| President Panchaksharam | |
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| File:President Panchaksharam poster.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | A. Bhimsingh |
| Produced by | V. Arunachalam Chinna Annamalai |
| Screenplay by | B. S. Ramiah |
| Based on | The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol |
| Starring | S. S. Rajendran S. V. Sahasranamam B. Saroja Devi |
| Music by | G. Ramanathan |
| Cinematography | M. Karnan |
| Edited by | A. Bhimsingh |
Production company | Savithri Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 162 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
President Panchaksharam is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by A. Bhimsingh and written by B. S. Ramiah. It is based on the play of the same name written by Ramiah, itself adapted from the 1836 play The Government Inspector by Russian Nikolai Gogol. The film stars S. S. Rajendran, S. V. Sahasranamam and B. Saroja Devi. It was released on 10 July 1959 and became a commercial success.
Cast[edit | edit source]
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Production[edit | edit source]
Playwright B. S. Ramiah adapted Russian dramatist Nikolai Gogol's 1836 play The Government Inspector into a Tamil play titled President Panchaksharam with S. V. Sahasranamam starring.[2] [3] The play, which was produced by Sahasranamam's own company Seva Stage,[4] and had Devika in a key role,[5] was critically acclaimed,[6] and it was adapted into a film with the same title. Sahasranamam, who appeared in the play, returned for the film as well.[2] The film adaptation was directed and edited by A. Bhimsingh, and produced by V. Arunachalam and Chinna Annamalai under Savithri Pictures.[7] Ramiah wrote the screenplay and dialogues.[7] Cinematography was handled by M. Karnan,[8][9] and the art direction by Chowdhury.[7] The film featured a musical play based on V. O. Chidambaram Pillai.[2] The final length of the film was 14,614 feet (4,454 m).[7]
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
The soundtrack was composed by G. Ramanathan.[10]
| Songs | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
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| "Intru Netru Vandha" | P. B. Srinivas and K. Jamuna Rani | Kannadasan | 05:52 |
| "Mannaadhi Mannan Inge" | P. Susheela | ||
| "Yaaro Nee Yaaro" | T. M. Soundararajan and P. Susheela | 03:21 | |
| "Myna Chittu Manasu" | T. M. Soundararajan | K. S. Gopalakrishnan | 02:57 |
| "Naan Suhavaasi, Dhinam Kaiveesi" | Seergazhi Govindarajan | ||
| "Oli Padaitha Kanninaayi VaaVaa" | M. L. Vasanthakumari and (Radha) Jayalakshmi | Subramania Bharati | |
| "Chinna Ponnu Sirikudhu" | A. P. Komala and A. G. Rathnamala | Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam | |
| "Azhagu Raani Ponne" | S. C. Krishnan, V. T. Rajagopalan and K. Jamuna Rani | ||
| "Desa Sudhanthiram Thedi Vazhangiya" | P. Leela, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi and group |
Release and reception[edit | edit source]
President Panchaksharam was released on 10 July 1959.[7] Kanthan of Kalki positively reviewed the film for being different from formulaic Tamil films released before.[11] The film was commercially successful, and film historian Randor Guy said it would be remembered for "the interesting screenplay and good performances by Sahasranamam, Rajendran and Saroja Devi."[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, p. 360.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Guy, Randor (1 October 2011). "President Panchatcharam [sic] 1959". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ↑ Goble 1999, pp. 183.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Annual Conference. Vol. 19. National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions (U.S.). Conference, South Indian History Congress. 2000. p. 358.
- ↑ தீனதயாளன், பா. (27 August 2016). "தேவிகா: 2.பாலிருக்கும் பழமிருக்கும்...!". Dinamani (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ Bhatt, Karthik (25 April 2015). "Policekaran Magal: From stage to celluloid". The Cinema Resource Centre. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "1959 – பிரசிடெண்ட் பஞ்சாட்சரம் –சாவித்திரி பிக்சர்ஸ்" [1959 – President Panchaksharam –Savitri Pictures]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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- ↑ Venkatraman, Karthikeyan (28 July 2016). "கேமராவுக்கு சவால்: ஒளிப்பதிவாளர் கர்ணன்". Dinamani (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ↑ Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (First ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 178.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ காந்தன் (16 August 1959). "பிரசிடெண்ட் பஞ்சாட்சரம்". Kalki (in தமிழ்). pp. 26–27. Retrieved 21 May 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.
- Higgins, MaryEllen; Keresztesi, Rita; Oscherwitz, Dayna, eds. (2015). The Western in the Global South. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-84312-7.
- Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.