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Krishna Vijayam (transl. Krishna's victory) is a 1950 Indian Tamil language film written and directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni. The film featured Carnatic music singer N. C. Vasanthakokilam in the role of Narada. The film, based on the Epic story of Krishna avatar, featured later day playback singer A. L. Raghavan as the child Krishna. Adult Krishna was played by P. V. Narasimha Bharathi. It was released on 14 January 1950.
Plot
The film is about the epic story of Krishna, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. The story is about his birth, elimination of his uncle, the King Kamsa and his boyhood leelas with gopikas.
Cast
Production
A. L. Raghavan was contracted with Baala Gaana Vinodha Sabha, a theatre troupe. Somasundaram Chettiar of Jupiter Pictures, impressed with his singing and acting prowess, decided to cast him as the younger Krishna in Krishna Vijayam, and gave ₹5,000 (US$60) to the theatre troupe to terminate Raghavan's contract with them. This was in 1946, when Raghavan was 13 years old.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu and C. S. Jayaraman. The music for "Navaneetha Kannaney..." was scored by C. S. Jayaraman and the lyrics were written by K. P. Kamakshi. T. M. Soundararajan sang his first song "Radhey Nee Ennai Vittu Pokaathadi".
Reception
According to historian Randor Guy, the film did not fare as well as expected. He theorised that by the time of its release, interest in medieval stories started waning among the audiences, especially because it was only the same studio that previously made Velaikari (1949), a contemporary story that was well received.
References
External links
Krishna Vijayam at IMDb