Ever since I came to know that Kamal Hassan’s next project is titled Marmayogi, and that it is the title of a 1951 MGR movie, I have been trying to get the old movie. Any amount of search on the Internet has proved abortive. I cannot even find a single song from the movie, let alone the movie’s soundtrack.

My travails have produced only very limited information – that it was the first Tamil movie to bear an A-certificate; that it was not MGR who essayed the title role, but that it was Serukalathun Sama (whom I have hitherto not heard of – it seems he played Kambar in the 1937 version of Ambigapathy, in which MKT played the lead – I haven’t seen this movie either); that Marmayogi was a king; that MGR played Karikalan; and that Pandharibai and Anjali Devi were also in the cast.

I invite readers to share more details about the 1951 movie – storyline, plot details, links etc. Thanks in advance.

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6 Comments on Marmayogi (1951)

  1. Karthik says:

    Interesting.. Rajini can play MGR, right? :)

  2. KG, rumour has it that Rajni might star in a movie directed by Mani Ratnam, that will be produced by Kamal Hassan.

    It is said director Saran will wield the microphone for Marmayogi.

  3. Shiv says:

    http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/0.....421600.htm

    Short of watching the movie, here is all the info about the 1951 original.

  4. Thanks, Shiv. Really appreciate it

  5. Sowmya says:

    Hi, Vijay, I’m not sure if you’re still looking for Marmayogi (1951) If you’re then here’s a place you could look for that movie or even rent it.

    http://www.seventymm.com/Movie.....17/Profile

    Regards,
    Sowmya

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