''Madappura'' ( ) is a 1962 Indian

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-language film, directed by S. A. Subbaraman. 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 ...

and

B. Saroja Devi Bangalore Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films over seven decades. She is known by the epithets "''Abhinaya Saraswathi''" ( Saraswathi of ...

. It was released on 16 February 1962.

Plot

Varadarajan, a lawyer in Madras, is murdered, plunging his family into chaos. Ramu, the elder son takes the blame for the crime to save Murthy, his young half-brother. In his escape, the fugitive can count on the indestructible support of two women, Vasantha and Meena who love him (the first one officially and the second one secretly). He is also helped by Velaiya, who worked at the brother's house before the misfortune. Ramu is chased by the policeman Mogan, persuaded by his guilt and also by criminal Kannan and his band, who want into his colossal fortune, conspiring since the beginning, with Varadarajan, much less honest than we could hope for of a lawyer. Ramu leads an investigation to prove his innocence and produce the real culprit, who is found to be Kannan. Ramu will finally emerge as innocent thanks to the testimony swapping with his girlfriend, Parvathi alias Chandra. She was present when Kannan struck the fatal blow to Varadarajan. Towards the end of its trip, as ultimate test, pricked by a dangerous snake, Ramu owes his safety only to the older brother of his beloved deceased Vasantha, the fairground entertainer Muthaiyandhi. Ramu can find comfort from now on in the arms of the one who became, in this precarious adventure, his deserved wife, Meena.

Cast

as Ramu *

as Meena *

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 play a double role in the histo ...

as Murthy *

M. R. Radha Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan (14 April 1907 – 17 September 1979), better known as M. R. Radha, was an Indian actor and politician active in Tamil plays and films. He was given the title "Nadigavel" (King of Acting) by Pattukkottai ...

as Velaiya *

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Tamil cinema, renowned for his portrayals of villainous characters. With a career spanning over eight decades, he became a notable fig ...

as Kannan * K. Vasanthi as Vasantha * Gemini Chandra as Parvathi alias Chandra * V. R. Rajagopal as Muathaiyandhi * M. K. Mustapha as Police officer Mogan * Seethalakshmi as Meena's mother

Soundtrack

The songs were 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''. ...

, while the background music was scored by ''Violin'' Mahadevan. Lyrics were penned by A. Maruthakasi.

References

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*{{IMDb title, 1473072 1960s Indian films 1960s Tamil-language films 1962 films Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan Tamil-language Indian films