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Ezhai Uzhavan

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Ezhai Uzhavan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. B. Nagabhushanam
Screenplay byUdhayakumar
Story byKopparapu Subba Rao
Produced byK. B. Nagabhushanam
StarringM. Sriramamurthy
P. Kannamba
Anjali Devi
Mudigonda Lingamurthy
CinematographyP. Ellappa
Music byH. R. Padmanabha Sastry
Production
company
Sri Raja Rajeswari Films
Release date
  • 17 October 1952 (1952-10-17)[1]
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Ezhai Uzhavan (transl. Poor Cultivator) is a 1952 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. B. Nagabhushanam.[2] The film stars M. Sriramamurthy and Anjali Devi.

Plot

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A young man in a Zamin village loves a girl. The evil son of the Zamindar also wants that girl. The zamindar's son uses his might and evicts the young man out of the zamin village. The young man returns to the village, over-powers the zamin and gets all the zamin lands to be distributed among the villagers.

Cast

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List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan[1] and from the Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema.[3]

Production

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The film was produced by K. B. Nagabhushanam who also directed it under the banner Sri Raja Rajeswari Film Company owned by him and P. Kannamba. Kopparapu Subba Rao wrote the story and Udhayakumar wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was done by P. Ellappa. K. R. Sharma was in charge of art direction while Chopra and Vembatti Satyam handled the choreography. The film was shot and processed at Gemini Studios.[1][3]

The film was produced also in Telugu with the title Peda Raithu.[2]

Soundtrack

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Music was composed by H. R. Padmanabha Sastry while the lyrics were written by Kavi. Lakshmanadas. There are 13 songs in the film. Playback singers include A. M. Rajah and Jikki.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "1952 – ஏழை உழவன் – ஸ்ரீராஜராஜேஸ்வரி பலிம் கம்பெனி – பேதரைது(தெ)". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, pp. 157, 593.
  3. ^ a b Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, pp. 326.
  4. ^ Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam – Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. pp. 31–32.

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