After Vijayan successfully takes the light, the Serpent Queen becomes aware of his trickery and curses him, turning him into an ugly man. Vijayan realizes that the Serpent Queen has become attracted to him, and so he pretends to return her love so as to get the light. Vijayan travels to the netherworld and discovers that the Serpent Queen, Naga Rani (Lalitha), jealously guards the light. A young servant from the King's palace named Vijayan (Gemini Ganesan) who is in love with Princess Nalini (Anjali Devi), undertakes the hazardous journey of retrieving the serpent light. Nagaiah), loses his sight and seeks a 'Naga Jothi' (serpent light) found in Sarpalokam (Serpent World). PlotThe King, Soora Simmahar (Chittoor V. The film was remade in Hindi as Devta (1956) The movie ran for 100 days at many cinemas across South India. Muthulakshmi, Friends Ramaswamy, Chittoor V. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Anjali Devi, Lalitha, with M. Sadha Sivabramnam, and the soundtrack was composed by Hemanth Kumar and A. Actress-singer Bhanumathi revealed later that she had sung the original song with the hiccup (before she walked out of the film) and her hiccup was mixed with the final Susheela version.Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam (English: Husband is a Palpable God) is a 1955 Tamil languagefantasy film directed by T. The Hindi version by Lata Mangeshkar, without that slight nuance failed to be as effective as the Tamil one. But the task of music direction was not given to Hemant Kumar but to C Ramchandra. The film, a huge success, was re-made in Hindi a year later as ‘ Devta’, with Gemini Ganesan in the lead, and the vamp played by Vyjayantimala. While the Tamil film industry has failed to mark the birth centenary of Hemant Kumar, the hiccup song that created waves all over south India and gave a boost to singer P Susheela’s career is still remembered. Those were the early years of the Bengali with the baritone, trying to find inroads in territories beyond the comforts of his homeground - a legend in the making. While the improvisation went on to become a popular trend, not many remember the men behind it - music directors A Rama Rao and Hemant Kumar. The song " Unnai Kan Thaedudhae" in the Gemini Ganesan starrer Kanavane ' Kan Kanda Deivam' featuring a drunk ‘vamp’ Lalitha on screen, created a mood with the sound. In 1955, the hiccup is said to have created history.
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