Vikatayogi

Vikatayogi (transl. The Miracle Man) is a 1946 Indian, Tamil-language film produced and directed by K. Subramanyam.^[2] The film featured P. U. Chinnappa and T. R. Rajakumari in the lead roles.

Vikatayogi
Directed by	K. Subramanyam
Screenplay by	M. R. Velappan Nair
Based on	The School for Husbands by Moliere
Produced by	K. Subramanyam
Starring	P. U. Chinnappa T. R. Rajakumari Kumaresan B. S. Saroja
Cinematography	T. S. Coatnis
Edited by	R. Rajagopal
Music by	Modhi Babu Brother Lakshmanan Radha Krishnan
Production company	Madras United Artistes Corporation
Release date	23 October 1946 (1946-10-23) (India) [1]
Running time	2 hr 44 min (14760 ft.)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast & Crew

The lists are adapted from the database of Film News Anandan^[1]

Cast

• P. U. Chinnappa
• T. R. Rajakumari
• Kumaresan
• B. S. Saroja
• T. R. Ramachandran
• T. S. Damayanthi

Crew

• Producer &
• Director = K. Subramanyam
• Screenplay = M. R. Velappan Nair
• Cinematography = T. S. Coatnis
• Editing = R. Rajagopal
• Art = T. V. S. Sarma

Production

The story was obliquely adapted from Moliere’s play, The School for Husbands.^[3] Vikatayogi was filmed at Meenakshi Cinetone, which then became Neptune Studios and eventually Sathya Studios.^[4]

This film lofted B. S. Saroja who was performing as a group dancer earlier, to stardom.^[5]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Modhi Babu, Brother Lakshmanan and Radha Krishnan while the lyrics were penned by Udumalai Narayana Kavi and Rajagopala Iyer.^[1]

Trivia

K. Subramanyam planned a film with M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar in the lead and had recorded one song sung by Bhagavathar. However, he could not proceed with the film as Bhagavathar went to prison. Subramanyam used that song in this film creating an apt scene.^[1] Thus a PUC film had a Bhagavathar song in it!