Kaveri (1955 film)

Kaveri is a 1955 Indian Tamil-language film directed by D. Yoganand, produced by Lena Chettiar and written by A. S. A. Sami. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini and Lalitha. It was released on 12 January 1955.

This film is shot simultaneously in Telugu as Vijaya Gauri with slightly different cast.

Cast

 * Male cast
 * Sivaji Ganesan as Vijayan
 * Kalaivanar N. S. Krishnan as Manimozhi
 * M. N. Nambiar as Gnananandar
 * P. S. Veerappa as Senganal
 * D. Balasubramaniam as Nellaiyappar
 * R. Balasubramaniam as Vattrivenkar
 * E. R. Sahadevan
 * T. E. Krishnamachari as Arulnirai King
 * T. K. Sampangi as Minister
 * Pullimootai Ramasamy Iyer as Servant
 * Kottapuli Jayaraman as Bodyguard
 * Male Support Cast
 * Rajagopal, Shanakaramoorthy, Veerasamy.


 * Female cast
 * Padmini as Kaveri
 * Lalitha as Amutha
 * T. A. Madhuram as Thangam
 * Ragini as Kurathi
 * Kusalakumari as Performer
 * Maadi Lakshmi as Performer
 * Rushyendramani as Maharani
 * M. Saroja as Sundari
 * Angamuthu as Manimozhi's Mother
 * Female Support Cast
 * Rita Dhanam, Thangam, Kumari, Vija, Prada, Saraswathi.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by G. Ramanathan, Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and C. S. Jayaraman. Lyrics by Udumalai Narayana Kavi.

Sindhai Arindhu Vaadi, a song penned by Papanasam Sivan for Sri Valli (1945 film) (partly) and Kaalai Thookki Nindraadum, a kriti by Marimutha Pillai have been used in this film.

Reception
Kaveri was a box office success, running for 100 days in many centres of the state.