Vanasundari is a 1951 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...

 directed by T. R. Raghunath, starring P. U. Chinnappa

P. U. Chinnappa

Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa , also popularly known as P.U.Chinnappa, was a popular singer and Tamil movie actor during 1930's and 1940s from Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is also credited to be one of the first major influential actors of South Cinema...

, T. R. Rajakumari

T. R. Rajakumari

Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajayee , popularly known by her screen name T. R. Rajakumari was a Tamil film actress, Carnatic singer and dancer. She has been called the first "dream girl" of Tamil cinema.-Early life:...

, T. S. Balaiah and S. Varalakshmi

S. Varalakshmi

Saridey Varalakshmi, popularly known as Telugu: ఎస్. వర లక్ష్మిS. Varalakshmi was a veteran Telugu and Tamil actress and singer...

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Production

The film was produced by SM. Letchumanan Chettiar, a notable personality in the Tamil film industry in the 1950s. He was the first person to print and distribute handbills in Tamil and the first person to use cars such as Buick

Buick

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, Chevrolet

Chevrolet

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, Studebaker

Studebaker

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 and Dodge

Dodge

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 in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

. Due to some legal problems, his name was never credited in any of his films and only the name of his production banner "Krishna Pictures" appeared in the credits.

Cast

• P. U. Chinnappa
  P. U. Chinnappa
  Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa , also popularly known as P.U.Chinnappa, was a popular singer and Tamil movie actor during 1930's and 1940s from Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is also credited to be one of the first major influential actors of South Cinema...
  
  
• T. R. Rajakumari
  T. R. Rajakumari
  Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajayee , popularly known by her screen name T. R. Rajakumari was a Tamil film actress, Carnatic singer and dancer. She has been called the first "dream girl" of Tamil cinema.-Early life:...
  
  
• T. S. Balaiah
• S. Varalakshmi
  S. Varalakshmi
  Saridey Varalakshmi, popularly known as Telugu: ఎస్. వర లక్ష్మిS. Varalakshmi was a veteran Telugu and Tamil actress and singer...
  
  
• R. Balasubramaniam
• M. G. Chakrapani
• D. Balasubramaniam
• C.V.V. Panthulu
• N. S. Krishnan
  N. S. Krishnan
  Nagerkoyil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan , popularly known as Kalaivanar and also as 'NSK' was a leading Tamil film comedian, drama artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry - in the 1940s and 1950s....
  
  
• T. A. Mathuram
• M. S. Karuppaiah
• "Kaka" Radhakrishnan
• C. T. Rajakantham
• T. V. Kumudhini
• C. R. Rajakumari
• Pulimoottai Ramaswami
• Kulathu Mani
• Lalitha
  Lalitha (actress)
  Lalitha was a South Indian actress and danseuse. She was the eldest of the "Travancore Sisters" - Lalitha, Padmini, and Ragini. She started her acting career in the 1938 Tamil film Adithan Kanavu and has acted in movies of different Indian languages including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.She...
  
   in a dance sequence
• Padmini
  Padmini (actress)
  Padmini was an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer who has acted in over 250 Indian films. She has acted in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi language films...
  
  in a dance sequence