Makkalai Petra Magarasi
About Makkalai Petra Magarasi
In a Coimbatore village, Sengodan farms, worships his mother Angamma, and sends his sister Thangam to college. Angamma's brother, a landlord, has feuded with the family since her husband fled an unpaid debt. The landlord's son Kannan, unlike his father, falls in love with Thangam at college. The houses clash when the romance comes out, and the couple still ends together. Bold Rangamma wants the shy Sengodan.
Cast & crew
More about Makkalai Petra Magarasi
K. Somu directed. A. P. Nagarajan wrote it and produced it with V. K. Ramasamy, their first film under Sri Lakshmi Pictures. K. V. Mahadevan composed the music. It opened on 27 February 1957. The Kannada remake is Anna Thangi (1958).
Themes
Making
Ramasamy, who produced, also plays the landlord. The college romance is set against the debt that split Angamma from her brother.
Music
K. V. Mahadevan wrote the score. Songs include "Manapaarai Maadu Katti," "Poravale Poravale Ponnurangam" (Soundararajan and Bhanumathi), and "Ondru Serndha Anbu" (P. B. Sreenivas and Udutha Sarojini).
Notes
- Sivaji Ganesan plays Sengodan. P. Bhanumathi plays Rangamma. P. Kannamba plays Angamma.
- M. N. Nambiar plays Kannan. M. N. Rajam plays Thangam. V. K. Ramasamy plays Kannan's father.
- Lyricists are A. Maruthakasi, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, and Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram.
- The title means "the mother of children.
- Manapaarai Maadu Katti" is sung by T. M. Soundararajan. Bhanumathi sings "Sonna Pechcha Kekkanum." Jikki sings the title song.
Scenes
- Sengodan stays on the land and sends Thangam to college.
- Kannan and Thangam are found out, and the two houses collide.
- Rangamma goes after Sengodan while he hangs back.
Influenced
- Anna Thangi (1958), the Kannada remake