Chakravarthi Thirumagal

Chakravarthi Thirumagal சக்ரவர்த்தி திருமகள்
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Directed by	P. Neelakantan
Produced by	R. M. Ramanathan
Written by	Elangovan
Story by	P. A. Kumar
Starring	M. G. Ramachandran Anjali Devi P. S. Veerappa S. Varalakshmi N. S. Krishnan T. A. Madhuram K. A. Thangavelu T. P. Muthulakshmi
Music by	G. Ramanathan
Cinematography	V. Ramamoorthy
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Production company	Uma Pictures
Distributed by	A. L. S. Productions
Release date	18 January 1957 (1957-01-18)
Running time	168 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Chakravarthi Thirumagal (Tamil: சக்ரவர்த்தி திருமகள்) is a Tamil language folklore film starring M. G. Ramachandran, Anjali Devi and S. Varalakshmi in the lead roles. The film, directed by P. Neelakantan, had musical score by G. Ramanathan and was released on 18 January 1957. Box office hit of the year and crossed 100 days in 8 centres.

Prince Udayasuriyan (M.G.R) wins all tough competition to marry Princess Kalamani (Anjali Devi). Durga (S. Varalaxmi) and Bhairavan (P.S. Veerappa) plot to ruin their lives. Durga plans to take the queen place in order to live with Udayasuriyan while Bhairavan abduct Kalamani from the palace. The rest of the movie deals with Udayasduriyan foiling his enemies plan in order to save the princess.

The music composed by G. Ramanathan. All Songs became super hit. Lyrics were by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, K. D. Santhanam, Ku. Sa. Krishnamurthy, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram & Clown Sundaram. Singer is N. S. Krishnan & S. Varalakshmi. Playback singers are Seerkazhi Govindarajan, S. C. Krishnan, M. L. Vasanthakumari, P. Leela, Jikki, A. P. Komala & T. V. Rathinam.

The film opened on 18 January 1957. Chakravarthi Thirumagal became a huge success at the box office, highest grosser of the year, and successfully ran for over 150 days in theatres. Film historian Randor Guy wrote "Chakravarthi Thirumagal remembered for the interesting storyline, good music, song and dance sequences and taut on-screen narration. A Song and dance sequence ‘Aaadavaanga annaathey' sung off-screen by Sirkazhi Govindarajan, Jikki and P. Leela, with words such as ‘gummaalu' was a hit. Sohanlal and Thangaraj choreographed the dances by Ragini, E. V. Saroja and G. Sakunthala."