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{{Infobox film
| name = Maheswari
| image = Maheswari film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[T. R. Raghunath]]
| producer = [[T. R. Sundaram]]
| screenplay = T. R. Raghunath
| story = [[C. V. Sridhar]]
| starring = [[Savitri (actress)|Savithri]]<br />[[K. A. Thangavelu]]
| music = [[G. Ramanathan]]
| cinematography = W. R. Subba Rao
| editing = L. Balu
| studio = [[Modern Theatres]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1955|11|13|ref1=}}
| runtime = 15954 ft.
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Maheswari''''' is a 1955 Indian [[Tamil language]] film produced by [[Modern Theatres]] and directed by [[T. R. Raghunath]]. The film stars [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[Savitri (actress)|Savithri]].<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=4 April 2015 |title=Maheswari (1955) |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/maheswari-1955/article7067989.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108080511/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/maheswari-1955/article7067989.ece |archive-date=8 January 2017 |access-date=8 January 2017 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> It was released on 13 November 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1955 – மகேஸ்வரி – மாடர்ன் தியேட்டர்ஸ் |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1955-cinedetails25.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108081704/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1955-cinedetails25.asp |archive-date=8 January 2017 |access-date=8 January 2017 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=ta}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Manickam is wanted by the army of [[East India Company]]. He is absconding and takes refuge in the house of Maheswari. Manickam and Maheswari fall in love. Manickam's father Dharmalingam demands a large dowry from Maheswari's mother, Kanthimathi, who somehow manages to give the amount. However, Dharmalingam learns that Kanthimathi is ridiculed by the villagers as a woman of loose moral character. So, he sends back Maheswari to her home. Manickam is helpless because he depends on his father for everything. Kanthimathi kills herself. Maheswari starts looking for a means to earn a living and she comes across Mayathevan, the leader of a gang of robbers who is wanted by the East India Company. She is employed by him as chief assistant. Mayathevan renames Maheswari as Rani Rangamma. Though she lives like a queen, her heart yearns for Manickam. In the meantime, at the insistence of his father, Manickam has married another woman. What happens to Maheswari forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==
* [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]] as ''Maheswari''
* [[Gemini Ganesan]] as ''Manickam''
* [[K. A. Thangavelu]] as ''Dharmalingam'', Manickam's father
* Saradamba as ''Kanthimathi'', Maheswari's mother
* N. S. Narayana Pillai as ''Mayathevan''
* [[M. N. Rajam]]
* [[A. Karunanidhi]]
* [[C. K. Saraswathi]] as ''Kamakshi'', Dharmalingam's wife
* P. Dhanam
* [[O. A. K. Thevar]]
* [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]]
'''Dance'''
* Lakshmikantha

== Soundtrack ==
Music was composed by [[G. Ramanathan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Neelamegam |first=G. |title=Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 |date=December 2014 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers |edition=1st |location=Chennai |pages=97 |language=Tamil}}</ref> This was the first release for lyricist [[Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram]].<ref name="sangam" />

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Length
|-
| "Andha Naalum Endha Naalo" || [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]]|| [[A. Maruthakasi]]|| 03:22
|-
| "Aram Kaattha Dheviye" || [[A. M. Rajah]] & [[Jikki]]|| rowspan="5" | [[Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram]]|| 03:29
|-
| "Azhagu Nilaavin Bavaniyile" || A. M. Rajah & Jikki || 03:03
|-
| "Alli Veesunga Panatthai" || [[T. V. Rathnam]]|| 02:13
|-
| "Janakku Janakku Jinjanakku" || [[S. C. Krishnan]] & [[A. G. Rathnamala]]|| 03:28
|-
| "Aagaaya Veedhiyile...Paarum Thannaale" || T. V. Rathnam || 02:39
|-
| "Sonna Pothum Kannale" || S. C. Krishnan & A. G. Rathnamala || A. Maruthakasi || 03:20
|-
| "Mundhi Mundhi Vinaayagane" || S. C. Krishnan & A. G. Rathnamala || || 05:24
|-
| "Maname Niraindha Dheivam" || A. M. Rajah & Jikki || || 03:29
|-
| "Ulagatthu Naayagiye Engal Mutthu Maariyammaa" || A. G. Rathnamala & chorus|| || 04:48
|}

;Telugu
For the Telugu-dubbed version [[:te:రాణి రంగమ్మ|''Rani Rangamma'']], the music was composed by [[S. Dakshinamurthi]]. All the tunes for all the songs for both languages are the same.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Length
|-
| "Shoora Bobbili Seemandhuva" || [[R. Balasaraswathi Devi]]|| [[Sri Sri (writer)|Sri Sri]]|| 03:22
|-
| || || || 03:29
|-
| "Kalalu Tharinchu" || [[P. B. Sreenivas]] & [[S. Janaki]]|| [[Aarudhra]]|| 03:03
|-
| "Challi Veyandi Dabbulu Challiveyandi" || T. Sathyavathi || rowspan="3" | Sri Sri || 02:13
|-
| "Janka Janaka Jinjankadi" || [[Pithapuram Nageswara Rao]] & Swarnalatha || 03:28
|-
| "Aakasha Veedhilo...Kalalajaalaalu Pannanela" || T. Sathyavathi || 02:39
|-
| "Orachoopu Kannantha Ollu" || P. B. Sreenivas & S. Janaki || Aarudhra || 03:20
|-
| "Natiroju Yela Radhu" || Pithapuram Nageswara Rao & Swarnalatha || Sri Sri || 05:24
|-
| "Manapai Shapinche Daivam" || P. B. Sreenivas & S. Janaki || rowspan="2" | Aarudhra || 03:29
|-
| "Jayam Nosagu Devatha" || S. Janaki || 04:48
|}

== Reception ==
''Maheswari'' was released on 13 November 1955,<ref name="sangam">{{Cite web |last=Sri Kantha |first=Sachi |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=11 April 2010 |title=Poet Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram {{!}} 80th Birthday Remembrance |url=https://www.sangam.org/2010/04/Kalyanasundaram.php? |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324051140/https://www.sangam.org/2010/04/Kalyanasundaram.php |archive-date=24 March 2019 |access-date=20 December 2021 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref> and was not a commercial success during its original release.<ref name="hindu" />

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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{{Modern Theatres}}

[[Category:1955 Indian films]]
[[Category:1955 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by T. R. Raghunath]]
[[Category:Films scored by G. Ramanathan]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by C. V. Sridhar]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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