Genova (1953 film)

Genova is a 1953 Indian war romance film, directed by F. Nagoor and produced by E. P. Eppan.^[1] The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, B. S. Saroja and P. S. Veerappa. It was filmed simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil, with the Tamil version releasing two months after the Malayalam version.^[2][3][4]

Genova
Poster of the Tamil version
Directed by	F. Nagoor
Written by	Swami Brahmavruthan Suratha (Tamil) Elangovan (Tamil) Nedumaran (Tamil)
Story by	Swami Brahmavruthan
Produced by	E. P. Eppan
Starring	M. G. Ramachandran B. S. Saroja P. S. Veerappa
Cinematography	Jithan Banerjee G. Vittal Rao
Edited by	N. B. Nataraja Mudaliar
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan M. S. Gnanamani T. A. Kalyanam
Production company	Chandra Pictures
Release dates	17 April 1953 (1953-04-17) (Malayalam) 5 June 1953 (1953-06-05) (Tamil)
Country	India
Languages	Malayalam Tamil

Cast

Actor (Malayalam)	Actor (Tamil)	Role
M. G. Ramachandran		King Cipresso
B. S. Saroja		Princess Genova
Alleppey Vincent	P. S. Veerappa	Minister Golo
M. G. Chakrapani		General Annas
T. S. Durairaj		Arokiyam (in Tamil)

Malayalam cast

• S. P. Pillai

Soundtrack

Music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, M. S. Gnanamani and T. A. Kalyanam and lyrics were written by Suratha, Ramani and Rajamani.

Tamil track list

Songs	Singers	Length (m:ss)
"Thunai Neeye Dheva Thaaye"	P. Leela	03:04
"Maalayin Velai"		03:12
"Kannukkul Minnal"	A. M. Rajah, P. Leela	05:35
"Parithabam Illaiya"		04:27
"Kadhal Vaazhvil Naane"	A. M. Rajah, P. Leela	03:04
"Aasai Alai Modhudhe"	A. M. Rajah, P. Leela	03:31
"Seitha Paavathinalae .. Anaadaiyaippolavae Aaneney "	A. M. Rajah	03:24
"Inbam Thollaiyo"		03:17
"Kanne Pinnal"		02:29
"Aanandham Aanandham"	A. P. Komala
"Bam Bam Bama Silambam"