Karpukkarasi

Karpukkarasi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. S. A. Sami
Screenplay by	A. S. A. Sami Aru. Ramanathan
Story by	Siva-Sundaram
Produced by	M. Somasundaram
Starring	Gemini Ganesan Savitri M. N. Nambiar M. K. Radha G. Varalakshmi K. A. Thangavelu
Cinematography	P. Ramasamy
Edited by	K. Govindasamy
Music by	G. Ramanathan
Production company	Jupiter Pictures
Distributed by	Jupiter Pictures
Release date	14 June 1957 (1957-06-14)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Karpukkarasi is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film directed by A. S. A. Sami and produced by M. Somasundaram under Jupiter Pictures. The story and screenplay were written by A. S. A. Sami and Aru. Ramanathan. The dialogues were written by Siva-Sundaram. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, M. N. Nambiar, R. Balasubramaniam, and K. A. Thangavelu, with G. Varalakshmi, M. K. Radha, Savitri E. V. Saroja and M. Saroja in supporting roles.[1] It was released on 14 June 1957.[2]

Cast

Male cast[3] Gemini Ganesan as Prathaban M. N. Nambiar as Jagaveeran M. K. Radha as Vajarapuri King K. A. Thangavelu as Chilamban R. Balasubramanyam as the wizard P. S. Venkatachalam as Sachithananda Yogi P. B. Rangachari as Sage

Female cast[3] K. Savithri as Manjula G. Varalakshmi as Chandrika E. V. Saroja as Sasikala K. R. Chellam as Singari M. Saroja as Pankajam S. Revathi as Magical Queen S. Mohana as Mohana

Dance[3] Sayee Subbulakshmi Ragini Kantha

Production

One scene required Ganesan to throw a knife at Nambiar. He did so, but the director had not called for "action" when Nambiar saw something come straight at him like a "bat out of hell". Nambiar had only one second to turn his head as the knife grazed his eye and impaled itself on the wall, leaving Nambiar with a permanent black spot on the eye. Ganesan had thrown the knife long before the shot was supposed to roll, only to impress two women who had walked on to the set.[4]

Soundtrack

Music was by G. Ramanathan.[3]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Kaniyaa Kanniyaa Vaazhvil Inbam Sollavaa	T. M. Soundararajan & Jikki		03:28
"Nalvaakku Nee Kodadi	S. C. Krishnan & A. G. Rathnamala		03:31
"Sellakkiliye Allik Kulame	A. P. Komala		01:50
"Aadum Ponne Aasai Kanne	K. Jamuna Rani		01:00
"Anbe Aandavan Aagum	Seerkazhi Govindarajan		01:00
"Enakkoru Manakkurai Agatridal Vendum"	V. T. Rajagopalan		00:25
"Thoongaadhu Kann Thoongaadhu"	T. M. Soundararajan	Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram	01:45
"Thatthkaa Putthakaa Naalu Kaalu"	Seerkazhi Govindarajan & P. Leela		02:00
"Kaayame Idhu Meiyadaa"	T. M. Soundararajan & Seerkazhi Govindarajan	Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram	02:40
"Ambigaapathi Seidha Pizhai"	T. M. Soundararajan		01:45
"Vizhiyodu Vilayaadum"	M. L. Vasanthakumari & P. Leela	A. Maruthakasi	06:22
"Illaadha Adhisayamaai Irukkudhudhadi"	A. P. Komala & K. Jamuna Rani	Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram	02:50
"Marundho Marundhu...Naattu Vaitthiyar"	T. M. Soundararajan & Seerkazhi Govindarajan		01:42
"Pudhu Vaazhvum...Pirinndhavar Koodinaal"	K. Jamuna Rani		00:50
"Idhaya Vaanile Udhayamaanadhe"	T. M. Soundararajan & Jikki		01:59
"Kaniyo Paago Karkando"	P. B. Sreenivas & M. L. Vasanthakumari	Udumalai Narayana Kavi	03:42
"Ellai Merudhe Manam Thulli Aadudhe"	K. Jamuna Rani, A. P. Komala & A. G. Rathnamala	Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram	04:30

References

1. Guy, Randor (10 November 2006). "A Star Fades Away". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
2. "1957 – கற்புக்கரசி ஜுபிடர் பிக்சர்ஸ்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
3. கற்புக்கரசி (song book) (in Tamil). Jupiter Pictures. 1957. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
4. Dipak Nambiar, M. N. (7 March 2019). Nambiarswami: The Good, the Bad and the Holy. HarperCollins. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-93-5302-843-5.

External links

• Karpukkarasi at IMDb