Film

Manohara

1954 · 3h 19m · Action · Drama

IMDb

7.2

Manohara produced by M. Somasundaram. The Sivaji Ganesan-L. V. Prasad production was distinct, becoming a cult classic. Karunanidhi virtually rewrote Mudaliar’s play, introducing interesting changes like the climactic sequence for which he drew inspiration from “Samson and Delilah”, especially the part where the blind Samson pushes the pillars down. Mu. Karunanidhi’s writing was superb with a contemporary touch. His dialogue had punch, satire, wit and humour. Sivaji Ganesan was excellent in his dialogue delivery and P. Kannamba who played the queen mother was equally brilliant. Her line, ‘Poruthathu podhum, pongi ezhu, maganey’, became quite famous.

Sivaji Ganesan

Manohara

Girija

Princess

P. Kannamba

Queen's Mother

Pandari Bai

Kaaka Radhakrishnan

Javar Seetharaman

T. P. Muthulakshmi

T. R. Rajakumari

Sadasiva Rao

S. A. Natarajan

• L. V. PrasadDirector
• M. KarunanidhiWriter
• M. SomasundaramProducer
• M. A. ThirumugamEditor

Release date

March 3, 1954

Status

Released

Original language

Tamil

Runtime

3h 19m

Rated

U

Genres

Action, Drama