Devadasi (1948 film)

Devadasi (transl. Woman dedicated to the service of God) is a 1948 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Manik Lal Tandon and T. V. Sundaram.[2] The film stars Kannan, Leela, R. Balasubramaniam and K. S. Angamuthu.[3]

Devadasi
Poster
Directed byManik Lal Tandon
T. V. Sundaram
Written byB. S. Ramiah
Story byB. S. Ramiah
Based onThaïs
by Anatole France
StarringKannan
Leela
R. Balasubramaniam
T. S. Durairaj
K. S. Angamuthu
N. S. Krishnan
T. A. Mathuram
Music byK. V. Mahadevan
CinematographyP. S. Rai
Edited byR. Rajagopal
Production
company
Sukumar Pictures
Distributed bySukumar Pictures
Release date
  • 15 January 1948 (1948-01-15) (India)[1]
Running time
183 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast

The list was adapted from the review article in The Hindu newspaper.[3]

Production

The film was produced by Sukumar Pictures and was directed by Manik Lal Tandon (M. L. Tandon) and T. V. Sundaram. B. S. Ramiah wrote the screenplay and dialogues to the story that was based on a French opera, Thaïs.[3] P. S. Rai was in charge of cinematography while R. Rajagopal did the editing. Art direction was done by Gangatharan and Shanmuganathan.[1] This film was shot at Neptune Studios.[3]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan while the lyrics were penned by Rajagopala Iyer and Udumalai Narayana Kavi.[1] N. S. Krishnan was the singer and Playback singer is Sundari Thambi.[3]

  • "Bhagyasaali Naane" - Sundari Thambi
  • "Pudhu Malare" - Sundari Thambi
  • "Idhupol Aanandhame" - K. V. Mahadevan, Sundari Thambi
  • "Oru Vaarthaiye Solluvaai" - Sundari Thambi

Reception

Writing in June 2013, film critic Randor Guy said "In spite of the high expectation, the film did not fare well at the box-office and only the comedy track became popular."[3]

References
  1. Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 588.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Guy, Randor (8 June 2013). "Devadasi 1948". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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