Ratnakumar is a 1949 Tamil language

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 P. U. Chinnappa Bhagavathar in the lead role. M. G. Ramachandran

M. G. Ramachandran

Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....

 had done a supporting role. The film was released on 15 December 1949.

Plot

Rathnakumar the chief protagonist, even in poverty he woos and wins the hand of Bhanumati. A skeleton at the bidding of the hero, hurls a giant rock on the ground, and diamonds, rubies and emeralds pop out. Getting into evil company, he gets addicted to vices that make him ill-treat his wife and then desert her without any qualms. He proceeds to fall for a beautiful princess and impresses her under false pretences. He gets his comeuppance towards the end, his dubious past revealed and is imprisoned. Thereupon his conscience awakes, he is filled with remorse at the thought of his patient wife.

Rathnakumar is an ordinary man of shifting loyalties, greed, lust, deceit and ultimately, penitence.

Cast

Actor	Role
P. U. Chinnappa Bhagavathar	Rathnakumar
M. G. Ramachandran M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....
P. Bhanumathi
N. S. Krishnan N. S. Krishnan Nagerkoyil Sudalaimuthu Krishnan , popularly known as Kalaivanar and also as 'NSK' was a leading Tamil film comedian, drama artist, playback singer and writer in the early stages of the Tamil film industry - in the 1940s and 1950s....
T. A. Madhuram T. A. Madhuram T. A. Madhuram was a Tamil stage and film actress and Tamil film producer. She was the wife of Tamil actor and comedian N. S. Krishnan.- Biography :...
Malathi
T. S. Durairaj T. S. Durairaj T. S. Durairaj, was a noted Tamil film comedian, drama artist, producer and director in the early stages of the Tamil film industry. He received a Kalaimamani award from the Tamil Nadu Government in 2006.-References:...
K. P. Kesavan

Crew

• Producer:
• Production Company: Murugan Talkies
• Director: R. Krishnan & S. Panju
• Music: G. Ramanathan
  G. Ramanathan
  G. Ramanatha Iyer was a famous Music Composer for Tamil Movies. He is also known as 'Isai Methai' or 'Sangeetha Chakravarthy' and considered to be one of the influential Tamil Music composers to take Carnatic Music to the masses. Notable for his association with M.K.Thyagaraja Bhagavathar...
  
   & C. R. Subburaman
  C. R. Subburaman
  C. R. Subburaman also known as C. S. Ram was a famous South Indian film music composer and producer. He was born to Ramasamy Iyer at Chintamani village in Thirunelveli, in present-day Tamil Nadu. Music director Shankar of Shankar Ganesh duo is his younger brother...
  
  
• Lyrics: Papanasam Sivan
  Papanasam Sivan
  Papanasam Sivan was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer.A famous composer, Sivan was also known as Tamil Thyagayya. Using Classical South Indian as a base, Sivan created numerous hits popularised by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. S...
  
   & Surabhi
  Surabhi
  Surabhi may mean:* Kamadhenu, the divine cow in Hindu mythology.* The word 'Surabhi' is formed by adding the prefix 'Su' and the suffix 'I' to the Sanskrit word 'Rabh'...
  
  
• Screenplay: P. P. Velayudham
• Story: B. S. Ramiah
• Dialogue: P. P. Velayudham
• Art Director: F.Nagoor
• Editing: Punjabi
• Choreography: Vedantam Raghavaiah
  Vedantam Raghavaiah
  Vedantam Raghavaiah was veteran Telugu film actor, choreographer, director and producer.-Devadasu:He was the director and producer of Telugu film Devdas with music by C.R. Subburaman. The hero of Raghavaiah's Devadas, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, became an overnight star...
  
   & Vempatti Peddha Satyam
• Cinematography: Jiten Banerjee
• Stunt:
• Dance:

Soundtrack

List of songs:

1. aahaa adhisayam idhaamE - P. U. Chinnappa Bhagavathar
2. mahaarajargaLE maharaasigaLE - P. U. Chinnappa Bhagavathar
3. kEli migacheivaaL, kEttadhellaam thaan tharuvaaL - P. U. Chinnappa Bhagavathar
4. ganavaangaLE vaangO - P. U. Chinnappa Bhagavathar & P. Bhanumathi
5. andhi nEramE inbamE - P. U. Chinnappa Bhagavathar & P. Bhanumathi
6. sollarum anandam enadhu vaazhvil indRE duraiyE - P. U. Chinnappa Bhagavathar & P. Bhanumathi
7. ananda veLLam - P. U. Chinnappa Bhagavathar & P. Bhanumathi
8. varattum, vandhaal vazhi solvEn - P. Bhanumathi
9. nee dhayai purivaaiyE - P. Bhanumathi
10. vizhudhu vittu thazhaithOngi - P. Bhanumathi
11. muzhuthunnai nambinEn - P. Bhanumathi
12. aadavar kaadhal idhudhaanO - P. Bhanumathi