Sivagangai Seemai | |
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Tamil | சிவகங்கைச் சீமை |
Directed by | K. Shankar |
Produced by | K. S. Ranganathan |
Written by | Kannadasan |
Story by | Kannadasan |
Starring |
S. S. Rajendran S. Varalakshmi Kamala Lakshmanan T. K. Bhagavathi M. N. Rajam |
Music by | Viswanathan-Ramamoorthy |
Cinematography | Thambu |
Edited by |
K. Shankar K. Narayanan |
Production
company |
Kannadasan Productions
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Distributed by | Kannadasan Productions |
Release date
|
19 May 1959 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Sivagangai Seemai is a 1959 Tamil feature film directed by K. Shankar. This was Kannadasan’s second home production and he wrote the script and lyrics for the movie. The movie's cast is S. S. Rajendran, S. Varalakshmi, Kamala Lakshmanan and M. N. Rajam in lead roles.
After the execution of Kattabomman on 17 October 1799 at Kayattar, Chinna Marudhu gave asylum to Kattabomman's brother Oomadurai. But, the British took this reason to invade and attacked Sivaganga in 1801 with a powerful army. The Maruthu Pandiyars and their allies were quite successful and captured three districts from the British. British considered it as a serious threat to their future in India that they rushed additional troops from Britain to put down the Maruthu Pandiyars' rebellion.
The soundtrack features 16 songs composed by Viswanathan Ramamoorthy. Lyrics were by Kannadasan. Singer is S. Varalakshmi. Playback singers are T. M. Soundararajan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, C. S. Jayaraman, V. N. Sundharam, T. S. Bagavathi, P. Leela, K. Jamuna Rani, Jikki, Radha Jayalakshmi, P. Suseela and A. P. Komala.