Harischandra (1944 film)

Harischandra is a 1944 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Nagabhushanam and written by T. C. Vadivel Nayakar, starring P. U. Chinnappa and P. Kannamba. It is based on the legend of King Harishchandra.

Cast

The list was adapted from the film titles

• Chinnappa as Harischandran
• Kannamba as Chandramadhi
• Krishnan as Kalakandan
• Mathuram as Kalakandi
• R. Balasubramaniam as Viswamitra
• L. Narayana Rao as Nakshathreyan
• M. R. Saminathan as Veera Bahu

• M. G. Ramachandran as Sathyakeerthi
• Kothamangalam Vasu as Vashistar
• Master Sethuraman as Logidasan
• Rajagopala Iyer as Paramasivan
• P. S. Chandra as Chelli
• Mangalam, Yogambal as Bar Girls
• Sarathambal as Parvathi

Production

Art was done by Hari Babu. Choreography and cinematography were handled by Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai and Kamal Ghosh, respectively.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by S. V. Venkatraman and the background music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao. The lyrics were written by C. A. Lakshmana Das. The songs were recorded by B. Ranga Rao.

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