''Petra Maganai Vitra Annai'' () is 1958 Indian

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-language film, directed by V. Ramanathan and produced by

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. The film stars S. S. Rajendran, R. S. Manohar, A. Karunanidhi and E. R. Sahadevan, with

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and

T. P. Muthulakshmi T. P. Muthulakshmi (Native name: தமிழ்: டி. பி. முத்துலட்சுமி) was an Indian actress who was active from the 1950 to 1969. She was a prominent lead comedy actress during the early 1950s in Tamil film ...

in supporting roles.

Plot

Cast

* S. S. Rajendran as Prince Villalan/Neelan * R. S. Manohar as Minister Gunasekaran *

as Jeeva *

as The Queen (Prince Villalan's mother) * A. Karunanidhi as Duttan (Villalan's friend) *

as Mohana (Jeeva's friend) * Kumari Rajamani as Nirmala (Gunasekaran's daughter) *

E. R. Sahadevan E. R. Sahadevan was a Tamil veteran villain actor. He acted as the villain along with M. G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He made his debut film Rajasekaran Emantha Sonagiri, rele ...

as General Vikraman * "Sattampillai" Venkatraman as Azhagesan (Jeeva's Cousin) * Pakkirisamy as Alagalam (Azhagesan's friend) * M. S. Draupadi as Vedha * Master Gopal as Younger Villalan * Baby Sasikala as Younger Jeeva * K. K. Perumal * M. N. Krishnan * M. K. Durai Raj *

K. K. Soundar K.K. Soundar (1925-2003) was a Tamil film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, ...

as Parakraman * S. S. Siva Sooriyan

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy were an Indian music composing duo composed of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamoorthy. They worked together on over 100 films, from 1952's '' Panam'' to 1965's '' Aayirathil Oruvan''. After their split, Ramamoorthy wo ...

and lyrics were written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass,

A. Maruthakasi A. Maruthakasi (13 February 1920 – 29 November 1989) was an Indian poet and film lyricist who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He penned more than 4000 lyrics in more than 250 Tamil films. Early life Born in Melakudikadu in Tiruchirappal ...

Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram (13 April 1930 – 8 October 1959) also known as Pattukottaiyar was an Indian Tamil poet and lyricist. Considered to be the most popular Tamil lyricist of the 1950s, he is particularly remembered for the philo ...

and S. D. Sundharam. The song "Kaalamenum Kaattaaru" was taken from the stage play ''Kaviyin Kanavu'' authored by S. D. Sundaram.

References

External links

* {{A. P. Nagarajan 1950s Tamil-language films 1958 films Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Indian black-and-white films Indian historical films