''Gruhalakshmi'' () is a 1955 Indian

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directed by H. V. Babu. The film stars M. K. Radha and

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. It is a remake of the 1938 Telugu film of the same name. The film was released on 14 April 1955.

Cast

List adapted from the database of

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;Male cast * M. K. Radha * V. Nagayya *Raghuveer *Peer Mohamed *T. E. Krishnamachari ;Female cast *

*T. V. Kumudhini *''Bombay'' Meenakshi *Padma

Production

The film was produced by

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who earlier produced and directed the Telugu version in 1938. This Tamil version was directed by H. V. Babu (Hanumappa Viswanath Babu). H. M. Reddy wrote the story and the dialogues were written by Udayakumar. D. L. Narayana handled the cinematography while the editing was done by M. S. Parthasarathy. Art direction was by A. K. Sekar and the choreography was done by Natraj. Still photography was done by Eswar Babu. The film was made at Film Centre, Madras.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by B. S. Kala, Sarala, T. A. Kalyanam and G. Nataraj. A song "Kaalai Thookki Nindru Aadum", penned by

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composer Marimutha Pillai was included in the film.

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*{{IMDb title 1950s Indian films 1950s Tamil-language films 1955 drama films Films scored by B. S. Kalla Films scored by G. Natarajan Films scored by T. A. Kalyanam Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Tamil remakes of Telugu films Tamil-language drama films Tamil-language Indian films