236:. So, he tried to make the king fall. Rajaguru (Sama) told the king that the capital is not so strong. He said that he would make the Kingdom good with doing a yagna and want to have a special room for him. Princess Manonmani, who dreamt of Chera King Purushottaman fell in love with him as he also does. But, Kutilan wants Manonmani to marry Baladeva his son. Soon, the Rajaguru who was good hearted wanted the princess to marry Purushottaman to get out of Kutilan's evil trap. He asked Seevaka and Manonmani to come to a secret pathway under the palace connecting to the Rajaguru's ashram and Chera's Army Place. Seevaka told this to Kutilan. But,
240:‘secret way' from one kingdom to the other. However, the King (Perumal) is under the influence of the scheming minister Kutilan, (Balasubramaniam, the name was obviously inspired by the celebrated Kautilya, Chanakya.) The minister's son Balaiah has an eye on the princess, and the father and son try to manipulate the king's mind…
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Manonmani, the Pandya princess (Rajakumari), falls in love in her dream with a prince
Purushottaman (Chinnappa) who too does likewise with each unaware of the other's identity! But their love grows deeper in their hearts. The Rajaguru (Sama) is keen on bringing the two kingdoms together and builds a
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After many twists, the lovers meet and the two kingdoms come together and the ‘dream lovers' marry…. An interesting tale of kings, princes and princesses, Rajaguru and evil ministers, Manonmani was a box office hit with
Rajakumari and Chinnappa stealing the show. Sakunthala (Mrs. Chinnappa in
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King
Seevaka of Pandya Kingdom ruled the Kingdom through its capital Madurai. But, under the bad influence of the minister, Kutilan (Balasubramaniam) he changed his capital to Tirunelveli where Kutilan has support. Kutilan wants to rule the
219:, Kali N. Ratnam, L. Narayana Rao, S. S. Kokko, C. T. Rajakantham, P. R. Mangalam, P. G. Venkatesan, T. R. B. Rao, M. E. Madhavan, "Buffoon" Shanmugham, J. M. G. Sarada and G. Saraswathi. It is based on the 1892 play
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private life) played the princess's companion, while the ‘comedy track' was taken care of by the inimitable
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in their review appreciated the performances of the cast.
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and the lyrics were penned by
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557:(in Tamil). 20 May 1943. p. 16.
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305:Kottapuli Jayaraman as The lender
302:Serukalathur Sama as The Rajaguru
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551:"வெள்ளி விழா கண்ட மனோன்மணி".
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191:-language film directed by
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910:Sathi Ahalya
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867:Country Girl
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552:
531:. Retrieved
527:the original
520:
487:
486:
354:assisted by
349:
328:T. R. B. Rao
275:as Natarajan
263:as Manonmani
242:
238:
230:
220:
175:
174:
173:
156:Running time
133:Release date
65:
26:
1640:CID Shankar
1509:Modern Girl
1378:Kathanayaki
1330:Valayapathi
1322:Savathiporu
1033:Sathyavaani
990:Sathyavaani
902:Padma Jothi
873:Modern Lady
855:Modern Girl
729:Valayapathi
513:Guy, Randor
160:175 Minutes
52:Directed by
1740:1942 films
1734:Categories
1525:Kattu Roja
1370:Sugam Enge
1298:The Jungle
1274:Aada Janma
1159:Burma Rani
1119:Arundhathi
1025:Raja Yogam
820:Key people
675:Burma Rani
494:References
346:Soundtrack
299:as Kudilan
144:1942-11-07
117:Production
100:D Durairaj
29:1942 film
1557:Chitrangi
1549:Amma Enge
1458:Vannakili
1402:Pasavalai
1386:Maheswari
1199:Sulochana
1183:Subhathra
1135:Soorapuli
1095:Manonmani
830:(founder)
682:Subhadhra
654:Arundhati
641:Manonmani
522:The Hindu
483:Reception
176:Manonmani
97:Edited by
35:Manonmani
1501:Kumudham
1410:Aravalli
1081:Dhayalan
422:Bhairavi
185:மனோன்மணி
165:Language
105:Music by
77:Starring
62:Based on
1517:Kavitha
1314:Kalyani
1266:Ponmudi
1175:Sangram
1143:Sow Sow
533:15 June
373:Singer
293:as Suba
234:kingdom
142: (
119:company
1716:(1999)
1699:(1979)
1691:(1979)
1683:(1974)
1675:(1973)
1667:(1972)
1659:(1971)
1651:(1971)
1643:(1970)
1624:(1969)
1616:(1968)
1608:(1967)
1600:(1967)
1592:(1966)
1584:(1966)
1576:(1966)
1568:(1965)
1560:(1964)
1552:(1964)
1544:(1963)
1536:(1963)
1528:(1963)
1520:(1962)
1512:(1961)
1504:(1961)
1496:(1961)
1488:(1960)
1480:(1960)
1461:(1959)
1453:(1959)
1445:(1959)
1437:(1958)
1429:(1957)
1421:(1957)
1413:(1957)
1405:(1956)
1397:(1956)
1389:(1955)
1381:(1955)
1373:(1954)
1365:(1954)
1357:(1954)
1349:(1953)
1341:(1953)
1333:(1952)
1325:(1952)
1317:(1952)
1309:(1952)
1301:(1952)
1293:(1952)
1285:(1951)
1277:(1951)
1269:(1950)
1261:(1950)
1253:(1950)
1245:(1950)
1226:(1948)
1223:Bhojan
1218:(1948)
1210:(1948)
1202:(1947)
1194:(1947)
1186:(1946)
1178:(1946)
1170:(1946)
1167:Chitra
1162:(1945)
1154:(1944)
1146:(1944)
1138:(1943)
1130:(1943)
1122:(1943)
1114:(1942)
1106:(1942)
1098:(1942)
1090:(1942)
1084:(1941)
1076:(1941)
1068:(1941)
1060:(1940)
1052:(1940)
1044:(1940)
1036:(1940)
1028:(1940)
1020:(1940)
1001:(1939)
993:(1939)
985:(1939)
977:(1939)
969:(1938)
961:(1938)
953:(1938)
945:(1938)
937:(1938)
934:Kambar
929:(1938)
921:(1938)
913:(1937)
905:(1937)
897:(1937)
889:(1937)
881:(1937)
875:(1936)
869:(1936)
863:(1936)
857:(1935)
772:(1961)
764:(1959)
756:(1959)
748:(1956)
740:(1953)
732:(1952)
724:(1951)
716:(1950)
708:(1950)
700:(1948)
692:(1947)
684:(1946)
678:(1945)
670:(1944)
664:(1943)
656:(1943)
650:(1942)
644:(1942)
636:(1940)
628:(1939)
622:(1937)
616:(1937)
610:(1937)
370:Raagam
46:Poster
1707:1990s
1632:1970s
1469:1960s
1290:Kaadu
1234:1950s
1088:Ashok
1009:1940s
918:Balan
848:1930s
554:Kalki
488:Kalki
189:Tamil
181:Tamil
168:Tamil
535:2021
367:Song
248:Cast
227:Plot
69:by
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519:.
502:^
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453:7
441:6
429:5
416:4
403:3
390:2
378:1
364:No
287:as
215:,
207:,
199:,
183::
805:e
798:t
791:v
588:e
581:t
574:v
537:.
179:(
146:)
88:,
83:,
20:)
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