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Krishnan Thoothu also known as Sri Krishnan Thoothu was a film produced by S. M. Letchumanan Chettiyar and Rajagopal Talkies in the year 1940. The film was directed by R. Prakash. This film was known famously since this was the debut Tamil film of Telugu actress P. Kannamba.A short comedy film titled Kozhukattai Kuppu was also screened along with the main film,
Plot
The story of the film was of the history of Lord Krishna undertaking the mission of getting justice for the Pandavas from the Kaurava King Duryodhana. Serukulathur Sama played the main role of Lord Krishna. The debut actress P. Kannamba played the heroine role. Both N. S. Krishnan and T. A. Mathuram contributed to the short film with their comedies.
Cast
Cast adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and the film's songbook
Songs
No music director was credited, but the lyrics were written by Papanasam Sivan and Rajagopala Iyer. The songs were recorded by Jyotish Sinha.
Box office
The film though well directed by R. Prakash, the drawback was with the debut heroine P. Kannamba's poor Tamil accent. She didn't know Tamil and spoke it with a Telugu slang, which didn't go well with the Tamil audiences.
References
External links
Krishnan Thoothu at IMDb