''Manthiri Kumaran'' () is a 1963 Indian

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-language film directed by

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. The film stars

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, Anuradha and

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Plot

Madana, a prince in exile, falls in love with a statue. His friend, Guna Keerthi, realizes that princess Rathnavali resembles the statue and decides to unite the lovelorn prince with Rathnavali.

Cast

The list is adapted from the film titles. ;Male cast *

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*Balakrishnan *Lanka Sathyam *Satyanarayana ;Female cast *Anuradha *

*Meenakumari * Jayanthi *Shanthi

Production

The film was produced by Kandasamy and Gopalasamy and was directed by

. The writer was B. V. Acharya. Cinematography was done by G. Chandru While K. Govindasamy was in charge of editing. Art direction was by B. V. Babu. The film was made in Telugu with the title ''Madana Kamaraju Katha'' and was released in 1962.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

Rajan–Nagendra Rajan–Nagendra was an Indian musical duo who were prominent composers of film music in Kannada and Telugu cinema from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. Rajan, along with his brother Nagendra, created a niche for themselves for nearly four dec ...

while the lyrics were penned by Puratchidasan.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 1510805 1960s Indian films 1960s Tamil-language films 1963 films Films about royalty Films based on Indian folklore Films scored by Rajan–Nagendra Tamil remakes of Telugu films Tamil-language Indian films