Kaathavaraayan

<p>Due to a quarrel between Lord Shiva and Shakti, Shakti and her son Veerabahu are cursed to be born on Earth and live as mortals. Veerabahu is Kathavarayan whom the tribals adopt and he becomes the prince of the mountains. Kathavarayan grows up and goes on a world tour, his mother Shakti blesses him with the divine power of transforming into any form he wishes when he is in danger. During his quests Kathavarayan falls in love with Princess Aryamala. Aryamala is reborn to a Rajaguru who predicts a tragic life for her, but the King adopts her and names her Aryamala. But the King is against their love. Kathavarayan is arrested by the King and taken to be impaled when Shakti prays to Shiva who saves him. Kaathavarayan and Aryamala live happily thereafter. was adapted from (1941). It was produced and directed by under R. R. Pictures, and written by Thuraiyur K. Murthy. Cinematography was handled by T. K. Rajabathar, and editing by M. S. Mani and T. Durai Rajan. The original lead actor was , who withdrew due to creative differences with Ramanna, resulting in replacing him. To differentiate from , Ramanna added a number of song and dance sequences. The music was composed by . All songs are penned by . Some of the songs such as “Vaa Kalaba Mayile” and “Vidhiya Sadhiya” became huge hits. was released on 7 November 1958. , in its review, gave the film a single line remark: “Kattharavaayan” (a pun on the film’s title and the Tamil word for shouting, ), reflecting on how it looked like a photographed play with most of the focus on aggressive dialogue delivery, similar to (1952).</p>