Thanga Padhumai

Thanga Padhumai Tamil , English Golden Statue is a Tamil language film starring Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini in the lead roles. The film was co written and directed by A. S. A. Samy, produced by M. Somasundaram under Jupiter Pictures, and musical score by ViswanathanRamamoorthy. Thanga Pathumai proved to be a hit in its rerelease, and is one of the classics of Tamil Cinema. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for the year 1959.

During the late 1950s, Jupiter Somu thought of remaking Kannagi 1942 with Sivaji Ganesan as Kovalan. He projected the 1942 version to mentor C. N. Annadurai who watched it along with Sami, who was to direct the second version. After watching the film, Annadurai told them that remaking the film would not prove successful. The project was dropped but Somu carried in his mind the idea of making something similar about a woman, who is chastity personified fighting a relentless battle to win her husband back. The film was titled as Thanga Padhumai. Writers Aru. Ramanathan and A. S. A. Sami wrote the script inspired from American film The Egyptian 1954. Producers initially approached Anjali Devi and P. Bhanumathi for the character of Mayamohini for which they did not agree and finally TR Rajakumari was chosen to play the role. A. S. A. Sami recalled that during the lunch break, Padmini would walk up and down the shooting floor with the script in her hand studying the dialogue over and over and delivering it, giving it different shades of meaning. The film was made in budget oflakhs with Sivaji and Padmini were paid 60000 while Rajakumari was paid 25000 for the film.The music composed by ViswanathanRamamoorthy and lyrics were written by Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, Kannadasan amp A. Maruthakasi. The song Varugiraal Unnai is based on Atana raga. ........

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