Manamagan Thevai

<p>Bhanumathi, the daughter of a wealthy man, desires to marry a shy professor named Vijayakumar instead of the wealthy suitor her father chose. To escape from trouble, she creates the fake identity of a twin sister, and in the hodgepodge that ensues, ends up in bigger trouble. The uncredited cast includes T. N Sivathanu as Karadipatti Zamindar Ananda Rangam and as Ponnambalam. was based on the American film (1952). It was produced by and his wife under their company . Rao also served as director, while Bhanumathi played the female lead. The film was produced as a – bilingual (the Telugu version titled as ), with playing the male lead in Tamil, and replacing him in Telugu. was cast on Bhanumathi’s recommendation, and was credited as Premila. The music was composed by . A carnatic composed by Ghanam Krishna Iyer in the raga was used in the film, sung by Bhanumathi. The song “Pambara Kannale” belongs to , a . It was later sampled in the song “En Peru Meenakumari”, composed by for (2009). Kanthan of criticised the film for its screenplay and felt the characters were unenjoyable. Despite this, was a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.</p>