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| name          = Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari
| name          = Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari
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| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director      = [[P. Neelakantan]]
| director      = [[P. Neelakantan]]
| producer      = [[B. R. Panthulu]]
| screenplay    = P. Neelakantan
| screenplay    = P. Neelakantan
| story          = T. K. Govindan
| story          = T. K. Govindan
| producer      = [[B. R. Panthulu]]
| starring      = [[T. R. Ramachandran]]<br />[[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]<br />[[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]]
| starring      = [[T. R. Ramachandran]]<br />[[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]<br />[[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]]
| music          = [[T. G. Lingappa]]
| cinematography = V. Ramamoorthy
| cinematography = V. Ramamoorthy
| editing        = R. Devarajan
| editing        = R. Devarajan
| music          = [[T. G. Lingappa]]
| studio        = Padmini Pictures
| studio        = Padmini Pictures
| distributor    = Madras Pictures
| distributor    = Madras Pictures
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'''''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari''''' ({{trans|A bachelor, even after marriage}}) is a 1954 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]], directed by [[P. Neelakantan]] and produced by [[B. R. Panthulu]]. The film stars [[T. R. Ramachandran]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] and [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]]. The film had musical score by [[T. G. Lingappa]].
'''''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari''''' ({{translation|A bachelor, even after marriage}}) is a 1954 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]], directed by [[P. Neelakantan]] and produced by [[B. R. Panthulu]]. The film stars [[T. R. Ramachandran]], [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] and [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]]. It was released on 13 April 1954 and became a box office success.
 
== Plot ==
{{No plot|date=September 2021}}


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[T. R. Ramachandran]] as Ganapathy
*[[T. R. Ramachandran]] as Ganapathy
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Ambalavanan
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Ambalavanan
*[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] as Padmini
*[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] as Padmini
*[[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]] as Savithri
*[[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]] as Savithri
*[[K. D. Santhanam]] as Balasundaram Ganapathi's father
*[[K. D. Santhanam]] as Balasundaram
*M. A. Ganapathy
*M. A. Ganapathy
*M. N. Krishnan
*M. N. Krishnan
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*Saradambal
*Saradambal
*Hariharan, Dhanam
*Hariharan, Dhanam
}}


== Production ==
== Production ==
''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari'' was written and directed by P. Neelakantan, and produced by B. R. Panthulu under Padmini Pictures. The film became embroiled in a plagiarism controversy; playwright Vedam Venkataraya Sastri accused the makers of lifting the plot from his Telugu play ''Vyamoham''.<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=2011-03-19 |title=Kalyanam Panniyum Bramhachari 1954 |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Kalyanam-Panniyum-Bramhachari-1954/article12572689.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> A notice was sent via lawyer N. K. Mohanrangam Pillai to Panthulu, who offered compensation to Sastri to avoid creating trouble before the film's release. Sastri wanted his name to be shown in the film's credits, but this request was outrightly refused by Panthulu. Sastri filed a copyright infringement case with Mohanrangam Pillai as his lawyer, but ultimately lost the case even after appealing.<ref name="hindu2">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=2015-06-25 |title=Ranked above Sivaji! |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/ranked-above-sivaji/article7353918.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> A few sequences from the 1952 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''[[Pasher Bari]]'' were reported to have been copied in bits in this film.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vamanan|authorlink=Vamanan|date=2018-04-23|title=Tamil cinema's bong connection|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-29|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari'' was written and directed by P. Neelakantan, and produced by B. R. Panthulu under Padmini Pictures. The film became embroiled in a plagiarism controversy; playwright Vedam Venkataraya Sastri accused the makers of lifting the plot from his Telugu play ''Vyamoham''.<ref name="hindu" /> A notice was sent via lawyer N. K. Mohanrangam Pillai to Panthulu, who offered compensation to Sastri to avoid creating trouble before the film's release. Sastri wanted his name to be shown in the film's credits, but this request was outrightly refused by Panthulu. Sastri filed a copyright infringement case with Mohanrangam Pillai as his lawyer, but ultimately lost the case even after appealing.<ref name="hindu2" /> A few sequences from the 1952 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''[[Pasher Bari]]'' were reported to have been copied in bits in this film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vamanan |date=23 April 2018 |title=Tamil cinema's bong connection |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228093357/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/ |archive-date=28 February 2019 |access-date=29 September 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]] |author-link=Vamanan}}</ref>


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[T. G. Lingappa]] and the lyrics were written by [[Bharathidasan]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-04-18 |title=Bharathidasan's gift to Tamil and Pondicherry |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bharathidasans-gift-to-tamil-and-pondicherry/article18436826.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> and [[K. D. Santhanam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=KD Santhanam – Tamil film songs |url=http://www.indian-heritage.org/flmmusic/kdsanthanam.html |website=www.indian-heritage.org |access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref> [[Playback singer]]s are [[A. M. Rajah]], [[V. N. Sundaram]], [[J. P. Chandrababu]], [[Jikki]], [[Radha Jayalakshmi]], [[T. V. Rathnam]] & [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]]. Vennilavum Vaanum Pole song composed by Dhandapani Desingar.
The music was composed by [[T. G. Lingappa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kalyaanam Panniyum Brahmachari |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/kalyaanam-panniyum-brahmachari/wdHj2ewT,eE_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629035029/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/kalyaanam-panniyum-brahmachari/wdHj2ewT,eE_ |archive-date=29 June 2022 |access-date=29 June 2022 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref> The song "Jolly Life Jolly Life" which actor [[J. P. Chandrababu]] had sung as playback for Sivaji Ganesan,<ref name="hindu" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=2 October 2009 |title=A voice that mesmerised |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/A-voice-that-mesmerised/article15939998.ece |url-status=live |access-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813133720/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/A-voice-that-mesmerised/article15939998.ece |archive-date=13 August 2021}}</ref> and "Vennilavum Vaanum Pole" became popular.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 April 2006 |title=Bharathidasan's gift to Tamil and Pondicherry |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bharathidasans-gift-to-tamil-and-pondicherry/article18436826.ece |url-status=live |access-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909162631/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bharathidasans-gift-to-tamil-and-pondicherry/article18436826.ece |archive-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>
 
The song ''Jolly Life Jolly Life'' which actor J. P. Chandrababu had sung as playback for Sivaji Ganesan became popular.<ref name = hindu /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-10-02 |title=A voice that mesmerised |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/A-voice-that-mesmerised/article15939998.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Vennilavum Vaanum Pole" || [[Radha Jayalakshmi]] || [[Bharathidasan]] || 04:06
|-
|-
| 2 || "Kaviyin Kanavil Vaazhum Kaviyame" || V. N. Sundaram || rowspan=10|[[K. D. Santhanam]] || 03:31
| "Vennilavum Vaanum Pole" || Radha Jayalakshmi || [[Bharathidasan]]|| 04:06
|-
|-
| 3 || "Madhu Malar Ellam Pudhu Manam Veesi" || Radha Jayalakshmi || 03:30
| "Kaviyin Kanavil Vaazhum Kaviyame" || V. N. Sundaram || rowspan=10|[[K. D. Santhanam]]|| 03:31
|-
|-
| 4 || "Yedhu Kitthanai...Medhavi Pole Edhedho Pesi"|| [[A. M. Rajah]] & [[Jikki]] || 04:18
| "Madhu Malar Ellam Pudhu Manam Veesi" || Radha Jayalakshmi || 03:30
|-
|-
| 5 || "Azhage Aanandham" || [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]] || 02:58
| "Yedhu Kitthanai...Medhavi Pole Edhedho Pesi"|| A. M. Rajah & Jikki || 04:18
|-
|-
| 6 || "Jolly Life Jolly Life" || [[J. P. Chandrababu]] || 03:25
| "Azhage Aanandham" || Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi || 02:58
|-
|-
| 7 || "Paraman Arulai Perum Maargamaa" || Jikki || 04:06
| "Jolly Life Jolly Life" || J. P. Chandrababu || 03:25
|-
|-
| 8 || "Naagareegama Idhu Naagareegama" || [[T. V. Rathnam]] ||
| "Paraman Arulai Perum Maargamaa" || Jikki || 04:06
|-
|-
| 9 || "Pudhu Ulaga Sirpigal Naameh" || Jikki ||
| "Naagareegama Idhu Naagareegama" || T. V. Rathnam ||
|-
|-
| 10 || "Enna Sikichchai Unakku Vendum" || [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]] || 02:24
| "Pudhu Ulaga Sirpigal Naameh" || Jikki ||
|-
|-
| 11 || "Medhavi Pole Edhetho Pesi" || A. M. Rajah and Jikki || 04:18
| "Enna Sikichchai Unakku Vendum" || Ghantasala || 02:24
|-
|-
| 12 || "Azhage Penn Vadivamaana" || V. N. Sundaram and [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]] || 03:31
| "Azhage Penn Vadivamaana" || V. N. Sundaram & Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi || 03:31
|}
|}


== Release and reception ==
== Release and reception ==
''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari'' was released on 13 April 1954.<ref>http://lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1954-cinedetails6.asp</ref> ''Thought'' wrote, "This Padmini Pictures release confirms that Tamil films require a good deal of 'polishing up.' They lack just that quality to be aesthetically perfect."<ref>{{Cite magazine |year=1954 |title=Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BTmAAAAMAAJ&q=Kalyanam |magazine=Thought |publisher=Siddhartha Publications |pages=18}}</ref> The film was successful at box office and established Ramachandran as one of the famous comedians in Tamil cinema.<ref name = hindu2 />
''Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari'' was released on 13 April 1954,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1954&nbsp;– கல்யாணம் பண்ணியும் பிரமச்சாரி-பத்மினி பிக்சர்ஸ். |trans-title=1954&nbsp;– Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari-Padmini Pictures. |url=http://lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1954-cinedetails6.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125011650/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1954-cinedetails6.asp |archive-date=25 January 2020 |access-date=13 August 2021 |website=[[Lakshman Sruthi]] |language=ta}}</ref> and distributed by Madras Pictures.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=11 April 1954 |title=கல்யாணம் பண்ணியும் பிரம்மச்சாரி |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1954/apr/11-04-1954/p73.jpg |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=73 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211006080851/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1954/apr/11-04-1954/p73.jpg |archive-date=6 October 2021 |access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref> ''Thought'' wrote, "This Padmini Pictures release confirms that Tamil films require a good deal of 'polishing up.' They lack just that quality to be aesthetically perfect."<ref>{{Cite magazine |year=1954 |title=Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BTmAAAAMAAJ&q=Kalyanam |magazine=Thought |publisher=Siddhartha Publications |page=18 |access-date=3 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film was successful at box office and established Ramachandran as one of the famous comedians in Tamil cinema.<ref name="hindu2" />


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
<references>
 
<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=19 March 2011 |title=Kalyanam Panniyum Bramhachari 1954 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Kalyanam-Panniyum-Bramhachari-1954/article12572689.ece |url-status=live |access-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101100333/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Kalyanam-Panniyum-Bramhachari-1954/article12572689.ece |archive-date=1 November 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="hindu2">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=25 June 2015 |title=Ranked above Sivaji! |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/ranked-above-sivaji/article7353918.ece |url-status=live |access-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219062619/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/ranked-above-sivaji/article7353918.ece |archive-date=19 February 2020}}</ref>
 
</references>


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0248127|Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari}}
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* {{YouTube|ghUiDIrykx8|Kalyanam Panniyum Brammachari Titles}}
 
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Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari
Theatrical release poster
Directed byP. Neelakantan
Produced byB. R. Panthulu
Screenplay byP. Neelakantan
Story byT. K. Govindan
StarringT. R. Ramachandran
Sivaji Ganesan
Padmini
Ragini
Music byT. G. Lingappa
CinematographyV. Ramamoorthy
Edited byR. Devarajan
Production
company
Padmini Pictures
Distributed byMadras Pictures
Release date
  • 13 April 1954 (1954-04-13)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari (transl. A bachelor, even after marriage) is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, directed by P. Neelakantan and produced by B. R. Panthulu. The film stars T. R. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini and Ragini. It was released on 13 April 1954 and became a box office success.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari was written and directed by P. Neelakantan, and produced by B. R. Panthulu under Padmini Pictures. The film became embroiled in a plagiarism controversy; playwright Vedam Venkataraya Sastri accused the makers of lifting the plot from his Telugu play Vyamoham.[1] A notice was sent via lawyer N. K. Mohanrangam Pillai to Panthulu, who offered compensation to Sastri to avoid creating trouble before the film's release. Sastri wanted his name to be shown in the film's credits, but this request was outrightly refused by Panthulu. Sastri filed a copyright infringement case with Mohanrangam Pillai as his lawyer, but ultimately lost the case even after appealing.[2] A few sequences from the 1952 Bengali film Pasher Bari were reported to have been copied in bits in this film.[3]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by T. G. Lingappa.[4] The song "Jolly Life Jolly Life" which actor J. P. Chandrababu had sung as playback for Sivaji Ganesan,[1][5] and "Vennilavum Vaanum Pole" became popular.[6]

Song Singers Lyrics Length
"Vennilavum Vaanum Pole" Radha Jayalakshmi Bharathidasan 04:06
"Kaviyin Kanavil Vaazhum Kaviyame" V. N. Sundaram K. D. Santhanam 03:31
"Madhu Malar Ellam Pudhu Manam Veesi" Radha Jayalakshmi 03:30
"Yedhu Kitthanai...Medhavi Pole Edhedho Pesi" A. M. Rajah & Jikki 04:18
"Azhage Aanandham" Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi 02:58
"Jolly Life Jolly Life" J. P. Chandrababu 03:25
"Paraman Arulai Perum Maargamaa" Jikki 04:06
"Naagareegama Idhu Naagareegama" T. V. Rathnam
"Pudhu Ulaga Sirpigal Naameh" Jikki
"Enna Sikichchai Unakku Vendum" Ghantasala 02:24
"Azhage Penn Vadivamaana" V. N. Sundaram & Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi 03:31

Release and reception[edit | edit source]

Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari was released on 13 April 1954,[7] and distributed by Madras Pictures.[8] Thought wrote, "This Padmini Pictures release confirms that Tamil films require a good deal of 'polishing up.' They lack just that quality to be aesthetically perfect."[9] The film was successful at box office and established Ramachandran as one of the famous comedians in Tamil cinema.[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guy, Randor (19 March 2011). "Kalyanam Panniyum Bramhachari 1954". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guy, Randor (25 June 2015). "Ranked above Sivaji!". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kalyaanam Panniyum Brahmachari". JioSaavn. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Guy, Randor (2 October 2009). "A voice that mesmerised". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Bharathidasan's gift to Tamil and Pondicherry". The Hindu. 18 April 2006. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "1954 – கல்யாணம் பண்ணியும் பிரமச்சாரி-பத்மினி பிக்சர்ஸ்" [1954 – Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari-Padmini Pictures.]. Lakshman Sruthi (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "கல்யாணம் பண்ணியும் பிரம்மச்சாரி". Kalki (in தமிழ்). 11 April 1954. p. 73. Retrieved 6 October 2021.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ↑ "Kalyanam Panniyum Brahmachari". Thought. Siddhartha Publications. 1954. p. 18. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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