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Minmini
Poster
Directed byT. V. Ramnoth
Krishnaswamy
Written byT. S. S. Mani
StarringVijayakumar
Mangalam
Krishna Sarma
Menaka
CinematographyV. Rajagopal
Production
company
R. A. S. Dennakone Productions
Release date
  • 3 July 1953 (1953-07-03)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Minmini (transl. Glowworm) is a 1953 Indian Tamil-language film directed by T. V. Ramnath and Krishnaswamy. The film stars Vijayakumar and Mangalam. It was released on 3 July 1953.[1]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The film fictionally depicts the life story of Lakshmikanthan who was a film journalist and the editor of Hindu Nesan.[2][3]

Cast[edit | edit source]

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan.[2]

Production[edit | edit source]

The film was produced under the banner R. A. S. Tennekone productions and directed by T. V. Ramnath and Krishnaswamy. T. S. S. Mani wrote the story and dialogues. Cinematography was handled by V. Rajagopal. P. S. Gopalakrishnan and Sampath Kumar were in charge of choreography. The film was produced at Vijaya Vauhini Studios.[2] R. A. S. Tennekone was a Sri Lankan.[1]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Lyrics were written by Kalki. (Music composer and playback singers are not known).[3]

List of songs
  1. "Maaya Vallavan Kannan"
  2. "Aaha Endhan Inbam Neeye"
  3. "Sathyame Jayamae Thaane"
  4. "Maharaajaave Inge Vaareer"
  5. "Yaen Pirandheno Puviyil"
  6. "Thagumaa Eesa Idhu Un Thiruvilaiyaadal"
  7. "Sugame Tharumae Solaithaan Sobhithame"
  8. "Kaadhal Niraindha Vaazhve Vaazhvome"

Reception[edit | edit source]

An English magazine wrote that Minmini was a horror film that could kill people.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vamanan (5 December 2016). "கலைமாமணி வாமனனின் 'நிழலல்ல நிஜம்' – 53 | லட்சுமிகாந்தன் கொலை வழக்கும் 'மின்மினி' திரைப்படமும்!". Dinamalar. Nellai. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "1953 – மின்மினி – ரால்டென்னா கூன் புரொடக்சன்ஸ்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Retrieved 25 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 60.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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