Kubera Kuchela

Kubera Kuchela is a 1943 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by R. S. Mani and written by B. S. Ramaiah. The soundtrack was by Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer and background music by S. V. Venkat Raman. The film stars P. U. Chinnappa T. R. Rajakumari, D. Balasubramaniam and P. S. Govindan.

Kubera Kuchela
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	R. S. Mani
Written by	B. S. Ramaiah
Starring	P. U. Chinnappa T. R. Rajakumari D. Balasubramaniam N. S. Krishnan T. A. Mathuram
Cinematography	Marcus Bartley
Music by	Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer S. V. Venkatraman (background music)
Production company	Jupiter Pictures
Distributed by	S. I. P. Release
Release date	14 June 1943 (1943-06-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• P. U. Chinnappa as Kubera Kuchela and the demon Kuchela^[1]
• Papanasam Sivan as Kuchela^[2]
• P. S. Govindan as Krishna^[2]
• D. Balasubramaniam as Kubera, the Lord of Wealth^[2]
• T. R. Rajakumari as Mallika^[2]
• R. Balasubramaniam
• N. S. Krishnan
• T. A. Mathuram
• T. S. Durairaj
• S. R. Janaki
• Pulimootai Ramaswami
• L. Narayana Rao
• T. V. Annapoorani
• M. K. Meenalochani
• P. G. Kuppuswami
• E. Krishnan

Soundtrack

Music composed by Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer and S. V. Venkatraman composed background music. The lyrics were written by Papanasam Sivan and Udumalai Narayana Kavi.^[3][2] The song "Nadaiyalangaram Kanden" is set in the raga Kharaharapriya,^[4] "Maalai Chooda Vandhen Mallika" is set in Khamas, "Ennai Vittu Engey Sentreer" is in "Harikambothi", and "Kanna Kanna Kanna" is in "Kapi".^[1]

No	Songs	Singers	Length
1	"Maalai Chooda Vandhen Mallika"	P. U. Chinnappa	03:11
2	"Nadaiyalangaram Kanden"	P. U. Chinnappa	03:07
3	"Selvame"	P. U. Chinnappa	02:57
4	"Ennai Vittu Engey Sentreer"	T. R. Rajakumari
5	"Kanna Kanna Kanna"	Papanasam Sivan

Marketing

The film was publicised with an innovative poster: a horizontal strip which contained lines in English: "Who Is Rich? Kubera or Kuchela? Watch The Movie".^[1]