Mohana Sundaram

Mohana Sundaram (தமிழ்: மோகன சுந்தரம்) is 1951 Detective Fiction movie was directed and script were written by A. T. Krishnasamy. Music by T. G. Lingappa assets to the movie. The film starring T. R. Mahalingam, S. Varalakshmi B. R. Panthulu, V. K. Ramasamy and K. Sarangapani played lead with Chandra Babu, T. R. Ramachandran, G. Sakunthala and Suseela played portraying supporting roles. The film was based on detective story of same name by J. R. Ranga Rajan. The film was an average success.

Mohan Mudaliar(V. K. Ramasamy) and Sundaram Mudaliar(B. R. Panthulu) are partners in a private banking firm. Sundaram has a motherless daughter Vislakshi or Pappa(S. Varalakshmi), who falls in love with her orphaned cousin Boopathi(T. R. Mahalingam). She learns music from an attractive teacher named Leelavathi(Suseela) and Sundaram falls in love with her and neglects the bank. He even marries her, unaware that she has a husband serving a term in prison! Taking advantage of such a situation, mohan begins to swindle the bank aided by his crooked assistant Gopalsami(Karthikeyan). soon the teacher manipulates the family and succeeds in sending away boopathi. Meanwhile, on being released from prison, the teacher's first husband named Bala Mudaliar(C. V. V. Panthulu) plans revenge against her. A murder and a robbery take place in the bank. The murder victim is assumed to be sundaram but he had been kidnapped earlier by another enemy Seetharaman(T. K. Ramachandran), who younger brother of Bala Mudaliar. Who was murdered? Govindan(K. Natarajan) the amateur detective takes over and using his bag of tricks solve the murder and the robbery and the happy couple is united in the end.

Music composed by T. G. Lingappa and lyric were written by K. D. Santhanam. Singers are T. R. Mahalingam S. Varalakshmi & J. P. Chandra Babu. Playback singers are P. Leela, Jikki & K. Rani.