''Koondukkili'' () is a 1954 Indian

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-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed and co-produced by T. R. Ramanna. The film stars

M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initialism M.G.R. and as Makkal Thilagam/Puratchi Thalaivar, was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of ...

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 ...

and

B. S. Saroja B. S. Saroja is an Indian actress in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil films. She acted with M. G. Ramachandran ("MGR") and Sivaji Ganesan in ''Koondukkili'', and played the heroine in two other films with MGR in the 1950s, ''Genova (1953 ...

. It was released on 26 August 1954. Although a commercial failure, it gained historical reputation over time because it was the only film in which Ramachandran and Ganesan acted together.

Plot

Thangaraj and Jeeva are friends. Thangaraj is married to Mangala and they have a son. He goes to jail for a crime committed by Jeeva. Mangala is left with no money or house to live in. Jeeva tries to help Mangala with the sinister motive of getting into a relationship with her. After she repeatedly refuses his attempts to help her, Jeeva starts to sadistically taunt her, but he never wins her. Meanwhile, Sokki is in love with Jeeva. When Jeeva tries to embrace Mangala, he is struck by thunder and loses his eye sight. Thangaraj is released from prison and saves Mangala from Jeeva.

Cast

Production

The film was written by Vindhan and is the only film where Tamil superstars

and

acted together.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

K. V. Mahadevan Krishnankoil Venkadachalam Mahadevan (14 March 1918 – 21 June 2001) was an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician who won the inaugural National Film Award for Best Music Direction in (1967) for '' Kandan Karunai''. ...

Reception

The film was a commercial failure in its original release, but as it remained the only film in which Ramachandran and Ganesan acted together, it gained historical reputation over time.

References

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* {{T. R. Ramanna 1950s Indian films 1950s Tamil-language films 1954 drama films 1954 films Films directed by T. R. Ramanna Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Indian drama films Tamil-language drama films Tamil-language Indian films