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Manamagan Thevai (1957)
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Add to a movie listManamagan Thevai (Tamil: மணமகன் தேவை) is a Comedy-drama Tamil film starring Sivaji Ganesan and P. Bhanumathi as the main cast. Simultaneously made as Varudu Kavaali in Telugu with K. Jaggaiah and P. Bhanumathi. The film was released in the year 1957.
Synopsis
The movie was a musical comedy, narrating the hilarious events that unfold a strong-willed daughter of a wealthy man desires to marry a shy professor in preference to a rich suitor chosen by her father. She poses as twin sisters to wriggle out of the situation, and in the pandemonium that follows, lands in deeper trouble.Actors
Sivaji Ganesan
(Professor Vijayakumar)
Bhanumati Ramakrishna
(Banumathi & Chandramathi)
J. P. Chandrababu
(Chandrababu)
T. R. Ramachandran
(Hostel Warden KD)
Devika
(Chandramathi)
Ragini
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