Konjum Salangai
Konjum Salangai English Enticing Anklets is a 1962 Indian Tamil Musical film directed by M. V. Raman. The film features Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, R. S. Manohar and Kumari Kamala in lead roles. The film, had musical score by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and was released on 1962. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Muripinche Muvvalu. This film was the first Tamil film to be fully taken in Technicolor.
The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu while the lyrics for songs were written by Kannadasan, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam, and V. Seetharaman. One of the songs from this film Singara Velane was well received and provided breakthrough for S. Janaki who sang the song, Nadaswaram portions for the song was played by Karaikurichi Arunachalam. Regarding the recording of the song, the singing by Janaki was recorded at the Raman Studio in Bombay, while the nadaswaram portions was recorded in Madras, and the two tracks were mixed at a time when there were not many technical advancements. The song is based on Abheri raga. Another song Orumuraiyudan is based on Bilahari raga.It was released outside India with the original having subtitles in more thanlanguages by a British company. It was also dubbed into other languages and received a fair amount of notice from critics. The film marked a record for being the first Tamil film to be exhibited in Poland with a dubbed version. ........
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