Kumari

<p>The princess Kumari, while travelling in a horse carriage, meets gets involved in an accident when the horses run wild, and is rescued by a man named Vijayan. The two fall in love and the princess gives him a signet and invites him to her palace. Problems arise when the king wishes to get the princess married and the queen Chandravali wishes to have her married to her useless brother Sahaaran. After many thrilling incidents, the lovers are united and live . Hundreds of circus gypsy’s played male and female actors. The film was produced and directed by . Ku. Sa. Krishnamurthi and S. M. Santhanam wrote the story and dialogues.<br /> Cinematography was done by D. Marconi while V. P. Nataraja Mudaliyar handled the editing. Choreography was done by Sohanlal and Still photography was done by R. N. Nagaraja Rao. The film was also made in Telugu with the title . The music was composed by . There were also gypsy dances choreographed by Sohanlal. One song rendered by Jikki off-screen, ‘Laalalee laallee…..’ picturised on Madhuri Devi, became popular. was released on 11 April 1952, and did not do well commercially.</p>