Rani

<p>A princess Ranjani is tattooed with the royal insignia as part of tradition, and on the same night, the child is kidnapped by one of the members of the tattoo gang who brings her up as a gypsy girl renaming her Rani. Unaware of her royal lineage, she grows up hawking things on the street and getting into brawls with no punches pulled. She falls in love with a soldier and the story progresses with twists. After several hardships, she realises the truth, and all is well that ends well. , based on the 1948 American film , was shot partly at , Coimbatore, which had taken on lease, and also at Neptune Studios, Madras. Over the course of production, there were numerous ego clashes that developed among the cast and crew. The film was in . Screenwriter was the initial director, but replaced by . Music was composed by assisted by D. C. Dutt who conducted the orchestra. Film historian wrote, “Bhanumathi excelled in the title role. Balachandar, slim and handsome, was somewhat miscast, and the romantic sequences between them raised laughs! Despite the impressive cast and pleasing music, flopped in both languages”.</p>