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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Mangamma Sabatham | | name = Mangamma Sabatham | ||
| image = Mangamma Sabatham 1943 poster.jpg | | image = Mangamma Sabatham 1943 poster.jpg | ||
| caption = Theatrical release poster | | caption = Theatrical release poster | ||
| director = Acharya | | director = [[T. G. Raghavachari|Acharya]] | ||
| writer = Acharya | |||
| producer = [[S. S. Vasan]] | | producer = [[S. S. Vasan]] | ||
| starring = {{ubl|[[Vasundhara Devi|Vasundhara]]|[[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]]}} | |||
| starring = {{ubl|[[Vasundhara Devi| | |||
| cinematography = [[K. Ramnoth|Ramnoth]] | | cinematography = [[K. Ramnoth|Ramnoth]] | ||
| editing = Chandru | | editing = Chandru | ||
| music = [[S. Rajeswara Rao]]<br />[[M. D. Parthasarathy]] | |||
| studio = [[Gemini Studios]] | | studio = [[Gemini Studios]] | ||
| distributor = Gemini Studios | | distributor = Gemini Studios | ||
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'''''Mangamma Sabatham''''' ({{ | '''''Mangamma Sabatham''''' ({{translation|Mangamma's vow}}) is a 1943 Indian [[Tamil language|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. Raghavachari]], credited as Acharya.<ref name="hindu" /> The film was remade in [[Hindi]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Mangala (film)|Mangala]]'' (1950 and 1951) and again in Telugu as ''[[Mangamma Sapatham (1965 film)|Mangamma Sapatham]]'' (1965). | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
{{More plot|date=June 2022}} | |||
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. | 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 == | == Cast == | ||
Adapted from the [[song book]]:<ref name="song book" /> | Adapted from the [[song book]]:<ref name="song book" /> | ||
* [[Vasundhara Devi|Vasundhara]] as Mangamma | {{Cast listing|* [[Vasundhara Devi|Vasundhara]] as Mangamma | ||
* [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]] as Sugunan, Jayapalan | * [[Ranjan (actor)|Ranjan]] as Sugunan, Jayapalan | ||
* P. A. Subbaiah Pillai as Venkatachalam | * P. A. Subbaiah Pillai as Venkatachalam | ||
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* Ramasami as Sarangi | * Ramasami as Sarangi | ||
* [[N. S. Krishnan]] as Sathan | * [[N. S. Krishnan]] as Sathan | ||
* [[T. A. Mathuram]] as Yamuna | * [[T. A. Mathuram]] as Yamuna}} | ||
== Production == | == Production == | ||
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== Soundtrack == | == 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" | 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" /> | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Song !! Singer !! Lyricist !! Length | |||
|- | |- | ||
| "Puththiyulla Manithar Enraal" || Vasundhara || Kothamangalam Subbu || 02:44 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| "Anjaathae Nee Vaa" || Vasundhara || Kothamangalam Subbu || 01:41 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| "Vanna Puraavae Nee Yaar" || Ranjan || Kothamangalam Subbu || 01:51 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| "Aanantham Ithae" || Vasundhara || || 01:53 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| "Ayyaiyaiya Solla Vetkamaguthae" || Vasundara || || | |||
|- | |- | ||
| "Jayame Jayame" || Vasundara Devi || Papanasam Sivan || 02:04 | |||
|} | |} | ||
== Release and reception == | == Release and reception == | ||
''Mangamma Sabatham'' was released on 30 July 1943.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 July 1943 |title=Mangamma Sabatham | | ''Mangamma Sabatham'' was released on 30 July 1943.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 July 1943 |title=Mangamma Sabatham |pages=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19430730&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=18 February 2021}}{{cbignore}}</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 |pages=4 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KuRYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5003%2C1595702 |access-date=18 February 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> According to 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> | ||
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== Remakes == | == 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 | ''Mangamma Sabatham'' was remade in [[Hindi]] in 1950 and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] in 1951, both titled ''[[Mangala (film)|Mangala]]''.<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=18 February 2021 |website=india-seminar.com}}</ref>{{Sfn|Rajadhyaksha|Willemen|1998|p=323}} 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.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{ | <references> | ||
<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.today/20171007021201/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/blast-from-the-past/article3024037.ece |archive-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> | |||
<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]] |access-date=21 March 2021 |archive-date=23 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623101005/http://mininoolaham.blogspot.com/2020/05/1943.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
</references> | |||
== Bibliography == | |||
* {{Cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author-link2=Paul Willemen |orig-date=1994}} | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
*{{IMDb title|id=8496360}} | *{{IMDb title|id=8496360}} | ||
{{Gemini Studios}} | {{Gemini Studios}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1943 Tamil-language films]] | ||
[[Category:1943 Indian films]] | |||
[[Category:1943 films]] | [[Category:1943 films]] | ||
[[Category:Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao]] | [[Category:Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao]] | ||
[[Category:Gemini Studios films]] | [[Category:Gemini Studios films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]] | [[Category:Indian black-and-white films]] | ||
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]] | [[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:12, 6 March 2026
| Mangamma Sabatham | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Acharya |
| Produced by | S. S. Vasan |
| Written by | Acharya |
| Starring | |
| Music by | S. Rajeswara Rao M. D. Parthasarathy |
| Cinematography | Ramnoth |
| Edited by | Chandru |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gemini Studios |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Mangamma Sabatham (transl. Mangamma's vow) is a 1943 Indian Tamil-language film, starring Vasundhara Devi, Ranjan, N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram. The film was produced by S. S. Vasan and directed by T. G. Raghavachari, credited as Acharya.[1] The film was remade in Hindi and Telugu as Mangala (1950 and 1951) and again in Telugu as Mangamma Sapatham (1965).
Plot[edit | edit source]
 | This article needs an improved plot summary. (June 2022) |
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[edit | edit source]
Adapted from the song book:[2]
- Vasundhara as Mangamma
- 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[edit | edit source]
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.[1]
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
Music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and M. D. Parthasarathy while the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan and Kothamangalam Subbu.[2]
| Song | Singer | Lyricist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Puththiyulla Manithar Enraal" | Vasundhara | Kothamangalam Subbu | 02:44 |
| "Anjaathae Nee Vaa" | Vasundhara | Kothamangalam Subbu | 01:41 |
| "Vanna Puraavae Nee Yaar" | Ranjan | Kothamangalam Subbu | 01:51 |
| "Aanantham Ithae" | Vasundhara | 01:53 | |
| "Ayyaiyaiya Solla Vetkamaguthae" | Vasundara | ||
| "Jayame Jayame" | Vasundara Devi | Papanasam Sivan | 02:04 |
Release and reception[edit | edit source]
Mangamma Sabatham was released on 30 July 1943.[3] The Indian Express wrote that despite the lengthy running time, it was "a perfect artistic unit in every detail".[4] According to historian Randor Guy, the film netted a profit of ₹4 million (US$56,000).[5]
Remakes[edit | edit source]
Mangamma Sabatham was remade in Hindi in 1950 and Telugu in 1951, both titled Mangala.[6][7] A Sinhala remake Mathalan was released in 1955.[8] A second Telugu remake, Mangamma Sapatham, was released in 1965.[citation needed]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guy, Randor (23 November 2007). "Blast from the past". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 மங்கம்மா சபதம் (song book) (in தமிழ்). Gemini Studios. 1943. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ↑ "Mangamma Sabatham". The Indian Express. 30 July 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ↑ "Mangamma Sabatham". The Indian Express. 7 August 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ↑ Guy, Randor (December 2008). "... And thus he made Chandralekha sixty years ago". Madras Musings. Vol. XVIII. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ↑ Ranga Rao, V.A.K. "Hindi film dance". india-seminar.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ↑ Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, p. 323.
- ↑ Muthiah, S. (14 May 2018). "Lester and Ceylon's films". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.