Manithan Maravillai (English: The Man Without Changes) is 1962 Black-and-white Family drama Tamil film was directed by Chakrapani and produced by B. Nagireddy and Chakrapani. The film script was written by Thanjai Ramaihadass (for dialog) and Chakrapani. Music by Ghantasala assets to the movie.^[1] .The film starring Gemini Ganesan , Savitri , Akkineni Nageswara Rao , Jamuna and Sundari Bai Played lead role along with S. V. Ranga Rao K. Sarangapani L. Vijayalakshmi Lakshmi Prabha Raja and T. K. Ramachandran.^[2]. The film Gundamma Katha Telugu film was Remade with Tamil the same year 1962 and title named as Manithan Maravillai.^[3]

Cast

• Gemini Ganesan as Panjacharam
• Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Raja (Panji's Younger Brother)
• Savitri as Lakshmi (Subbamma's Step daughter)
• Jamuna as Saroja (Subbamma's Daughter)
• Sundari Bai as Subbamma
• S. V. Ranga Rao as Chithambaranar (Panji& Raja's father)
• K. Sarangapani as Kuppusamy (Subbamma's Brother)
• L. Vijayalakshmi as Padma (Raja & Panji's Cousin)
• Raja as Prabhakar (Saroja's Brother)
• Lakshmi Prabha as Kaveri (Padma's Anuty)
• C. T. Rajakantham as Chokki (Kuppusamy's Wife)
• T. K. Ramachandran as Boopathy (Kuppusamy's son)
• Nagesh as Cameo appearance

Crew

• Director = Chakrapani
• Producer = B. Nagireddy and Chakrapani
• Script = Chakrapani and Thanjai Ramaiahdass
• Music = Ghantasala
• Art = Kokkale and Kaalandhar
• Processing = N. C. Sen Gupta (Vijaya Lab)
• Publicity = K. Nageswara Rao
• Audiography = A. Krishnan
• Re - recording = V. Sivaram
• Recording = Westrex Electronic Sound System
• Special Effects = Harbans Singh
• Choreography = Pasumarthi Krishnamoorthy.^[4]

Reception

The film Gundamma Katha is partially inspired by Shakesphere's The Taming of the Shrew. The film was remade in same year for Tamil as Manithan Maravillai. Gemini Ganesan replace N. T. Rama Rao in Tamil version.

Soundtrack

Music composed by Ghantasala and lyrics written by Thanjai Ramaiahdass and Kannadasan.

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