''Sri Murugan'' is a 1946 Indian

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-language film produced by Jupiter Pictures and directed by M. Somasundaram and V. S. Narayanan. The film featured

Honnappa Bhagavathar Chowdasandra Honnappa Bhagavathar (14 January 1915 – 2 October 1992; kn, ಹೊನ್ನಪ್ಪ ಭಾಗವತರು) was an Indian theatre and film actor, producer, musician and singer. He was best known as a singer and as one of the pio ...

in the lead role.

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performed a dance number, ''Shiva Thandavam'' along with K. Malathi in the film.

Cast

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*Trichur Premavathi *

*K. Malathi *Dr. O. R. Balu *

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*(Yogam) Mangalam * Kali N. Rathnam *T. V. Kumudhini * ''Baby'' Harini

Crew

The list was compiled from

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's database. *Producers: M. Somasundaram and S. K. Mohideen *Director: M. Somasundaram and V. S. Narayanan *Story & Dialogues: A. S. A. Sami *Cinematography: Masthan, V. Krishnan and W. R. Subba Rao *Editing: D. R. Gopu *Art: Shantaram, P. P. Chowdri, M. P. Kuttiyappu *Choreography: K. R. Kumar *Studio: Central Studios *Production company: Jupiter Pictures

Production

Initially M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar was to play the lead role. After a few shots were taken with director Raja Chandrasekhar, Bhagavathar was arrested as a suspect in the Lakshmikanthan murder case. He was replaced with Bangalore-based Honnappa Bhagavathar. Raja Chandrasekhar walked out not willing to work with the newcomer. Producer M. Somasundaram directed the film along with V. S. Narayanan (who is the husband of Bhanumathi's sister). MGR was cast in the role of Lord

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. He performed the ''Shiva Thandavam'' dance with

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actress K. Malathi. The dance was a highlight of the film and MGR worked hard and performed well. His performance impressed all and this laid the foundation for him to play as hero in Jupiter's next film Rajakumari.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and

S. V. Venkatraman Sozhavanthan Varadharajan Venkatraman (Tamil: சோழவந்தான் வரதராஜன் வெங்கட்ராமன்) (25 April 1911 – 7 April 1998), also known as SVV, was an Indian actor, singer, and music director, wh ...

while the lyrics were penned by

Papanasam Sivan Paapanaasam Raamayya Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1971. He was also a film score composer in Kannada cine ...

. U. R. Jeevarathinam, a female artiste, played the male role of Sage

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and sang many songs. Honnappa Bhagavathar also had his share of songs.

References

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Songs by U. R. Jeevarathinam * 03:30 * 02:23 * 02:32 * 03:05 * 03:15 * 02:37 1940s Tamil-language films 1946 films Films scored by S. V. Venkatraman Indian black-and-white films Films scored by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu Jupiter Pictures films {{1940s-Tamil-film-stub