Krishna Vijayam


Krishna Vijayam is a 1950 Indian Tamil language film written and directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni. The film featured Carnatic music singer N. C. Vasanthakokilam in the role of Narada. The film, based on the Epic story of Krishna avatar, featured later day playback singer A. L. Raghavan as the child Krishna. Adult Krishna was played by P. V. Narasimha Bharathi.

Plot

The film is about the epic story of Krishna, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. The story is about his birth, elimination of his uncle, the King Kamsa and his boyhood Leelas with gopikas.

Cast

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Music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and C. S. Jayaraman. Lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan, T. K. Sundara Vathiyar, Bhoomi Palakadas and K. P. Kamakshi. Singers are N. C. Vasanthakokilam, A. L. Raghavan & K. S. Angamuthu. Playback singers are T. M. Soundararajan, Thiruchi Loganathan, S. S. Mani Bhagavathar, P. Leela, K. V. Janaki, T. V. Rathinam & T. R. Bhagirathi.
The song "Navaneetha Kannaney…" sung by N. C. Vasanthakokilam was a hit. The music for this song was scored by C. S. Jayaraman and the lyrics were written by K. P. Kamakshi. Another group song "Ennadi Anniyayum Idhu… Adi Yashoda…", sung by P. Leela, K. V. Janaki, T. V. Rathinam, T. R. Bhagirathi and group was also a popular number. T. M. Soundararajan sang his first song "Radhey Nee Ennai Vittu Pokaathadi".

Reception

Though the film was well made with melodious music, it did not fare as well as expected. The reason may be that by this time, the interest in epic-based stories started waning among the viewers. Specially because it was only the same Jupiter Pictures that previously made Velaikaari, a socially themed story that was well received by the people.