''Maragatham'' () is a 1959 Indian

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crime thriller film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but al ...

produced, directed and co-written by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai'' by T. S. D. Sami. The film stars

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and Padmini. It was released on 21 August 1959.

Plot

Cast

;Male Cast *

as Varendran * T. S. Balaiah * Chandrababu as Gundan * S. Balachander as Anandar, Maranamarthanda Zamindar * T. S. Durairaj * O. A. K. Thevar * Narayana Pillai * Santhanam * Kanaiah * Pakkirisamy * Natarajan ;Female Cast * Padmini as Maragatham, Alamu * Sandhya as Karpagavalli * Gnanam * Muthulakshmi * Lakshmiprabha * Lakshmirajam * Saraswathi

Production

''Maragadham'' was directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu, who also produced it under

Pakshiraja Studios Pakshiraja Studios was a motion picture movie studio in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, established by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu in 1945. The studio predominantly produced movies in Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Hindi and Malayal ...

. The film was based on ''Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai'', a novel by T. S. D. Sami. Naidu wrote the screenplay and

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wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was handled by Sailen Bose, art direction by A. K. Sekhar, and editing by Velusamy.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. "Kunguma Poovey Konjum Puraavey" became a hit song. However, there is a controversy about this song. It is said that the tune for this song was composed by T. G. Lingappa for the film '' Sabaash Meena''. However, for some reason, Chandrababu refused to sing the song for that film. Later he gave this tune to Subbaiah Naidu and it was included in this film.

Release and reception

''Maragadham'' was released on 21 August 1959, and failed commercially.

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* {{IMDb title 1950s crime thriller films 1950s Indian films 1950s Tamil-language films 1959 films Films based on Tamil novels Films directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu Films scored by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu Indian crime thriller films Tamil-language Indian films