''Thendral Veesum'' () is a 1962 Indian

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film produced and directed by

B. S. Ranga Bindiganavile Srinivas Iyengar Ranga (11 November 1917 – 12 December 2010) was an Indian photographer, actor, producer and director who has made many landmark movies in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil. He was also the owner of Vikram Studios. He ...

. The film stars

Kalyan Kumar Kalyan Kumar (7 June 1928 – 1 August 1999) was an Indian actor, and an occasional film director and producer who worked primarily in Kannada and Tamil cinema. Making his acting debut in the mythological drama ''Natashekara'' (1954), Kalyan Kuma ...

, M. R. Radha, Krishna Kumari and Rajasree. The film was simultaneously produced in Telugu with the title ''Aasa Jeevulu''.

Plot

Cast

The list was adapted from K. Neelamegam's Thiraikalanjiyam Part2. *

* M. R. Radha * A. Karunanidhi * Prem Nazir *S. Rama Rao *

V. Nagayya V. Nagayya (born Vuppaladadiyam Nagayya Sarma; 28 March 1904 – 30 December 1978) also known as Chittoor Nagayya was an Indian actor, singer, music composer, and director known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, and Telugu theatre. ...

* Krishna Kumari * Rajasree *Rukmini

Production

The film was simultaneously produced in Telugu with the title ''Aasa Jeevulu''. The song ''Paadinaar Kavignar Paadinaar'' was recorded for ''

Nichaya Thaamboolam ''Nichaya Thamboolam'' () is a 1962 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film, directed and produced by B. S. Ranga. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jamuna (actress), Jamuna. It was released on 9 February 1962. The film was re ...

'' with

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

and Jamuna featuring in the scene. But that was not included in the film for some reason.

who was the producer and director for that film as well, used the song in this film.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by the duo

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 ...

while the lyrics were penned by

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

and

Mayavanathan Mayavanathan ( ta, மாயவநாதன்) was a Tamil poet and lyricist in Tamil Cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. B ...

. Playback singers are

P. Susheela Pulapaka Susheela (born 13 November 1935), popularly known as P. Susheela, is an Indian playback singer associated with the South Indian cinema primarily from Andhra Pradesh for over six decades. She is one of the greatest and best-known playba ...

, T. M. Soundararajan,

S. Janaki Sistla Janaki (born 23 April 1938) is an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is referred to respectfully as "Janaki Amma" and Nightingale of South India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in ...

G. K. Venkatesh Gurusala Krishnadas Venkatesh (21 September 1927 – 17 November 1993) was an Indian film score composer who primarily worked in Kannada cinema during the 1960s, 1970s and until the late-1980s. He also composed music for Telugu, Malayalam and Ta ...

, P. B. Sreenivas,

S. C. Krishnan S. C. Krishnan (1929-1983) was an Indian actor and playback singer who worked mainly in Tamil dramas and films. Early life He was born into a Saurashtra family as the fourth son of a jeweller ''Chelvam Achary'' in Sivaganga that was part of ...

K. Jamuna Rani K. Jamuna Rani (born 17 May 1938 in Andhra Pradesh, India) is an Indian playback singer who has sung over 6,000 songs in Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam lnguages. Life and career Rani was born to K. Varadarajulu and violinist ...

and L. R. Eswari. The song ''Aambala Manasu Aasaiyinaale Aaduthu'' sung by S. C. Krishnan, K. Jamuna Rani and L. R. Eswari was recorded in the disc but was not included in the film.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0261350 1962 drama films 1962 films Films scored by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy Indian drama films Indian multilingual films 1960s multilingual films 1960s Telugu-language films 1960s Indian films 1960s Tamil-language films