Sengamala Theevu

Sengamala Theevu
Pre-production poster
Directed by	S. Rajendran
Screenplay by	Salem Natarajan
Story by	Saaptoor Aiyadurai
Produced by	M. A. Venu
Starring	M. R. Radha C. L. Anandan Rajasree T. P. Muthulakshmi
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Production company	M. A. V. Pictures
Release date	1962 (1962)[1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Sengamala Theevu (transl. Red Lotus Island) is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by S. Rajendran. The film stars M. R. Radha, C. L. Anandan, Rajasree and Pushpalatha.^[2]

Plot

Cast

The following list is compiled from the book Thiraikalanjiyam Part 2^[3] and from the film credits.

Male cast M. R. Radha C. L. Anandan Kallapart Natarajan V. K. Ramasamy V. S. Raghavan

Male cast (Contd.) Stunt Krishnan K. Kannan K. R. Rathinam R. Pakkirisamy S. V. Ramdas Kundu Karupaiah,

Female cast Rajasree Pushpalatha S. Kalavathi T. P. Muthulakshmi Indra

Production

The film was produced by M. A. Venu under his own banner M. A. V. Pictures and was directed by S. Rajendran. The story was written by Saaptoor Aiyadurai while the screenplay and dialogues were penned by Salem Natarajan. The film was made at Salem Ratna Studios. Development began as early as 1956 with a largely different cast and crew.^[4]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan.^[3][5] The songs "Malarai Parithaai Thalaiyil Vaithaai" and "Sindhithaal Sirippu Varum" attained popularity.^[6][7]

Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Length
"Ennai Paarthaa Parihaasam"	P. B. Srinivas	Thiruchi Thiyagarajan	03:30
"Yemaatha Therinjavan Sugavaasi"	S. V. Ponnusamy
"Sindhithaal Sirippu Varum"	T. M. Soundararajan		03:37
"Kannaal Pesuvom, Kaiyai Veesuvom"	Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi & L. R. Eswari		03:17
"Paaduvom Poomalai Sooduvom"			02:17
"Malarai Parithaai Thalaiyil Vaithaai"	P. B. Srinivas & L. R. Eswari		03:28
"Pesiyathu Naanillai Kangal Thaane"	M. S. Rajeswari	Ekalaivan	03:15
"Pakalil Pesum Nilavinai Kanden"	T. M. Soundararajan & S. Janaki		03:11
"Naan Onru Ninaithen Nadakkavillai"	S. Janaki		03:44

References

1. "1962-ல் வெளியான படப்பட்டியல் - தயாரிப்பாளர்கள்" [List of films released in 1962 – Producers]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
2. "Sengamala Theevu". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
3. Neelamegam, G. (2016). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 2 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. pp. 63–64.
4. "Sengamala Theevu". The Indian Express. 13 April 1956. p. 10. Retrieved 5 July 2022 – via Google News Archive.
5. "Sengamala Theevu". JioSaavn. 31 December 1962. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
6. "கவிஞர் தியாகராஜன் நூற்றாண்டு: தாமரை பூத்த தடாகமடீ!". Dinamani (in Tamil). 18 August 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
7. "நூற்றாண்டைக் கடந்த கவிஞர் திருச்சி தியாகராஜன்". Dinamani (in Tamil). 9 May 2021. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

External links

• Sengamala Theevu at IMDb