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Nadodi Mannan is a film of genre Drama directed by M. G. Ramachandran with M. G. Ramachandran

Nadodi Mannan (1958)

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Length 3h40
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Genres Drama,    Action,    Adventure
Rating78% 3.907823.907823.907823.907823.90782

Nadodi Mannan (Tamil: நாடோடி மன்னன்; English: The Vagabond King) is a Tamil language Adventure film directed, produced and starring by M. G. Ramachandran in dual role. The film features P. Bhanumathi, B. Saroja Devi as heroine of the film, while P. S. Veerappa and M. N. Nambiar as villain of the film. The film, had musical score by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and N. S. Balakrishnan. Upon release, the film was all time blockbuster and ran for 250 days in theatres crossed 100 days in 23 theatres. The movie was taken in black and white for 2 hours 8 minutes and 16 seconds. The rest was taken in Geva Color.

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Ratnapuri is a small kingdom besieged by manifold troubles. The King’s only daughter Ratna (B. Saroja Devi) is kidnapped and the King dies without naming any successors. Marthandan (MGR), a member of the royal family is chosen by the majority of the imperial council, including the ministers and the commander-in-chief, to be the new ruler. However, the Rajaguru (P. S. Veerappa) has a different idea. Unknown to anyone, he has the princess Ratna in his custody in an island. Ratna has grown up completely unaware of her ancestry. Meanwhile, the Rajaguru plans to do get rid of Marthandan and put up his stooge Pingalan (M. N. Nambiar) as the King. He then plans to marry Ratna himself, get rid of Pingalan, and declare himself the ruler. Meanwhile, Veerabagu (K. R. Ramsingh), the loyal bodyguard of the erstwhile King, and his gang of committed people, including his son Bhoopathi and daughter Madana (P. Bhanumathi) are furious at an outsider ascending the throne. Elsewhere in the kingdom, people are far from happy. Shortage of food and unemployment are rampant all around.

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