Manamagan Thevai is a Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film starring Sivaji Ganesan

Sivaji Ganesan

Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar , commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan , was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. He is one of the most respected film actors in India. He is well known for his versatility and acting skills with...

 and P. Bhanumathi as the main cast. Simultaneously made as Varudu Kavaali in Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 with K. Jaggaiah

Kongara Jaggayya

Kongara Jaggayya was an Indian Film Actor from Telugu cinema & Theater . He was popularly known as "Kanchu Kantam" Jaggayya Kongara Jaggayya (31 December 1928 – 5 August 2004; also transliterated as Jaggaiah) was an Indian Film Actor from Telugu cinema & Theater . He was popularly known...

 and P. Bhanumathi.

Production

Based on a short story by Charles R. Marion, made as English film titled The Fabulous Senorita in 1952 by Republic Pictures

Republic Pictures

Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....

 directed by R. G. Springsteen

R. G. Springsteen

Robert G. Springsteen was a prolific American director of Hollywood B movies and television shows. He was most often credited on screen as R. G. Springsteen....

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Plot

The movie was a musical comedy, narrating the hilarious events that unfold a strong-willed daughter of a wealthy man desires to marry a shy professor in preference to a rich suitor chosen by her father. She poses as twin sisters to wriggle out of the situation, and in the pandemonium that follows, lands in deeper trouble.

Cast

Actor	Role
Sivaji Ganesan Sivaji Ganesan Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar , commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan , was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. He is one of the most respected film actors in India. He is well known for his versatility and acting skills with...
P. Bhanumathi
J. P. Chandrababu
T. R. Ramachandran T. R. Ramachandran T. R. Ramachandran was a Tamil actor and comedian who played memorable roles in movies from the 1940s to the 1960s.- Filmography :...
A. Karunanidhi
Devika Devika Devika or Prameela Devi was a popular Tamil and Telugu actress. She is regarded as a versatile and graceful heroine of her era. She was known for her natural beauty which was the key in her casting in mythological films like Karnan, thiruvilaiyadal...
Ragini Ragini (actress) Ragini was a South Indian danseuse and actress. She was the youngest of the famed Travancore Sisters: Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini. With sister Padmini, she started her acting career in the mid 1950s and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu...

Crew

• Producer: P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
  P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
  P. S. Ramakrishna Rao is a veteran Telugu film director and producer. He married Banumathi, a multi-talented film artist from South India, on 7 September 1945.-Filmography:...
  
   & P. Bhanumathi
• Production Company: Bharani Pictures
• Director: P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
  P. S. Ramakrishna Rao
  P. S. Ramakrishna Rao is a veteran Telugu film director and producer. He married Banumathi, a multi-talented film artist from South India, on 7 September 1945.-Filmography:...
  
  
• Music: G. Ramanathan
  G. Ramanathan
  G. Ramanatha Iyer was a famous Music Composer for Tamil Movies. He is also known as 'Isai Methai' or 'Sangeetha Chakravarthy' and considered to be one of the influential Tamil Music composers to take Carnatic Music to the masses. Notable for his association with M.K.Thyagaraja Bhagavathar...
  
  
• Screenplay:
• Dialogues:
• Lyrics: K. D. Santhanam, Maruthakasi and Thanjai Ramiah Doss
• Art Direction:
• Editing:
• Choreography:
• Cinematography:
• Stunt:
• Dance:

Soundtrack

List of songs:

• nenjinilE pugundhu by P. Bhanumathi
• pambara kaNNaalE kaadhal sangathi sonnaaLe by J. P. Chandrababu
• yEngO kulukku thaLukku thEvaleeyaa by P. Bhanumathi
• kOdai idi kaatRu by A. M. Rajah
  A. M. Rajah
  Aemala Manmatharaju Rajah was a South Indian playback singer-music composer popular in the 1950s and the early 1960s in South India. He was popularly known as A. M. Rajah or Rajah. His songs were featured in numerous Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films in the 1950s, early 1960s and early...
  
   & Jikki
  Jikki
  Pillavalu Gajapathi Krishnaveni aka Jikki , was a popular film playback singer from South India. She sang over nearly 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Sinhala languages.-Early life:...
  
  
• velavarE ummai thEdi oru madandhai by P. Bhanumathi
• veNNila jOthiyai veesudhE by P. Bhanumathi, Ghantasala
  Ghantasala (singer)
  Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao was a famous & popular Indian Playback Singer and music composer of Telugu films and many other languages such as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi. He is the recipient of the Padmashree award, India's fourth highest civilian award. For nearly a quarter of a...
  
   & Pithapuram Nageswara Rao
  Pithapuram Nageswara Rao
  Pithapuram Nageswara Rao is a popular Playback singer during the early period of Telugu cinema. He sang thousands of songs mostly of comedy nature in 1950s and 1960s along with Madhavapeddi Satyam and others.-Brief lifesketch:...