Policekaran Magal

Policekaran Magal (transl. The Policeman's Daughter) is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by C. V. Sridhar. Based on the stage play of the same name, the film stars Balaji, Muthuraman, C. R. Vijayakumari, Shanthakumari and Pushpalatha. The film was released on 7 September 1962 and was a success. It was later remade in Telugu as Constable Koothuru (1963) and in Malayalam as Vyaamoham (1978).

Policekaran Magal
Poster
Directed by	C. V. Sridhar
Produced by	P. V. Sathyam V. Nanjundan
Screenplay by	T. S. Rangaswamy
Story by	B. S. Raamaiyah
Starring	Balaji Muthuraman Shanthakumari Pushpalatha
Music by	Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Cinematography	A. Vincent
Edited by	N. M. Shankar
Production company	Chitrakala Productions
Release date	7 September 1962 [1]
Running time	156 minutes[2]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

An honest police constable has a son (R. Muthuraman) and a daughter (C. R. Vijayakumari). Balaji, son of a rich affluent person is a friend of Muthuraman who often visit his house. Balaji falls in love with Vijaykumari to which she equally reciprocates. She meets Balaji secretly without the knowledge of both her father and brother. One day, Balaji's notorious friends commit a murder and they fled the scene using Balaji's car. At the same point of time, Balaji meets his love in a temple and promises to marry her. Meanwhile, Balaji's father plans to marry his son to one of his relatives. Balaji initially discards this proposal but accepts after coming to know that he will be deprived of his father's wealth if he doesn't marry the girl arranged by his father. Vijaykumari is shocked to hear this and finally tells her relationship with Balaji to her parents. When Muthuraman visits Balaji's house to seek justice, Balaji reiterate that Vijaykumari is completely unknown to him. Vijaykumari health begins to deteriorate and despite Balaji's selfish motive, she prays for his good health. Ironically, police arrest Balaji for the murder committed by his friends and Vijaykumari testifies as an alibi. Police arrest the original murderers. A now regretful Balaji comes to marry Vijaykumari, but it's too late. Vijaykumari's health completely deteriorates and eventually dies.

Cast

Cast according to the opening credits of the film:

Male cast Balaji as Prabhu Muthuraman as Chinnaiah Sahasranamam as Constable Kumarasami Nagesh as Servant Muthaiah as Rajagopal Ramanathan Raghavan as Mallika's father Karikol Raj as Janaki's Uncle K. Nataraj as Advocate Veerappan as Somu Chandrababu as Maari (Flower Seller) Film News Anandan as Police Photographer (uncredited)[3]

Female cast Vijayakumari as Janaki Shanthakumari as Amrtham Pushpalatha as Mallika Manorama as Maari's Fiancée Sakunthala as Malathi

Production

Policekaran Magal was based on the stage play of the same name written by B. S. Ramiah. S. V. Sahasranamam and R. Muthuraman who were part of the play reprised their roles in the film.[4] C. R. Vijayakumari played the titular daughter of Sahasranamam's character, a policeman, while K. Balaji played a youth who cheats the policeman's daughter.[5] The dialogues were written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.[6]

Soundtrack

Policekaran Magal
Soundtrack album To Policekaran Magal by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy
Released	1962
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Saregama
Producer	M. S. Viswanathan

The soundtrack was composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy (a duo consisting of M. S. Viswanathan and T. K. Ramamurthy) while the lyrics written by Kannadasan. The duets of P.B.Srinivos and S.Janaki were all-time hits and the songs remain popular to this day. Indeed, the success of the film was in no small measure to the lovely songs. The film also cemented the combination of P.B.Srinivos and S.Janaki as a winning combination in the Tamil film music industry. The album was released under the label Saregama.[7] The song "Ponn Enbean Siru" is set in the carnatic raga known as Darbari Kanada.[8][9] The song "Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam" attained popularity.[10]

Track list[11]

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam"	P. B. Sreenivas	03:36
2.	"Indha Mandrathil Odi Varum"	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki	03:32
3.	"Pon Enbaen Siru"	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki	03:31
4.	"Aandrondru Ponaal"	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki	03:21
5.	"Poranthaalum Aambalayaa"	J. P. Chandrababu, L. R. Eswari	03:08
6.	"Indha Mandrathil Odi Varum" (Pathos)	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki	03:00
7.	"Kannile Neer"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan, S. Janaki	03:31
8.	"Poo Sumanthu Pogiral"	Sirkazhi Govindarajan	03:08
Total length:			22:59

Reception

The film was a commercial success.[3]

Remakes

Policekaran Magal was remade in Telugu as Constable Koothuru (1963),[3] and in Malayalam as Vyaamoham (1978).[12]

References

1. "Policekaran Magal". Tamil Movies Database. Archived from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
2. "Policekaran Magal". Complete Index to World Film. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
3. Srinivas Chari, T. K. (16–30 June 2011). "The film photographer". Madras Musings. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2015.
4. Bhatt, Karthik (25 April 2015). "Policekaran Magal: From stage to celluloid". The Cinema Resource Centre. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
5. "விஜயகுமாரிக்கு பானுமதி வாழ்த்து: சாரதா படத்தை பார்த்துவிட்டு பரிசு வழங்கினார்". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
6. Film News Anandan (2004). Saadhanaigal Padaitha thamizh thiraipada varalaru [Tamil film history and its achievements] (in Tamil). Sivagami Publications. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017.
7. "Policekaran Magal". Saregama. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
8. Mani, Charulatha (8 June 2012). "A Raga's Journey — Dynamic Durbarikaanada". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
9. Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Chennai: Pichhamal Chintamani. p. 153. OCLC 295034757.
10. "Soundarya Rajinikanth joins hands with Kabali producer, announces second film". The Indian Express. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
11. "Viswanathan-Ramamoorthi* – Policekaran Magal / Sumaithangi". Discogs. EMI. 1987. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
12. Krishnamachari, Suganthy (18 October 2012). "Where was the thrill?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

External links

• Policekaran Magal at IMDb