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Marma Veeran (1956) is a Tamil swashbuckler adventure film directed by T. R. Raghunath and produced by its lead actor Sriram, who portrays a Zorro-inspired vigilante fighting political injustice. The film stars Vyjayanthimala, Rajasulochana, and M. N. Rajam, and features notable guest appearances by Sivaji Ganesan, M. G. Ramachandran, and Gemini Ganesan.
A doctor husband wants to make his wife go blind by putting drops that would harm her eyes making her believe that it would improve her eyesight. The purpose is to marry his wife's sister.
Set in the late 18th century during the early stages of the British Raj, the film tells the story of twin brothers separated at birth. Pulikesi XXIII, the foolish elder brother, becomes a puppet of his uncle, the Chief Minister, while Ukraputhan, the wise younger brother, becomes a patriot intent on saving his land and his brother.
Sivagiri, a blacksmith from a village, visits Chennai to meet his sister and her husband. When he sees the city is not a safe residence for commoners, he takes the matter into his own hands.
Kalpana is shattered when Balan betrays her and tries to kill herself. She is saved by a doctor who gets her married to his brother but problems arise when Balan returns to Kalpana.
Nalla Veedu (transl.тАЙGood House) is a 1956 Indian Tamil language film, directed by Jyotish Sinha. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, M. N. Rajam, Pandaribai and Mynavathi. It was released on 14 January 1956.
Two boys grow up being influenced by each other's respective fathers. While one becomes a singer, the other becomes a local goon. Incidentally, both love the same girl in college.
Thayagu is a teacher who comes to serve in a village. He struggles to attain his desires as he has an unmarried sister and mother to support.
Mohanasundaram, a philanderer and drunkard, gets married to Chandra after he returns to India. Though he has a wife, he develops a relationship with Kantha, a prostitute.
Tragedy strikes a family of four when the train they are travelling in meets with an accident and separates them from each other.
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Shekar, a rich young man, discovers that his cousins, Gowri and Sundar, are finding it difficult to lead a comfortable life. He decides to help them against his father's wishes.
Alibaba's brother is killed by dacoit Abu Hussain and the body is kept in the cave. Since Alibaba too has the password, Abu visits him as a merchant with 40 barrels, each one hiding one of his men.
Lalitha is the eldest daughter of a pious and conservative Brahmin family. She has eight siblings and poverty rules reign. She decides to take up the family mantle and goes to work. Due to family needs and ill fate, she ends up as a prostitute but manages to settle all her brothers and sisters. Her family ditches her when they come to know about her dark side. Thangavelu, a man who was once rejected by her marries her. She loses her sanity in the end.
Town Bus is a 1955 Indian Tamil language drama film directed by K. Somu and produced by M. A. Venu under his banner M. A. V. Pictures. The film was written by A. P. Nagarajan, and the soundtrack was composed by K. V. Mahadevan. The film stars N. N. Kannappa and Anjali Devi, A. Karunanidhi, T. K. Ramachandran in the lead roles with V. K. Ramasamy, M. N. Rajam, T. P. Muthulakshmi portraying supporting roles. The plot of the film was built around a bus transport company based in Coimbatore.
Uma and her husband make many sacrifices, including not having children, to raise Uma's younger brothers. However, with time, the brothers get immersed in their lives and stop caring for their sister.
The film revolves around a young girl who is forced into child labour working for an urban family after a tragedy in her own family. Paavaadai (Nassar) is a potter living in a village in the outskirts of Madurai. Even though his profession is in a miserable condition, he has high hopes for his daughter Kannammaa (Baby Swetha) and raises her with much affection. Unfortunately, he dies in an accident and this forces Kannammaa to be sent to work for an urban family.
After Kattabomman's execution at Kayattar, his brother, Oomadurai, becomes the ruler of the town Sivaganga. Seeing this as an opportunity, the British attack and invade the town with a powerful army.
Rajasaker will kill anyone who stands in his way and ends up killing Kumar's beloved's grandfather. Thus, Kumar sets out to investigate and punish Rajasaker.
A young man moves to his hometown; here he falls in love with the village head's daughter. The village head learns about this and he has the girl abducted; if the young man tries to rescue her, his parent's life will be at stake.
Kannan, a poor man, is in relationship with his colleague Meera. However, he abandons her when he gets a marriage proposal from a rich woman.
Two siblings, Rajasekharan and Radha, become orphans when they lose their mother at a young age. Things take a turn when Rajasekharan's friend Anand falls in love with Radha.
Madhavan marries Thangam. He takes care of ThangamтАЩs mother and brother along with his younger brother. Meanwhile, Madhavan gives shelter to his fatherтАЩs mistress and her daughter. The evil ladies allege Thangam for loose morals. The rest of the story is how they come into good terms.
The story of the complete Ramayana, from the birth of Lord Rama to his Pattabhisheka after completing his exile.
The story starts with the special birthday celebration of a girl. Vasudevan (Sivaji Ganesan) narrates the story which goes back 14 years behind. Karunakaran (S. V. Subbaiah) and Vasudevan (Master Baji) are brothers whose parents had died. They are very much loving and close to each other but Vasudevan longs for mother's love.
Ganesh's father is falsely accused of a crime and murdered in prison. Years later, his mother asks him to exact revenge against the culprit.
Prithvirajan falls in love with princess Samyuktha, but her father Jayachandran insults him by installing his statue at the palace hall entrance for the bridegroom ceremony.
Rambayin kadhal (1956) is a Tamil Language Fantasy Fiction movie starring Thangavelu, Banumathi
Amidst a troubled kingdom that currently has no ruler, a revolutionary finds himself to be a lookalike of a prince who was to be crowned king. He takes his place but can he outsmart the real culprit?
Chakravarthy, Ranjith and Prakash are childhood friends. Problems arise when Ranjith suspects Chakravarthy and Prakash to be behind the rape attempt on his wife.
Chandru steals a diamond necklace to help his sister unite with her husband but things do not go well when he decides to replace the stolen one with a new necklace.
Parandhaman and his family are forced to shift to another house due to his father's habit of interfering in the neighbours' affairs. His father tries to solve people's problems by staging events.
A man is arrested and appears in court for conning and betraying four women, posing as four different men.
A Brahmin girl loves a man from the same community but the man's father rejects her as he identifies her as the daughter of a Dalit. Unable to bear the insult, she decides to become a nun.
The film is based on two couples тАУ where the first couple Dr. Chandra Shekar (Gemini Ganesan) & Parvathi (Anjali Devi) and the second couple is Ravi (A. Nageswara Rao) & Lakshmi (Savitri). Ravi & Lakshmi are happy lovers. Ravi is summoned and asked to marry another girl forcibly. Since his father's life & honor are at stake, Ravi agrees to the marriage. Simultaneously another marriage takes place in the same village Dr. Chandra Shekar visits his best friend's sister marriage but the marriage cancels in the last moment due to dowry problems to keep up his friend's prestige Shekar marriage's his sister called Parvathi. Due to sudden marriage, the couple doesn't see each other. Thereby because marriage is happening without his wish Ravi also not seen the bride's face. Both the bridal parties traveling on the same train which run into a disastrous accident. In the accident Ravi's parents and wife are dead.
Maangani, a tribal princess, is furious when Dhananjay, a prince, insults her feelings for him. Filled with revulsion, she accuses him of misbehaving with her and gets him imprisoned.
Dharmalinga Mudaliyaar is a rogue who appears as a nobleman to the outside world. In order to get a hold of his wife's property and marry his sister-in-law, he hatches an evil plan.
Manickam is wanted by the army of East India Company. He is absconding and takes refuge in the house of Maheswari. Manickam and Maheswari fall in love with each other. Manickam's father Dharmalingam demands a large dowry from Maheswari's mother, Kanthimathi, who somehow manages to give the amount. However, Dharmalingam comes to know that Kanthimathi is ridiculed by the villagers as a woman of loose moral character. So, he sends back Maheswari to her home. Manickam is helpless because he depends on his father for everything.