Vedavathi Alladhu Seetha Jananam

Vedavathi or Seetha Jananam
Vedavathi or Seetha Jananam
	Poster
Tamil	வேதவதி அல்லது சீதா ஜனனம்
Directed by	T. R. Raghunath
Based on	Ramayana Indian Epic
Produced by	Raja Chandrasekar
Starring	M. R. Krishnamoorthy; R. Balasubramaniam; M. G. Ramachandran; M. G. Chakrapani; K. Thavamani Devi; Kolar Rajam
Cinematography	T. E. Cooper
Music by	T. K. Jeyarama Iyer
Production; company	Shyamala Pictures[1]
Release date	11 January 1941 (India); [2]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vedavathi Alladhu Seetha Jananam (transl. Birth of Vedavathi or Sita) is a 1941 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by T. R. Raghunath.[3] The film featured M. R. Krishnamoorthy and K. Thavamani Devi in the lead roles.

Cast

The names in this list were adapted from the film poster.[2]

Male cast

M. R. Krishnamoorthi as Naradar
R. Balasubramaniam as Ravanan
P. G. Venkatesan as Vibhishanan
M. G. Ramchandar as Indrajit
V. S. Mani as Ramar - Vishnu
V. Nataraj as Bhrahaspathi - Naradar
M. G. Chakrapani as Janakar - Kuberan
P. S. Veerappan as Indran
S. Nandaram as Yaman
K. S. Velayutham as Nandhi - Hanuman
N. S. Velappan as Nalakooparan
V. Srinivasa Sastri as Agni
K. Ramaswamy Iyer as Kumbakarnan
S. Ramudu as Varunan
P. Govindasamy as Sivan
T. V. Krishnaswamy as Sooriyan
P. Lakshmanasami as Lakshmanan
M. Sankararaman as Vaayu
A. C. Sundaram as Messenger

Female cast

Kolar Rajam as Mandodhari
K. Thavamani Devi as Vedavathi - Seetha
Kumari Rukmini as Rambai
M. S. Saroja as Menaka
T. N. Sundaramma as Lakshmi
M. V. Kunjammal as Urvasi
M. S. Sundarambal as Thilothama
G. S. Saraswathi as Bhoodevi
V. S. Kausalya as Parvathi
Visalakshi as Soorpanagai

Aakasa Vani

Crew

The names in this list was adapted from the film poster.[4]

Producer – Raja Chandrasekar
Director – T. R. Raghunath
Cinematography – T. E. Cooper
Audiography – A. Krishnaiyer
Art – F. Nagoor
Studio – Newtone

Production

Most of the early films in Tamil were reproduction of stage dramas. Some films even opened with a screen going up. The stage dramas usually had a main title and an alternate title. Thus this film also had two titles.[5]

A comedy short film titled Aakaasa Vaani featuring N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram was included in the film.[2]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by T. K. Jeyarama Iyer while the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan and P. R. Rajagopala Iyer.[4] M. R. Krishnamoorthy and K. Thavamani Devi sang most of the songs.

No.	Song	Singer/s	Duration (m:ss)
1	"Maara Janaka... Sri Ramana"	M. R. Krishnamoorthy	03:16
2	"Idhu Enna Urakkam"	M. R. Krishnamoorthy	03:23
3	"Prema Sanga Sugam"	P. G. Venkadesan	03:39
4	"Ulagile"	P. G. Venkadesan	03:41

References

Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016.
Vedavathi cast
Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 653.
Vedavathi crew
Kalyan (6 April 2008). "Evolution of Tamil Stage Plays to Silent Movies to Present Cinema". tamilelibrary.org. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

External links

Sree Ramana on YouTube
Idhu Enna Urakkam on YouTube
Vedavathi Alladhu Seetha Jananam at IMDb

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[anandan-1] Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016.

[poster1-2] Vedavathi cast

[3] Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998. p. 653.

[poster2-4] Vedavathi crew

[5] Kalyan (6 April 2008). "Evolution of Tamil Stage Plays to Silent Movies to Present Cinema". tamilelibrary.org. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.