Mohana Sundaram


Mohana Sundaram is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by A. T. Krishnaswamy. An adaptation of J. R. Rangaraju's detective novel of the same name, the film stars T. R. Mahalingam and S. Varalakshmi. It was released on 21 July 1951, and became an average success.

Plot

Mohan Mudaliar and Sundaram Mudaliar are partners in a private banking firm. Sundaram's motherless daughter Visalakshi, nicknamed "Pappa", falls in love with her cousin Bhoopathi. Sundaram falls in love with Visalakshi's music teacher Leelavathi, and begins to neglects the bank. He marries Leelavathi, unaware that she is already married to a man currently serving a prison term. Exploiting the situation, Mohan begins to swindle the bank, aided by his assistant Gopalsami. Soon, Leelavathi manipulates the family and succeeds in sending Bhoopathi away. After being released from prison, Leelavathi's first husband Bala Mudaliar plans revenge against her. A murder and a robbery take place in the bank, with the murder victim assumed to be Sundaram, though he had been kidnapped earlier by Seetharaman, the younger brother of Bala Mudaliar. Visalakshi goes missing, and is suspected to have been kidnapped by Bhoopathi. Govindan, an amateur detective, investigates who was murdered and who kidnapped Visalakshi, ultimately solving both mysteries while Pappa and Bhoopathi reunite.

Cast

;Male
and Master Subramanyam.
;Female
Saraswathi, Prabha, and Meera.
;Dance
The soundtrack was composed by T. G. Lingappa and lyrics were written by K. D. Santhanam. Singers are T. R. Mahalingam S. Varalakshmi & Chandra Babu. Playback singers are P. Leela, Jikki & K. Rani.
The westernised song "Hello My Dear Darling", which contained many English words, attracted considerable attention.