Mangaiyar Ullam Mangatha Selvam

Mangaiyar Ullam Mangatha Selvam
Mangaiyar Ullam Mangatha Selvam
	Poster
Directed by	Vedantam Raghavayya
Screenplay by	Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Story by	Adityan; Ramakrishna Sastri
Produced by	P. Adinarayana Rao
Starring	Gemini Ganesan; Anjali Devi
Music by	P. Adinarayana Rao
Production; company	Anjali Pictures
Release date	31 August 1962;
Running time	2:56:41
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Mangaiyar Ullam Mangatha Selvam (transl. Women's heart is non-diminishing wealth) is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Vedantam Raghavayya. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and Anjali Devi.^[1] It was released on 31 August 1962.

Plot

Cast

This list is adapted from the book Thiraikalanjiyam Part-2.^[2]

Male cast

Male cast (Contd.)

Mahalingam
Subramaniam
Ramachandra Rao
Satyam

Female cast

Anjali Devi
P. Kannamba
Jayanthi
Meenakumari
Maheswari

Production

The film was produced by P. Adinarayana Rao, who also scored the music, under the banner Anjali Pictures. Vedantam Raghavayya who is also a choreographer, directed the film. The film was made in Telugu with the title Swarna Manjari.^[3] N. T. Rama Rao replaced Gemini Ganesan as the hero. Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass wrote the dialogues for the Tamil version of the film.^[1]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by P. Adinarayana Rao.^[2]

Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Length
"Mangaadha Pirai Soodum Gangaadharaa...Jal Jal Sathangai"	Ghantasala & Susheela	Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass	02:41
"Vaazhga Needooli Mannavaa"	P. Susheela & Nagayya		06:20
"Kalaiye Jegam Pugazh Jeeva Kalaiye"	Ghantasala
"Indha Vaalibamum Vaanavillu"	S. Janaki		02:34
"Sollaamale Sollavaa Indru Sudhanthira Naalallavaa"	S. Janaki
"Arugil Vaa Vaa Enaik Kaavaa"	P. Susheela		01:03
"Idhuve Vaazhvil Aanandhame"	P. Susheela & P. B. Srinivas		03:31
"Yenoh Yenoh En Naalum Illaa Aanandame"	P. Susheela, S. Janaki & P. B. Srinivas
"Mangala Medai Maalai Selvam"	P. Susheela & S. Janaki	Kannadasan	01:20
"Ammaa...Seyyaadha Paavam Soozhndhathe"	T. M. Soundararajan	Kannadasan

Release and reception

Mangaiyar Ullam Mangatha Selvam was released on 31 August 1962.^[4] On the same day, The Indian Express wrote, "Unimaginatively contrived, the film is vivid and artistic, without being precise. Its pictorial imagery falls to blend with the story content, which is thin and far in excess of the usual padding and synthetic thrills."^[5]