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{{Infobox film
| name = Kalyana Mandapam
| image = Kalyana Mandapam (1965).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Maa. Raa.
| producer = Maa. Raa. K. Jagannathan D. Subramaniam
| writer =
| screenplay = Maa. Raa.
| story =
| starring = [[C. L. Anandan]] [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] [[K. R. Vijaya]] M. S. Malathi
| narrator =
| music = [[R. Parthasarathy]]
| cinematography = M. Karnan
| editing = R. Devarajan
| studio = Dhanalakshmi Theatres
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1965|9|24|India}}<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1965-cinedetails13.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|author-link=Film News Anandan|date=23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=ta|archive-url=https://archive.is/20170613055517/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1965-cinedetails13.asp|archive-date=13 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Kalyana Mandapam''''' ({{trans|Wedding Hall}}) is a 1965 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[historical drama]] film produced by Dhanalakshmi Theatres.<ref>{{cite book|authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|page=605 |url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf}}</ref> The film was directed by Maa. Raa. and stars [[C. L. Anandan]], [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]], [[K. R. Vijaya]] and M. S. Malathi.

== Plot ==
A young prince, Prathaban who, when he is about to be crowned, is denied the kingdom by some conspirators who alleges that he is an imposter and there is another true prince. Prathaban vows that he will prove his claim and goes in search of his identity. He meets a mystic who gives him a talisman. One day when Prathaban was sleeping in an abandoned building, he meets a spirit. He believes it is the spirit of his dead mother and keeps it inside the talisman. But someone takes away the talisman. Prathaban continues his journey and on his way meets a girl, Anandhi and they fall in love. It turns out that Anandhi is a princess. Prathaban is imprisoned for loving Anandhi. How he establishes his identity and regains his Kingdom forms the rest of the story.<ref name=songbook />

== Cast ==
List adapted from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name=anandan /> and from the film's song book.<ref name=songbook>{{Cite book |title=Kalyana Mandapam Song Book |publisher=Sivaji Printers, Chennai-14 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7JevgDCLbuNa1Q1S2UtTkd3Z2c/view}}</ref>
{{Col-begin|width=80%}}
{{col-break|width=33%}}
;Male Cast
*[[C. L. Anandan]]
*[[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]]
*Rajavelu
*Parthiban
{{col-break|width=33%}}
;Female cast
*[[K. R. Vijaya]]
*M. S. Malathi
*Kalpana Devi
*Vimala
{{col-break|width=33%}}
;Guest artistes
*[[R. S. Manohar]]
*[[Nagesh]]
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]
{{Col-end}}

== Production ==
The film was produced by Maa. Raa., a popular writer who also directed and wrote the story and dialogues. K. Jagannathan and D. Subramaniam also joined Maa. Raa. as producers. Cinematography was handled by M. Karnan while R. Devarajan was in charge of editing. T. S. Rangasamy was in charge of audiography. Art direction was by Angamuthu and choreography was done by Chinnilal, Sampathkumar, Rajkumar and Jayaraman. The film was shot at Sharadha Studios.<ref name=songbook />

== Soundtrack ==
Music was composed by Rangasami Parthasarathy, while the lyrics were penned by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] and Thellur Dharmarajan.<ref>{{cite book|title=Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 2|author=G. Neelamegam|language=ta|pages=192 — 193 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition November 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Duration (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Poothirukkum Vizhiyeduthu" || [[P. B. Srinivas]] & [[P. Susheela]] || rowspan=2|Thellur Dharmarajan ||
|-
| 2 || "Unnaithaan Thedivandhen" || [[L. R. Eswari]] ||
|-
| 3 || "En Pillai Mugam Therigiradhu" || [[S. Janaki]] || rowspan=3|[[Vaali (poet)|Valli]] ||
|-
| 4 || "Pasum Pul Tharaiyil" ||P. Susheela ||
|-
| 5 || "Naan Unnai Thodalaam" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] & P. Susheela ||
|}

== Reception ==
''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Not only the story, which is a costume fantasy but even the style of actng too reminds one of conventions now obsolete."<ref>{{Cite news|date=2 October 1965|title=Kalyana Mandapam|page=3|work=[[The Indian Express]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19651002&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1960s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

Kalyana Mandapam (1965 film) - Revision history

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