Policekaran Magal

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Policekaran Magal
File:Policekaran Magal.jpg
Lobby card of Policekaran Magal
Directed by C. V. Sridhar
Produced by Chitrakala
Screenplay by T. S. Rangaswamy
Story by B. S. Raamaiyah
Starring
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography A. Vincent
Edited by N. M. Shankar
Production
company
Chitrakala
Release dates
1962
Running time
156 minutes
Country India
Language Tamiil

Policekaran Magal (English: The Policeman's Daughter) is a 1962 Indian Tamil film directed by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars R. Muthuraman, K. Balaji, C. R. Vijayakumari, Shanthakumari and Pushpalatha playing lead roles with Saghunthala, J. P. Chandrababu, Nagesh and Manorama playing supporting roles. The film was released in 1962 and was a success.

Plot

An honest police constable has a son (R. Muthuraman) and a daughter (C. R. Vijayakumari). Balaji, son of a rich affluent person is a friend of Muthuraman who often visit his house. Balaji falls in love with Vijaykumari to which she equally reciprocates. She meets Balaji secretly without the knowledge of both her father and brother. One day, Balaji's notorious friends commit a murder and they fled the scene using Balaji's car. At the same point of time, Balaji meets his love in a temple and promises to marry her. Meanwhile, Balaji's father plans to marry his son to one of this relative. Balaji initially discards this proposal but accepts after coming to know that he will be deprived of his father's wealth if he doesn't marry the girl arranged by his father. Vijaykumari is shocked to hear this and finally tells her relationship with Balaji to her parents. When Muthuraman visits Balaji's house to seek justice, Balaji reiterate that Vijaykumari is completely unknown to him. Vijaykumari health begins to deteriorate and despite Balaji's selfish motive, she prays for his good health. Ironically, police arrest Balaji for the murder committed by his friends and Vijaykumari testifies as an alibi. Police arrest the original murderers. A now regretful Balaji comes to marry Vijaykumari, but its too late. Vijaykumari's health completely deteriorates and eventually dies.

Cast

Music

Policekaran Magal
Soundtrack album To Policekaran Magal by Viswanathan Ramamoorthy
Released 1962
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Saregama
Producer M. S. Viswanathan

This album contains seven songs composed by M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamurthy and written by Kaviarasu Kannadasan. M. S. Viswanathan wanted to compose a song which was different from his compositions before this. So, he tried to compose the song Indha Mandrathil Odi Varum with a mix of Hindustani Classical genre. He made S. Janaki and P. B. Sreenivas to sing that song because they had a smooth kind of voice which matches the Hindustani Classical genre. The album was released under the label Saregama.[1]

Tracklist
No. Title Artist(s) Length
1. "Indha Mandrathil Odi Varum"   P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki (Happy) 03:32
2. "Indha Mandrathil Odi Varum (Sad)"   P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki 03:00
3. "Nilavukku En Mel"   P. B. Sreenivas 03:36
4. "Aandrondru Ponaal"   P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki 03:21
5. "Kannile Neer"   Sirkazhi Govindarajan, S. Janaki 03:31
6. "Ponn Enbean Siru"   P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki 03:31
7. "Poranthaalum Aambalayaa"   J. P. Chandrababu, L. R. Eswari 03:08
Total length:
22:59

Remakes

This film was remaked simultaneously in the same year entitle Constable Kooturu with Jaggayya and Krishna Kumari in lead roles.[2] The film was remade in Malayalam as Vyamoham (1978) which marked the entry of Ilaiyaraaja in Malayalam cinema.[3]

References

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