Vijayakumari (film)

Vijayakumari
Vijayakumari
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. S. A. Sami
Written by	A. S. A. Sami
Produced by	M. Somasundaram
Starring	K. R. Ramasamy; T. R. Rajakumari
Cinematography	Masthan; W. R. Subba Rao
Edited by	D. Durairaj
Music by	C. R. Subburaman
Production; company	Jupiter Pictures
Release date	18 March 1950;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vijayakumari is a 1950 Indian Tamil language film directed by A. S. A. Sami. The film stars K. R. Ramasamy and T. R. Rajakumari.^[1] It was released on 18 March 1950.^[1]

Plot

This is the story of a young man who works to bring changes in the society destroying corruption and superstitious beliefs. The story is set in a kingdom that had a wily minister. The princess falls in love with the young man, but the minister has ideas to marry the princess to his son. The young man and his sister are tormented by the minister.

Cast

List adapted from The Hindu article.^[2]

Male cast

K. R. Ramasamy as Vijayan
Serukalathur Sama as Prime Minister
T. S. Balaiah as Son of Prime Minister
M. N. Nambiar as the brother of a fisherwoman
R. Balasubramaniam
K. R. Ramsingh as an amputated Wizard
Pulimoottai Ramasami
K. Sayeeram

Female cast

T. R. Rajakumari as the Princess
Kumari Kamala as Sister of Vijayan
P. K. Saraswathi as Maya, Queen of an island
K. S. Angamuthu
M. S. S. Bhagyam as a fisherwoman

Dance

Production

This is a historical film, but almost like a folklore film, produced by M. Somasundaram under the banner Jupiter Pictures. After the success of Velaikkaari, the producer encouraged A. S. A. Sami to bring out another film with a similar theme. Sami created the character of a young man with revolutionary ideas and the same hero K. R. Ramasamy was featured in the role.^[2]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by C. R. Subburaman and C. S. Jayaraman.^[1] The film had 14 songs, some of them of Western style.^[2] The dance song "Laalu Laalu" became popular.^[2] As a boy, A. L. Raghavan was introduced by Jayaraman and sang in a girl's voice for Kumari Kamala in this film.^[3]

Song	Singer/s	MD	Lyrics	Length
"Laalu Laalu"	A. P. Komala		K. D. Santhanam	02:39
"Vaa Vavvaa Kittey Vaa Vavvaa"	A. P. Komala, Pulimoottai Ramasamy		K. D. Santhanam	03:14
"Geethaanandham Perinbam"	M. L. Vasanthakumari, P. Leela	C. S. Jayaraman	Udumalai Narayana Kavi	04:59
"Katchi Yaavaiyum"	K. R. Ramasamy, T. R. Rajakumari and A. L. Raghavan	C. S. Jayaraman
"Pandrimalai Panimamalai"	A. P. Komala, K. V. Janaki			02:34
"Kondaadum Subathiname"	T. V. Rathnam, P. Leela			03:03
"Pozhuthu Vidinthaal"	T. R. Rajakumari			03:00

Reception

Film historian Randor Guy wrote in 2009 that the film did not do well commercially because of its complicated story.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "1950 – விஜயகுமாரி – ஜுபிடர்" [1950 – Vijayakumari – Jupiter]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Guy, Randor (5 November 2009). "Blast from the past: Vijayakumari (1950)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ Shivpprasadh, S. (20 June 2013). "The perfect pair". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

External links

Vijayakumari at IMDb

[lakshmansruthi-1] "1950 – விஜயகுமாரி – ஜுபிடர்" [1950 – Vijayakumari – Jupiter]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[hindu-2] Guy, Randor (5 November 2009). "Blast from the past: Vijayakumari (1950)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[3] Shivpprasadh, S. (20 June 2013). "The perfect pair". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

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