Vedavathi Alladhu Seetha Jananam

Vedavathi Alladhu Seetha Jananam (transl. Birth of Vedavathi or Sita) is a 1941 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by T. R. Raghunath.^[3] The film featured M. R. Krishnamoorthy and K. Thavamani Devi in the lead roles.

Vedavathi or Seetha Jananam
Poster
Directed by	T. R. Raghunath
Based on	Ramayana Indian Epic
Produced by	Raja Chandrasekar
Starring	M. R. Krishnamoorthy R. Balasubramaniam M. G. Ramachandran M. G. Chakrapani K. Thavamani Devi Kolar Rajam
Cinematography	T. E. Cooper
Music by	T. K. Jeyarama Iyer
Production company	Shyamala Pictures[1]
Release date	11 January 1941 (1941-01-11) (India) [2]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

The names in this list were adapted from the film poster.^[2]

Male cast M. R. Krishnamoorthi as Naradar R. Balasubramaniam as Ravanan P. G. Venkatesan as Vibhishanan M. G. Ramchandar as Indrajit V. S. Mani as Ramar - Vishnu V. Nataraj as Bhrahaspathi - Naradar M. G. Chakrapani as Janakar - Kuberan P. S. Veerappan as Indran S. Nandaram as Yaman K. S. Velayutham as Nandhi - Hanuman N. S. Velappan as Nalakooparan V. Srinivasa Sastri as Agni K. Ramaswamy Iyer as Kumbakarnan S. Ramudu as Varunan P. Govindasamy as Sivan T. V. Krishnaswamy as Sooriyan P. Lakshmanasami as Lakshmanan M. Sankararaman as Vaayu A. C. Sundaram as Messenger

Female cast Kolar Rajam as Mandodhari K. Thavamani Devi as Vedavathi - Seetha Kumari Rukmini as Rambai M. S. Saroja as Menaka T. N. Sundaramma as Lakshmi M. V. Kunjammal as Urvasi M. S. Sundarambal as Thilothama G. S. Saraswathi as Bhoodevi V. S. Kausalya as Parvathi Visalakshi as Soorpanagai Aakasa Vani N. S. Krishnan T. A. Mathuram

Crew

The names in this list was adapted from the film poster.^[4]

• Producer – Raja Chandrasekar
• Director – T. R. Raghunath
• Cinematography – T. E. Cooper
• Audiography – A. Krishnaiyer
• Art – F. Nagoor
• Studio – Newtone

Production

Most of the early films in Tamil were reproduction of stage dramas. Some films even opened with a screen going up. The stage dramas usually had a main title and an alternate title. Thus this film also had two titles.^[5]

A comedy short film titled Aakaasa Vaani featuring N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram was included in the film.^[2]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by T. K. Jeyarama Iyer while the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan and P. R. Rajagopala Iyer.^[4] M. R. Krishnamoorthy and K. Thavamani Devi sang most of the songs.

No.	Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Duration (m:ss)
1	"Maara Janaka... Sri Ramana"	M. R. Krishnamoorthy		03:16
2	"Idhu Enna Urakkam"			03:23
3	"Prema Sanga Sugam"	P. G. Venkadesan		03:39
4	"Ulagile"			03:41