraswathi

Production Maragadham was directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu, who also produced it under Pakshiraja Studios. The film was based on Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai, a novel by T. S. D. Sami. Naidu wrote the screenplay and Murasoli Maran wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was handled by Sailen Bose, art direction by A. K. Sekhar, and editing by Velusamy.

Soundtrack The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. "Kunguma Poovey Konjum Puraavey" became a hit song. However, there is a controversy about this song. It is said that the tune for this song was composed by T. G. Lingappa for the film Sabaash Meena. However, for some reason, Chandrababu refused to sing the song for that film. Later he gave this tune to Subbaiah Naidu and it was included in this film.

Song Singers Lyrics Length "Kunguma Poove Konjum Puraave" J. P. Chandrababu, K. Jamuna Rani Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam 03.27 "Aadinaal Nadanam Aadinaal" Radha Jayalakshmi Ra. Balu 03.12 "Kannukkulle Unnai Paaru" T. M. Soundararajan, Radha Jayalakshmi Ra. Balu 03.32 "Kaviri Paayum" T. M. Soundararajan Ra. Balu 03.27 "Maalai Mayangukindra Neram" Radha Jayalakshmi Shuddhananda Bharati 04.08 "Punnagai Thavazhum Madhimugamo" T. M. Soundararajan, Radha Jayalakshmi Papanasam Sivan 03.54 "Pachchai Kili Pola" P. Leela, K. Jamuna Rani

Release and reception Maragadham was released on 21 August 1959, and failed commercially.

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