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{{Infobox film
| name = Mangamma Sabatham
| image = Mangamma Sabatham 1943 poster.jpg
| border = no
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Acharya
| producer = [[S. S. Vasan]]
| writer = Acharya
| starring = {{ubl|[[Vasundhara Devi|Vasundara]]|[[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]]}}
| music = [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]<br />[[M. D. Parthasarathy]]
| cinematography = [[K. Ramnoth|Ramnoth]]
| editing = Chandru
| studio = [[Gemini Studios]]
| distributor = Gemini Studios
| released = {{Film date|1943|7|30|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Mangamma Sabatham''''' ({{trans|Mangamma's vow}}) is a 1943 Indian [[Tamil language]] film, starring [[Vasundhara Devi]], [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]], [[N. S. Krishnan]] and [[T. A. Mathuram]]. The film was produced by [[S. S. Vasan]] and directed by T. G. Raghavanchari, credited as Acharya.<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=23 November 2007 |title=Blast from the past |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/blast-from-the-past/article3024037.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20171007021201/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/blast-from-the-past/article3024037.ece |archive-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> The film was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''Mangala'' (1950), in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Mangala'' (1951), in [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] as ''Mathalan'' (1955) and again in Telugu as ''[[Mangamma Sapatham (1965 film)|Mangamma Sapatham]]'' (1965).

== Plot ==
Mangamma, a village girl, is humiliated by a prince and vows to take revenge. She vows to make the prince marry her and have a child who would whip the prince in the court. However, her plans are almost foiled when the prince imprisons her when she tries to seduce him. The story revolves on how she tricks him into falling in love with her and begets a son through the prince who ultimately whips him in court.

== Cast ==
Adapted from the [[song book]]:<ref name="song book" />
* [[Vasundhara Devi|Vasundhara]] as Mangamma
* [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]] as Sugunan, Jayapalan
* P. A. Subbaiah Pillai as Venkatachalam
* P. N. Seshagiri Bhagavathar as King
* [[P. V. Rao]] as Minister
* P. Appanna Iyengar as Adappakkaran
* Puliyoor Duraisami Iyer as Guard
* M. Ramamurthi as Sumathi
* A. S. Leelavathi as Rathi
* Kolathu Mani as Acrobat
* Ramasami as Sarangi
* [[N. S. Krishnan]] as Sathan
* [[T. A. Mathuram]] as Yamuna

== Production ==
''Mangamma Sabatham'' is the first film that [[N. S. Krishnan]] and [[T. A. Mathuram]] featured for [[Gemini Studios]]. Krishnan trained hard to do the tight-rope walking scene himself without using a double.<ref name="hindu" />

== Soundtrack ==
Music was composed by [[S. Rajeswara Rao]] and [[M. D. Parthasarathy]] while the lyrics were penned by [[Papanasam Sivan]] and [[Kothamangalam Subbu]].<ref name="song book">{{Cite book |url=http://mininoolaham.blogspot.com/2020/05/1943.html |title=மங்கம்மா சபதம் |publisher=[[Gemini Studios]] |year=1943 |language=ta |type=[[song book]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! No !! Song !! Singer !! Lyricist !! Raga !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Puththiyulla Manithar Enraal" || Vasundhara || Kothamangalam Subbu || Maand || 02:44
|-
| 2 || "Anjaathae Nee Vaa" || Vasundhara || Kothamangalam Subbu || || 01:41
|-
| 3 || "Vanna Puraavae Nee Yaar" || Ranjan || Kothamangalam Subbu || || 01:51
|-
| 4 || "Aanantham Ithae" || Vasundhara || || || 01:53
|-
| 5 || "Ayyaiyaiya Solla Vetkamaguthae" || Vasundara || || ||
|-
| 6 || "Jayame Jayame" || Vasundara Devi || Papanasam Sivan || Bilahari || 02:04
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Mangamma Sabatham'' was released on 30 July 1943.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 July 1943 |title=Mangamma Sabatham |page=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19430730&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote that despite the lengthy running time, it was "a perfect artistic unit in every detail".<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 1943 |title=Mangamma Sabatham |page=4 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KuRYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5003%2C1595702}}</ref>
According to film historian [[Randor Guy]], the film netted a profit of {{INRConvert|4|m|year=1943}}.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=December 2008 |title=... And thus he made Chandralekha sixty years ago |url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2017/and_thus_he_made_chandralekha_sixty_years_ago.html |magazine=[[Madras Musings]] |volume=XVIII |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524070957/http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2017/and_thus_he_made_chandralekha_sixty_years_ago.html |archive-date=24 May 2013 |access-date=2 July 2013}}</ref>

== Remakes ==
''Mangamma Sabatham'' was remade in [[Hindi]] in 1950,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranga Rao |first=V.A.K |author-link=V. A. K. Ranga Rao |title=Hindi film dance |url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2015/676/676_v_a_k_ranga_rao.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726085735/http://www.india-seminar.com/2015/676/676_v_a_k_ranga_rao.htm |archive-date=26 July 2016 |access-date=2021-02-18 |website=india-seminar.com}}</ref> and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] in 1951, both titled ''Mangala''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/AIC |title=మంగళ |publisher=[[Gemini Studios]] |year=1950 |language=te |type=[[song book]] |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |editor-last=Rajadhyaksha |editor-first=Ashish |page=323 |orig-year=1994 |editor-last2=Willemen |editor-first2=Paul}}</ref> A [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] remake ''Mathalan'' was released in 1955.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Muthiah |first=S. |author-link=S. Muthiah |date=14 May 2018 |title=Lester and Ceylon’s films |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/lester-and-ceylons-films/article23879760.ece |url-status=live |access-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109043650/https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/lester-and-ceylons-films/article23879760.ece |archive-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> A second Telugu remake, ''[[Mangamma Sapatham (1965 film)|Mangamma Sapatham]]'', was released in 1965.{{cn|date=February 2021}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=8496360}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0379365| title=Mangala (Hindi)}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0259422| title=Mangala (Telugu)}}
{{Gemini Studios}}

[[Category:1940s Tamil-language films]]
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[[Category:Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao]]
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[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]

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