Amara Deepam (1956 film)

Amara Deepam அமர தீபம்
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Directed by	T. Prakash Rao
Produced by	S. Krishnamoorthy T. Govindarajan C. V. Sridhar
Written by	C. V. Sridhar
Screenplay by	T. Prakash Rao
Story by	C. V. Sridhar
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Savitri Padmini
Music by	T. Chalapathi Rao G. Ramanathan
Cinematography	Kamal Ghosh A. Vincent
Edited by	N. M. Sankar
Production company	Venus Pictures
Distributed by	Venus Pictures
Release date	20 June 1956
Running time	162 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Amara Deepam (English: Eternal flame) is a Tamil film is directed by T. Prakash Rao. The film features Sivaji Ganesan, Savitri and Padmini in lead roles. The film, produced by Venus Pictures, had musical score by T. Chalapathi Rao and G. Ramanathan and was released on 20 June 1956.

An educated unemployed person Ashok (Sivaji Ganesan) falls in love with the daughter Aruna (Savitri) of a wealthy Industrialist.

Aruna is taken hostage by her husband -to -be, Sukumar (M. N. Nambiar), and while Ashok trails them to save Aruna, he loses his memory in an accident. Ashok meets Roopa (Padmini) and they begin to like each other. Sometime later Aruna comes back and as Ashok fails to recognize Aruna things look complicated.

The rest of the film deals with how Ashok struggles with his memory and how both Aruna and Roopa try to win him over.

The music was composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. G. Ramanathan composed the music for one song Naadodi koottam naanga thillelo and Carnatic musician G. N. Balasubramaniam composed the music for Enge Maraindhanayo. Lyrics by K. P. Kamatchi Sundharam, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, M. K. Athmanathan, Udumalai Narayana Kavi, A. Maruthakasi & K. S. Gopalakrishnan. Playback singers are T. M. Soundararajan, A. M. Rajah, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, S. C. Krishnan, M. L. Vasanthakumari, Jikki, A. P. Komala, P. Suseela & T. V. Rathinam.