''Jatakam'' (; also spelt ''Jathakam'') is a 1953 Indian

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directed by

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. The film stars

T. K. Balachandran T. K. Balachandran was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Malayalam films. He has acted in more than 200 films. His areas of contribution includes Production, Dialogue, Story, Screenplay. He is the first actor to do a double role in the history ...

and Suryakala. It was simultaneously made in

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as ''Jataka Phala'' and in

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as ''Jatakaphalam''.

Cast

List adapted from the film's song book ;Male cast *

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as Kandasami Kalingarayar *

as Chinnisami Thanjarayar *

as Kanakasabai * P. D. Sambandam as Somu * Vikatan Krishnamoorthi as Dharmalingam * N. S. Narayana Pillai as Doctor * Ganapathi Bhat as Velu ;Support Cast S. G. Subbaiah, Kalyanam, C. V. Ramachandran ;Female cast *

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as Kannammal * K. N. Kamalam as Vetummal * Kamala Bai as Ponnammal * K. Suryakala as Lakshmi * Kumari Lakshmi as Saraswathi * K. S. Angamuthu as Meena ;Dance *

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Production

The film was simultaneously made in

as ''Jataka Phala'' and in

as ''Jatakaphalam''. The film was produced and directed by

. Screenplay and dialogues were written by T. M. V. Pathi. Yoosuf Mulji was in charge of cinematography while the editing was done by S. Surya. Art direction was by A. Balu. Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai and Jaishankar handled the choreography. The film was processed at

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laboratory.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by R. Govardhanam while the lyrics were penned by T. K. Sundara Vathiyar.

P. B. Sreenivas Prathivadhi Bhayankara Sreenivas (22 September 1930 – 14 April 2013) widely known as P. B. Sreenivas was an Indian playback singer, composer, harmonium player, lyricist, littérateur, and poet known for his works in South cinema, and Boll ...

was introduced to Tamil films with the song ''Sindhanai En Selvame''.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0263485 1950s multilingual films 1950s Tamil-language films 1953 comedy films 1953 films Indian black-and-white films Indian comedy films Indian multilingual films