Abhimanyu is a 1948 Tamil film

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 produced by Jupiter Pictures and starring M. G. Ramachandran

M. G. Ramachandran

Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....

 (MGR) in a supporting role. It was based on the Mahabharatha story of Abhimanyu

Abhimanyu

Abhimanyu is a tragic hero in the Hindu epic, the Mahābhārata. He is the son of Arjuna and Subhadra, who is the half-sister of Lord Krishna...

. The screenplay was written by A. S. A. Sami and M. Karunanidhi

M. Karunanidhi

Muthuvel Karunanidhi is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N...

. This was the second film for Karunanidhi as scriptwriter. The film also starred M. N. Nambiar

M. N. Nambiar

M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar ( (born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar 7 March 1919 — 19 November 2008) was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years.-Biography:...

 in a supporting role.

Production

Jupiter Pictures, a production company promoted by M. Somasundaram and S. K. Mohideen shifted to Madras from Coimbatore

Coimbatore

Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....

 in 1948 after acquiring Neptune Studios. In 1948 they produced Abhimanyu, a mythological tale from the epic Mahabharatha at Madras. During 1930s and the 40s Tamil films were mostly based on when mythologicals, folktales, folk myths and socially themed films were rare. Somasundaram himself directed the film along with A. Kasilingam. The script was written by A. S. A Sami and M. Karunanidhi

M. Karunanidhi

Muthuvel Karunanidhi is an Indian politician and a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He is the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N...

. This was the second film for Karunanidhi as script writer after Rajakumaari

Rajakumaari

Rajakumaari is a Tamil language film starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role. The film was released in the 1940s.-Cast:...

(1947). S. M. Kumaresan a new actor was cast in the lead role as Abhimanyu. M. G. Ramachandran

M. G. Ramachandran

Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....

 and M. N. Nambiar

M. N. Nambiar

M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar ( (born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar 7 March 1919 — 19 November 2008) was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years.-Biography:...

 played supporting roles in the film. The film's music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah and C. R. Subbaraman.

Cast and crew

• M. G. Ramachandran
  M. G. Ramachandran
  Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....
  
   - Arjuna
• S. M. Kumaresan - Abhimanyu
• M. R. Santhanalakshmi - Subhadra
• M. G. Chakrapani - Balarama
• Narasimma bharathi - Krishna
• M. N. Nambiar
  M. N. Nambiar
  M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar ( (born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar 7 March 1919 — 19 November 2008) was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years.-Biography:...
  
  
• U. R. Jeevarathnam - Vatsala
• Pulimoottai Ramasamy - Katodhgaja
• C. T. Rajakantham
• D. Balasubramaniam - Duryodhana
• S. V. Subbaiah - Sakuni
• M. R. Santhanam - Indra
• M. S. S. Bhagyam
• M. Somasundaram - Director
• A. Kasilingam - Director, Editor
• S. M. Subbaiah Naidu - C. R. Subburaman
  C. R. Subburaman
  C. R. Subburaman also known as C. S. Ram was a famous South Indian film music composer and producer. He was born to Ramasamy Iyer at Chintamani village in Thirunelveli, in present-day Tamil Nadu. Music director Shankar of Shankar Ganesh duo is his younger brother...
  
   .... Music
• W. R. Subbarao - Cinematographer
• P. P. Choudhry-M. P. Kuttiyappu - Art Directors
• Papanasam Sivan
  Papanasam Sivan
  Papanasam Sivan was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer.A famous composer, Sivan was also known as Tamil Thyagayya. Using Classical South Indian as a base, Sivan created numerous hits popularised by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. S...
  
   - Lyrics
• Bhoomi Palakadas - Lyrics
• Sundaravathiyar - Lyrics
• Vedantam Raghavaiah
  Vedantam Raghavaiah
  Vedantam Raghavaiah was veteran Telugu film actor, choreographer, director and producer.-Devadasu:He was the director and producer of Telugu film Devdas with music by C.R. Subburaman. The hero of Raghavaiah's Devadas, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, became an overnight star...
  
   - Choreographer

Soundtrack

Partial list of songs in the film:

• Pudhu vasanthamaamey vaazhviley by Thiruchi Loganathan & U. R. Jeevarathnam