An evil-minded man is out to capture her. The story was all about a tribal woman who lives in a cave with only an elephant as a companion. Here in the provincial capital of the Madras Presidency (as it then was) during the British Rule, she learnt Bharatanatyam. Encouraged by parents, she moved to Madras, the cultural capital of India. Blessed with stunning looks and melodious voice, she was not surprisingly attracted to the fine arts like music and dance. Thavamani Devi hailed from Jaffna and her father was a wealthy and successful barrister in Ceylon. Now she began to insist on designing her costumes and doing the make-up herself, making it a condition of her contract! Something unheard of at that time in Indian Cinema! Vana Mohini was a booming box office success and Thavamani's fame soared higher. Her melodious voice and singing talents won her the honorific of “Singalathu Kuyil.” The music composer was Ram Chitalkar who later became the icon of Indian Film Music under the name C. One of them, “Ariyaathey En Manam,” became a big hit and is still hummed by old-timers. The film had 10 songs and Thavamani sang many of them.
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Not surprisingly, the elephant virtually stole the film and indulged in many tricks raising gales of laughter in cinemas when Thavamani Devi sat on it and went around the woods!īesides Thavamani, Radha and ‘Chandru', the music was another major plus point in Viswanatha Iyer produced the film, who found the elephant in the thickly wooded forests of Travancore. Radha (the Tamil film star and hero of the Gemini Studio's ‘magnum opus',Ĭhandralekha ), and an elephant named ‘Chandru'.Ī wealthy planter N.
Vana Mohini was inspired by a Lamour movie, and the story, screenplay and direction were by noted Hindi film actor and director Bhagwan (the maker and hero of the musical Hindi film hit of the 1950s,Īlbela ). Her ‘jungle films' did very well in India and the neighbouring countries). However, she is today known only for her sex-in-sarong-kind of movies. Besides, she built a solid reputation playing the female lead in many Bob Hope-Bing Crosby Rainbow Island (1941) gave her that image. (Dorothy Lamour was one of the leading stars of American Cinema during the 1930s and the 1940s and became an icon of ‘sarong-surrounded' sex appeal.
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This was the first time such an outfit was worn in a Tamil movie and the sarong contributed a lot to its success! Vana Mohini saw Thavamani wear the same costume, a revealing Hawaiian-style sarong. A rehash of a Hollywood ‘jungle' movie featuring Dorothy Lamour, The film bestowed stardom on the heroine, the seductive K. In the history of Indian Cinema, and perhaps world Cinema, the only instance where an animal (in this case, an elephant!) named Chandru, received top billing in the credits was in the 1941 hit,
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