Ezhai Uzhavan

Ezhai Uzhavan
	Poster
Directed by	K. B. Nagabhushanam
Produced by	K. B. Nagabhushanam
Screenplay by	Udhayakumar
Story by	Kopparapu Subba Rao
Starring	M. Sriramamurthy; P. Kannamba; Anjali Devi; Mudigonda Lingamurthy
Music by	H. R. Padmanabha Sastry
Cinematography	P. Ellappa
Production; company	Sri Raja Rajeswari Films
Release date	17 October 1952 (India); [1]
Running time	172 minutes (15559 ft.)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Ezhai Uzhavan (transl. Poor Cultivator) is a 1952 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. B. Nagabhushanam.[2] The film stars M. Sriramamurthy and Anjali Devi.[3]

Plot

A young man in a Zamin village loves a girl. The evil son of the Zamindar also wants that girl. The zamindar's son uses his might and evicts the young man out of the zamin village. The young man returns to the village, over-powers the zamin and gets all the zamin lands to be distributed among the villagers.[4]

Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan[1] and from the Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema.[4]

Male cast

M. Sriramamurthy
Relangi
Doraiswamy
Mudigonda Lingamurthy
D. Sadasivarao
C. V. V. Panthulu

Female cast

P. Kannamba
Anjali Devi
Tulasi
T. P. Muthulakshmi
Lakshmiprabha

Production

The film was produced by K. B. Nagabhushanam who also directed it under the banner Sri Raja Rajeswari Film Company owned by him and P. Kannamba. Kopparapu Subba Rao wrote the story and Udhayakumar wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was done by P. Ellappa. K. R. Sharma was in charge of art direction while Chopra and Vembatti Satyam handled the choreography. The film was shot and processed at Gemini Studios.[1][4]

The film was produced also in Telugu with the title Pedaraitu.[2]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by H. R. Padmanabha Sastry while the lyrics were penned by Kavi. Lakshmanadas. There are 13 songs in the film. Playback singers include A. M. Rajah and Jikki.[5]

References

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 19 June 2017.
Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. pp. 157 & 593.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - typo: Printed as Enzhai Vazhavan
Ezhai Uzhavan Tamil Movie
Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 326.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - (Pedaraitu)
G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam – Part 1 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014. pp. 31–32.

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[anandan-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 19 June 2017.

[ashish-2] Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. pp. 157 & 593.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - typo: Printed as Enzhai Vazhavan

[3] Ezhai Uzhavan Tamil Movie

[encyclopedia-4] Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 326.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - (Pedaraitu)

[5] G. Neelamegam. Thiraikalanjiyam – Part 1 (in Tamil). Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014. pp. 31–32.