Nadodi Mannan (1958 film)
| Nadodi Mannan | |
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Poster
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| Directed by | M. G. Ramachandran |
| Produced by | R.M.Veerappan |
| Written by |
Kannadasan Raveendar |
| Screenplay by |
C. Kuppusamy Naidu K. Srinivasan P. Neelakantan |
| Story by |
R. M. Veerappan 'Vidwan' Ve. Lakshmanan S. K. T. Sami |
| Starring |
M. G. Ramachandran P. Bhanumathi P. S. Veerappa M. N. Rajam B. Saroja Devi M. N. Nambiar J. P. Chandrababu M. G. Chakrapani |
| Music by |
S. M. Subbaiah Naidu N. S. Balakrishnan |
| Cinematography | G. K. Somu |
| Edited by | K. Perumal C. P. Jambulingam |
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Production
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| Distributed by | Emgeeyaar Pictures Ltd |
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Release date
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22 August 1958 |
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Running time
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220 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹ 18 Lakhs |
Nadodi Mannan (English: The Vagabond King) is a 1958 Tamil language adventure film directed, produced by and starring M. G. Ramachandran in dual roles. The film features P. Bhanumathi, B. Saroja Devi as heroines of the film, while P. S. Veerappa and M. N. Nambiar play the villains. The film, had musical score by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and N. S. Balakrishnan. Upon release, the film was blockbuster and ran for 100 days in major cities. The movie was taken in black and white for 2 hours 8 minutes and 16 seconds. The rest was taken in Geva Color. This film was dubbed in Telugu as Anaganaga Oka Raju in year 1959.
The story is based on Anthony Hope’s 1894 novel The Prisoner of Zenda, Justin Huntly McCarthy’s stage play If I Were King and the English movie Viva Zapata. MGR made his crew consisting of R. M. Veerappan, Vidwan V. Lakshmanan and S. K .T. Sami to watch the three productions. He gave them his suggestions regarding the outline he had in mind and after several brainstorming sessions, the team came up with an imaginative story, tailoring it to make it more Indian.
MGR was keen to act in a double role. Since the advertisement in the papers of the making of Nadodi Mannan, MGR had faced hurdles. At the same time P. Bhanumathi of Bharani Pictures had announced a movie which would be based on The Prisoner of Zenda. MGR and Bhanumathi had discussed trying to convince each other to abandon the project. MGR told Bhanumathi that she could proceed if she had been intending to fully adapt The Prisoner of Zenda as he was only planning to make a movie which was loosely based on it. P. Bhanumathi gave in and MGR was able to proceed in his project.
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