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Thirumanam (1958)

Thirumanam poster
Directed by
A. Bhimsingh
Genre
romance film
Country
India
Rated
U
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A singer refuses to earn money from his voice because he believes it will kill him. The film follows his struggle with love and fate.

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What happens

Thirumanam (transl. Marriage) is a 1958 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by A. Bhimsingh, and produced and written by Valampuri Somanathan. The film stars Gemini Ganesan and Savitri. It revolves around a singer who does not sing for money, believing there is a curse upon him that if he did so, he would die. Thirumanam is the first film produced by the studio Valampuri Pictures. While primarily black-and-white, it featured some dance sequence which were shot in Gevacolor. The film was released on 18 July 1958 and failed commercially. No print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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