Maragatham

Maragatham is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film produced, directed and co-written by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. It is an adaptation of the novel Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai by T. S. D. Sami. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Padmini. It was released on 21 August 1959.

Cast

 * Male Cast
 * Sivaji Ganesan as Varendran
 * T. S. Balaiah
 * Chandrababu as Gundan
 * S. Balachander as Anandar, Maranamarthanda Zamindar
 * T. S. Durairaj
 * O. A. K. Thevar
 * Narayana Pillai
 * Santhanam
 * Kanaiah
 * Pakkirisamy
 * Natarajan


 * Female Cast
 * Padmini as Maragatham, Alamu
 * Sandhya as Karpagavalli
 * Gnanam
 * Muthulakshmi
 * Lakshmiprabha
 * Lakshmirajam
 * Saraswathi

Production
Maragadham was directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu, who also produced it under Pakshiraja Studios. The film was based on Karunkuyil Kunrathu Kolai, a novel by T. S. D. Sami. Naidu wrote the screenplay and Murasoli Maran wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was handled by Sailen Bose, art direction by A. K. Sekhar, and editing by Velusamy.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, with lyrics by Yogi Shuddhananda Bharathiar, Papanasam Sivan, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam & Ra. Balu.

"Kunguma Poovey Konjum Puraavey" became a hit song. However, there is a controversy about this song. It is said that the tune for this song was composed by T. G. Lingappa for the film Sabaash Meena. However, for some reason, Chandrababu refused to sing the song for that film. Later he gave this tune to Subbaiah Naidu and it was included in this film.

Release and reception
Maragadham was released on 21 August 1959, and failed commercially.