Madana Mohini (1953) review
Madana Mohini (1953) P. V. Narasimha Bharathi, C. R. Rajakumari, P. S. Veerapppa, Pollachi Kamala, M. L. Pathi, M. V. Navaneetham, ‘Pulimoottai' Ramaswami, K. S. Angamuthu, V. M. Ezhumalai and ‘Loose' Arumugam Madana Mohini is an interesting folktale about a king and his two attractive nieces. The king, a non-believer, loses his cool when one of them, Madana (Rajakumari), performs prayers against his orders. He banishes Madana who in the guise of a male joins a Robin Hood type of gang with the idea of robbing the rich and helping the poor. One night, a prince (Bharathi) in disguise meets Madana and tells her that he is a palace servant and knows the secret passage to the palace treasury. He leads her to it where Madana picks up only one rare precious stone, leaving the other two. The two are arrested and produced before the king who realises the person in disguise is his son who has fallen in love with Madana. The king is anxious to get his other niece Mohini ...