Kannagi (1942 film)

Kannagi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byM. Somasundaram
R. S. Mani
Written byElangovan
StarringP. U. Chinnappa
P. Kannamba
Music byS. V. Venkatraman
Production
company
Distributed bySouth India Pictures
Release date
  • 2 August 1942 (1942-08-02)[1]
Running time
228 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget2.5 lakh

Kannagi is a 1942 Indian Tamil-language epic film directed by R.S Mani based on one of The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature, Cilappatikaram. This is the first Tamil film based on the epic. The second film, Poompuhar, was released later in 1964.

  1. ^ "Kannagi". The Indian Express. 2 August 1942. p. 1. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ^ Dhananjayan 2014, p. 44.