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Vanjikottai Valiban is a film of genre Drama directed by Subramaniam Srinivasan with Gemini Ganesan

Vanjikottai Valiban (1958)

Vanjikottai Valiban
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Length 3h3
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating69% 3.460863.460863.460863.460863.46086

Vanjikkottai Valiban (English: The Youth from Vanji Fort) is a 1958 Black-and-white Tamil Ruritanian romance epic film written by Gemini Studios story department consist of K. J. Mahadevan, C. Srinivasan and Kothamangalam Subbu while the film was directed and produced by S. S. Vasan. It stars Gemini Ganesan and Vyjayanthimala in lead with Padmini, P.S. Veerappa, T. K. Shanmugam, Pasupuleti Kannamba, Vijayakumari, K. A. Thangavelu and M. S. Sundari Bai as the ensemble cast of the film. The camera was handled by P. Ellappa with the audiography was handled by C. E. Biggs while the editing was done by N. R. Krishna Sami. This film was remaked in Hindi as Raj Tilak (1958 film) with the same lead actors.

Synopsis

Chokkalingam Navilur (T. K. Shanmugam) is a diwan at Vanjikottai Kingdom. He with his wife, Sivakami (Pasupuleti Kannamba), is loyal to their King. Chokkalingam without any hesitation accuses that Senathipathi (P.S. Veerappa), the brother of the King's second wife, Maharani Ranthamani Devi (Meenakshi) plotted the prince's killing (Daisy Irani). Found guilty, Senathipathi is banished by the kind but is helped by one of his soldier to stay in the kingdom without anyone's knowledge. He later sets up a fire in the city and stabs the king with his sword. The king before dying tells Chokkalingam to save his daughter Padma (Padmini) and the infant prince and dies later. In order to fulfil the king's desire, Chokkalingam sails to safety with the king's children, leaving his family behind. Soon his wife does the same with her children but is caught by the Senathipathi's army. Leaving her children on the moving boat, she is imprisoned for life at an island prison.

Actors

Gemini Ganesan

(Sunderalingam / Vanjikottai vaaliban (Youth of vanjikottai) / Sunderam)Vyjayanthimala

(Princess Mandakin)Padmini Ramachandran

(Princess Padma)P. S. Veerappa

(Senapathi)Pasupuleti Kannamba

(Sivakami)
And :
C. R. Vijayakumari
Thangavelu
Daisy Irani
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