Makkalai Petra Magarasi is a 1957 Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film starring Sivaji Ganesan

Sivaji Ganesan

Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar , commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan , was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. He is one of the most respected film actors in India. He is well known for his versatility and acting skills with...

 and P. Bhanumathi.

Plot

A village in Coimbatore district. Sengodan is a naïve good-hearted farmer, who knows no other God other than his mother Angamma. Staying back in the hamlet and tilling his land, he sends his beloved sister Thangam to the college in the town. Angamma’s brother is an avaricious landowner in the same village. The two families are not in speaking terms ever since Angamma’s husband ran away unable to meet the unreasonable demands of his brother-in-law after having borrowed some money from him. Kannan, the villain’s son, however does not inherit his father’s wily characteristics. Studying in the same college, Kannan and Thangam fall in love with each other. The storm which breaks out when the warring families become aware of their love and the how the lovers unite finally fill rest of the reels. In the midst of these chaotic proceedings there is also another love story between the brave and mischievous belle Rangamma and the shy Sengodan.

Cast

Actor	Role
Sivaji Ganesan Sivaji Ganesan Viluppuram Chinnaiahpillai Ganesan Manrayar , commonly known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan , was an Indian stage and film actor active during the latter half of the 20th century. He is one of the most respected film actors in India. He is well known for his versatility and acting skills with...	Sengodan
P. Bhanumathi	Rangamma
P. Kannamba P. Kannamba Pasupuleti Kannamba was a versatile actress, playback singer and film producer of Telugu cinema, Andhra Pradesh, India. She acted in more than 170 films and produced about 25 films in Telugu and Tamil languages during 1930s to 1960s.-Career:Kannamba was born in Eluru. She started acting in dramas...	Angamma
M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar ( (born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar 7 March 1919 — 19 November 2008) was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years.-Biography:...	Kannan
M. N. Rajam	Thangam
V. K. Ramaswami
K. Sarangapani
P. D. Sambandham
V. M. Ezhumalai
T. P. Muthulakshmi

Crew

• Producer: A. P. Nagarajan
  A. P. Nagarajan
  Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan is a veteran Tamil film director, who set a trend in film making in Tamil cinema in 1960s.-Career Life:...
  
   & V. K. Ramaswami
• Production Company: Sri Lakshmi Pictures
• Director: K. Somu
• Music: K. V. Mahadevan
  K. V. Mahadevan
  Krishnankoil Venkatachalam Mahadevan was a South Indian music composer.-Career:K.V.Mahadevan was born in Tamil Iyer family in 1918 in Krishnancoil, Kanyakumari district. A contemporary of M. S. Viswanathan, T. K. Ramamoorthy, KVM has scored music for over 600 films, spanning four decades, after...
  
  
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Soundtrack

List of songs:

• maNapaaRai maadu katti by T. M. Soundararajan
• sonna pEchcha kEkkaNum by P. Bhanumathi
• ondRu sErndha anbu maaRumaa by P. B. Sreenivos & Udutha Sarojini.
• makkaLai petRa maharasi by Jikki
  Jikki
  Pillavalu Gajapathi Krishnaveni aka Jikki , was a popular film playback singer from South India. She sang over nearly 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Sinhala languages.-Early life:...
  
  
• vandhadhu yaarunnu sonna theriyuma by P. Bhanumathi
• O malliyakka O rOjakka by Jikki
  Jikki
  Pillavalu Gajapathi Krishnaveni aka Jikki , was a popular film playback singer from South India. She sang over nearly 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Sinhala languages.-Early life:...
  
  , K. Jamuna Rani & chorus
• adi tharapuram thambaram by S. C. Krishnan & A. G. Rathnamala
• pORavaLe pORavaLE ponnurangam by T. M. Soundararajan & P. Bhanumathi