Vanjikottai Valiban

Vanjikkottai Valiban English The Youth from Vanji Fort is a 1958 Blackandwhite Tamil Ruritanian romance epic film written by Gemini Studios story department consist of K. J. Mahadevan, C. Srinivasan and Kothamangalam Subbu while the film was directed and produced by S. S. Vasan. It stars Gemini Ganesan and Vyjayanthimala in lead with Padmini, P.S. Veerappa, T. K. Shanmugam, Pasupuleti Kannamba, Vijayakumari, K. A. Thangavelu and M. S. Sundari Bai as the ensemble cast of the film. The camera was handled by P. Ellappa with the audiography was handled by C. E. Biggs while the editing was done by N. R. Krishna Sami. This film was remade in Hindi as Raj Tilak 1958 film with the same lead actors.

After,years, the grown up Sunder Gemini Ganesan plans to arrange his sisters wedding, but it is interrupted by Senathipathi who kidnaps Gowri Vijayakumari in Sunders absence. While returning home for the preparation for the engagement, Sunder spots Gowri with Senathipathi in his vehicle. In order to escape from Senathipathi, Gowri jumps out of the vehicle and dies soon. Sunder who seeks justice from Senathipathi, plans to kill him, only to be captured by his army. After he is found guilty for his action, Sunder is later banished to a jail island where he serves a life imprisonment. There, he gets the chance to meet his mother who is also spending her whole life for her deed. She explains to him about Senathipathis persecution of his family and the Vanjikottai kingdom. They both soon plan to escape from the prison. However, his mother dies while Sunder falls into the sea and escapes. He soon saved by a ship carrying some slaves to Ratna Island.There Sunder meets Princess Mandakini Vyjayanthimala who is first averse to the attitude of Sunder, who ignores her beauty and does not respond to her assertive and arrogant behaviour. Later she falls for him and gives him special treatment. Though Sunder also likes her, he requests Mandakini to release him in order to find his father and solve the conspiracy in his kingdom. She agrees with all the requests on the condition that he would return within one month. Mandakini provides Sunder with expensive jewelry, clothes and a boat, and sends Sunder to his kingdom. Meanwhile, Chokkalingam who is living in one of the hinterland villages with Padma, is planning a revolution along with Murugan who serves as his spy at Vanjikottai. After the awareness of the revolution is disseminated to the masses themselves in Vanjikottai, Chokkalingam returns to Vanjikkottai to bring down Senathipathis government. He is later joined by Sunder, Padma, Murugan, Rangamma, Velan and his wife. Sunder acts as a jeweler and deceives Maharani Rantham

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