Aryamala

Aryamala
Aryamala
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bomman Irani
Written by
Produced by	; S. M. Sriramulu Naidu
Starring	P. U. Chinnappa;
Cinematography	Rustam M. Irani
Edited by	S. Surya
Music by	G. Ramanathan
Production; company	Pakshiraja Films
Distributed by	Narayanan & Company
Release date	19 October 1941;
Running time	218 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Aryamala is a 1941 Indian Tamil-language film starring P. U. Chinnappa, M. S. Sarojini, M. R. Santhanalakshmi and T. S. Balaiah in the lead roles. Aryamala was a major box office success and established Chinnappa as a box office hero.^[1]

The same folk myth was produced again under the title Kathavarayan in 1958.

Plot[]

This is a folk myth in which Lord Shiva produces a third son named Kathavarayan who is brought up by hunters. Kathavarayan falls in love with a celestial girl named Ilankanni. When Kathavarayan tries to make love to her, she drowns herself. But she is reborn as a princess. She is named as Aryamala. Kathavarayan falls in love with Aryamala. He tries many tricks changing his form into creatures. Once he turns into a parrot and goes to her palace. She becomes fond of the parrot. But he takes his usual form and ties knot to Aryamala while she is sleeping. Aryamala is shocked and she tries to drown herself again. But Lord Vishnu saves her. He turns her into a stone. But later when Kathavarayan touches the stone Aryamala regains her form. Kathavarayan is imprisoned by the King. However, Lord Vishnu intervenes and settles everything amicably. Kathavarayan and Aryamala are married and lived happily ever after.^[1]

Cast[]

The following list was adapted from the film titles (See External links) and the song book^[2]

Male cast

P. U. Chinnappa as Kathavarayan
T. S. Balaiah as Balarayan
N. S. Krishnan as Chinnaan
Vasudeva Rao B.A., B.L. as Aryappoorajan
S. Krishna Sastri as Appa Pattar
V. V. S. Mani as Sri Krishnan
B. Rajagopala Iyer as Paramasivan
Kolathumani as Mannaru (Washerman)
K. R. Nagaraja Iyer as Somesa Arya
N. Thyagarajan B.A. as Hunters' King
Sivan as Beggar Boy

Female cast

M. R. Santhanalakshmi as Parvathi
M. S. Saroja as Aryamala
T. A. Mathuram as Aaravalli
A. Sakunthala as Sornamalai
Seethalakshmi as Thulasi Ammal
P. S. Gnanam as Vannaravalli
P. S. Chandra as Chinnarangam
A. R. Sakunthala as Vasanthi
L. Saroja as Malathi
M. K. Bapuji as Nirmala
S. R. Janaki as Kali Devi
T. M. Pattammal as Dancer

Soundtrack[]


No	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Aaravalliyae Neeyum"	N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Madhuram
2	"Aananda Roobiniye Aaryamaalaa"	P. U. Chinnappa
3	"Siva Kribaiyaal"	P. U. Chinnappa
4	"Srimadhiye Unai Naan"	P. U. Chinnappa
5	"Valaiyal Nalla Valaiyal"	P. U. Chinnappa
6	"Nimmathiye"	P. U. Chinnappa
7	"Anandha Roopiniye"	P. U. Chinnappa
8	"Laavanya Roobane"	M. R. Santhanalakshmi

Release[]

Aryamala was released on 19 October 1941, and distributed by Narayanan & Company.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Guy, Randor (23 July 2010). "Aryamala 1941". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
^ Ariyamala (song book) (in Tamil). Pakshiraja Films. 1941.
^ "Aryamala". The Indian Express. 19 October 1941. p. 3.

External links[]

Aryamala at IMDb
Full length film on YouTube

[hindu-1] Guy, Randor (23 July 2010). "Aryamala 1941". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

[song_book-2] Ariyamala (song book) (in Tamil). Pakshiraja Films. 1941.

[3] "Aryamala". The Indian Express. 19 October 1941. p. 3.

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