Mohini (1948 film)

Mohini is a 1948 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Lanka Sathiyam and produced by M. Somasundharam. It stars T. S. Balaiah, V. N. Janaki, Madhuri Devi, M. G. Ramachandran, Pulimoottai Ramaswami, M. N. Nambiar and R. Balasubramaniam. It was released on 31 October 1948.

Cast

 * Male cast
 * T. S. Balaiah as Mohankumar
 * M. G. Ramachandran as Vijayakumar
 * R. Balasubramaniam
 * Pulimootai Ramasami as Sathyabala King
 * M. N. Nambiar
 * M. A. Ganapathi
 * C. P. Kittan
 * Nott Annaji Rao


 * Female cast
 * V. N. Janaki as Mohini
 * Madhuri Devi as Kumari
 * M. S. S. Bhagyam
 * Dance
 * Lalitha & Padmini
 * Kumari's Dance Group
 * K. Malathi
 * R. Lakshmisundaram
 * D. Bharathi
 * C. A. Nirmala Devi
 * B. R. Lakshmi
 * K. Rathnam
 * M. D. Kamala Bai
 * T. Ranganayaki

Production
Sami decided to have a scene of flying horse inspired from Arabian Nights. The scene was picturised using Optical Printing on the film's antagonist R. Balasubramaniam by creating a machine horse on the budget of inr 40000.

Soundtrack
Music composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu & C. R. Subburaman. Lyrics were penned by T. K. Sundara Vathiyar and 'Bhoomi' Balakadas. The song Aahaa Ivar Yaaradi was a hit. C. R. Subburaman composed the music for this song. G. Ramanathan went to Subburaman's home and congratulated him for the excellent composition in classical music.

Reception
The Indian Express wrote, "The story is so full of action that it is difficult to narrate it succinctly".