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Vanjikottai Valiban (1958)

Vanjikottai Valiban poster
Original title
வஞ்சிக்கோட்டை வாலிபன்
Directed by
S. S. Vasan
Genre
romance film
Country
India
Runtime
3h 03m
Rated
U
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man from Vanji Fort gets caught up in a historical adventure. He is caught between his loyalty to his kingdom and his love for a woman. The story involves romance and drama set in a bygone era.

adventurousepicromanticdramatichistoricalmelodramaticnostalgicclassic

What happens

Vanji Kottai Valipan (transl. The Youth from Vanji Fort) is a 1958 Indian Tamil-language historical adventure film written by the Gemini Studios story department, consisting of K. J. Mahadevan, C. Srinivasan and Kothamangalam Subbu, while the film was directed and produced by S. S. Vasan. It stars Gemini Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala and Padmini, with P. S. Veerappa, T. K. Shanmugam, P. Kannamba, Vijayakumari, K. A. Thangavelu and M. S. Sundari Bai in supporting roles. The camera was handled by P. Ellappa, the audiography by C. E. Biggs, and the editing by N. R. Krishna Sami. This film was remade in Hindi as Raj Tilak with the same lead actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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