Kasethan Kadavulada (1972)
May 19, 1972Release Date
Kasethan Kadavulada (1972)
May 19, 1972Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
R. Muthuraman
Ramu
Lakshmi
Rama
Manorama
Lakshmi
M. R. R. Vasu
'Insane' Rama's father
Thengai Srinivasan
Appaswamy
Rama Prabha
'Insane' Rama
Venniradai Moorthy
Sivaswamy
Srikanth
Actor
Srikanth
Mali
Typist Gopu
Dr. Iruthayam
Suruli Rajan
Chettiar
Jayakumari
Latha
Vijayarekha
Kanniyamma
Sasikumar
Mani
Senthamarai
DSP Paramantham
S. Rama Rao
Iyer
S. L. Narayan
Dr. Iruthayam's secretary
Sachu
Dancer
R. G. Gopu
Editor
Chitralaya Gopu
Writer / Director / Dialogue
M. Kumaran
Producer
M. Saravanan
Producer
M. Balasubramanian
Producer
M. Murugan
Producer
K. S. Bhaskar
Director of Photography
Vaali
Lyricist
P. Susheela
Playback Singer
L. R. Eswari
Playback Singer
Dharapuram Sundararajan
Playback Singer
K. Veeramani
Playback Singer
A. L. Raghavan
Playback Singer
M. S. Viswanathan
Playback Singer / Original Music Composer
A. K. Sekar
Art Direction
A. K. Chopra
Choreographer
Judo. K. K. Rathnam
Stunt Coordinator
K. Kamaal Batcha
Costume Design
N. S. Mani
Production Manager
Details.
Release DateMay 19, 1972
Original Nameகாசேதான் கடவுளடா
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Genres
Wiki.
Kasethan Kadavulada (transl. Only money is god) is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language heist comedy film written and directed by Chithralaya Gopu. The film stars Muthuraman and Lakshmi, with M. R. R. Vasu, Thengai Srinivasan, Srikanth, Moorthy, Manorama, Rama Prabha and Jayakumari in supporting roles. It focuses on a young man (Muthuraman) collaborating with his cousin (Srikanth) and friend (Srinivasan) to steal money from his stingy stepmother (Manorama).
Kasethan Kadavulada, based on Gopu's play of the same name is the directorial debut of Gopu, and was produced by AVM Productions. Muthuraman and Moorthy reprise their roles from the play. The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, cinematography was handled by K. S. Bhaskar, and editing by R. G. Gopu.
Kasethan Kadavulada was released on 19 May 1972. The film became a commercial success, with Srinivasan's role as a fake godman becoming immensely popular. A remake with the same name was released in 2023.