''Nalla Thangai'' () is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by S. A. Natarajan. The film stars M. N. Nambiar, Madhuri Devi,

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, S. A. Natarajan and T. S. Balaiah.

Cast & Crew

The lists of cast and crew were adapted from

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's database and from the film credits (see external links).

Cast

* M. N. Nambiar * T. S. Balaiah * S. A. Natarajan * V. M. Ezhumalai * A. Karunanidhi *Pulimoottai Ramasami *K. Sairam *''Yadhartham'' Ponnusamy * M. M. A. Chinnappa *T. R. Natarajan *C. K. Soundararajan *D. K. Chinnappa *M. V. Raju *P. K. Raghavan * Madhuri Devi * P. R. Sulochana *C. R. Rajakumari *M. S. S. Packiam *S. K. Venubhai *K. Shantha Devi *

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*Lalitha * Pushpalatha *K B Sundarammbal Dance *C. R. Rajakumari *Kumari Susheela

Crew

*Producer: S. A. Natarajan *Director: S. A. Natarajan *Story, Screenplay and Dialogues: A. P. Nagarajan *Cinematography: J. G. Vijayam *Editing: D. Vijayarangam *Art: M. Kuttiyapu, Ponnusamy *Choreography: P. S. Gopalakrishnan, A. K. Chopra *Studio: Central Studios

Production

The film was produced by S. A. Natarajan under the banner of Forward Art Films, a company that was owned by him. Another film with the title Nalla Thangal was produced by Madras Movietones and was released at the end of this year with a different cast and crew.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by G. Ramanathan while the lyrics were penned by

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Ka. Mu. Sheriff Ka. Mu. Sheriff was a writer and poet who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He was a popular Tamil film lyricist during the 1950s and 60s. His lyrics ''Chittukuruvi Chittukuruvi Sedhi Theriyuma?'', ''Yerikaraiyin Maele Poravale Penn Mayile'' a ...

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, K. P. Kamatchisundaram and R. Lakshmana Das. Playback singers are P. Leela,

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, A. G. Rathnamala,

T. V. Rathnam Tenkasi Vallinayagam Rathnam ( ta, தென்காசி வள்ளிநாயகம் (டி.வி.) ரத்தினம்) (1930 - 17 October 1984) hailed from Tenkasi, Madras Presidency, British India. She was a playback singe ...

, (Radha) Jayalakshmi, G. Ramanathan, Thiruchi Loganathan, T. M. Soundararajan and

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. G. Ramanathan himself sung the Bharathiyar song "Kooli Miga Ketpar" in the Raga Senjurutti that became popular.

References

External links

* {{A. P. Nagarajan Indian drama films Films with screenplays by A. P. Nagarajan Films scored by G. Ramanathan 1955 drama films