''Bagyavathi'' is a 1957 Indian

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directed by L. V. Prasad and written by Ra. Ve, starring

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

, Padmini and M. N. Rajam. It was released on 27 December 1957.

Plot

Somu, who is a criminal, marries Meena. Unable to expose Somu because of her love and devotion to him, she tries to transform him. In a separate storyline, Ravi, a six-year-old boy, learns that his father Suppanna is a criminal, and leaves his home. Suppanna also has a daughter, Bhama, who fails in her attempts to reform her father's ways. As a result, she kills herself.

Cast

;Male cast *

as Somu * K. A. Thangavelu as Shankaran * K. Sarangapani as Ramasami * Boopathi Nandaram as Subbanna * P. D. Sambandam as Saminathan * Master Gopal as Ravi ;Female * Padmini as Meena * Ragini as Suguna * M. N. Rajam as Bama * Lakshmi Prabha as Velammal * K. N. Kamalam as Sooravalli * K. Aranganayaki as Somu's mother ;Supporting cast * C. P. Kittan, V. P. S. Mani, Basupathi, V. T. Kalyanam, Santhanam, Ponnusami, Kunjitham Pillai, Jayasakthivel, G. V. Sharma, Shankaramoorthi, Therur Murugan, Kannan, Late Balaraman, Nanjilseth, Subbaraman, Rathnam, Sami & Party, P. R. Chandra, Seethalakshmi, and Kaurava Nathakar Sivasooryan.

Production

A.C. Pillai, who was a small-time bank clerk-turned-film producer, made this film. It was written by Ra. Venkatachalam under the abbreviated "Ra. Ve". P. L. Rai was the cinematographer and the audiography was handled by A. Krishnan. The film was produced at

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. Dakshinamurthi. The song "Kannale Vettadhe" was well received.

Release and reception

''Bagyavathi'' was released on 27 December 1957. The film was distributed by Subbu & Co in Madras. Film historian

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noted, "In spite of the stellar cast, interesting storyline and fine direction, the film did not do well".

References

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* {{L. V. Prasad 1950s Indian films 1950s Tamil-language films 1957 crime drama films 1957 films Films directed by L. V. Prasad Films scored by Susarla Dakshinamurthi Indian crime drama films Tamil-language crime drama films Tamil-language Indian films