Kangkanam Explained

Kangkanam
Director:	S. K. Vasagan
Producer:	G. P. Narayanan
Story:	A. T. Krishnaswamy
Starring:	K. R. Ramasamy Menaka P. G. Venkatesan P. R. Mangalam
Music:	H. R. Padmanabha Sastry
Studio:	G. P. Narayanan Company
Runtime:	176 mins
Country:	India
Language:	Tamil

Kangkanam is a 1948 Indian Tamil language film directed by S. K. Vasagan. The film was censored in November 1947 but was released in 1948. K. R. Ramasamy, Menaka and P. G. Venkatesan featured in the lead roles.

Cast

The following list is adapted from the database of Film News Anandan

Male cast

• K. R. Ramasamy
• P. G. Venkatesan
• M. R. Swaminathan
• Narendranath

Female cast

• Menaka
• Leela
• P. R. Mangalam

Production

The film was produced by G. P. Narayanan under his own banner G. P. Narayanan and Company and was directed by S. K. Vasagan. A. T. Krishnaswamy wrote the story while the dialogues were penned by Chandrasekar.^[1]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by H. R. Padmanabha Sastry and the lyrics were penned by Kambadasan.

This was the debut film for Playback singer P. Leela.^[2]

Notes and References

1. January 1948 . 1947 Varushathiya Veliyeedugal . 1947 Films . Pesum Padam . Tamil . 121.
2. Web site: Guy . Randor . 4 November 2005 . This nightingale will be heard forever . dead . . Randor Guy . 23 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101101608/https://www.thehindu.com/fr/2005/11/04/stories/2005110401660100.htm . 1 January 2016.