but Meiyappan felt the presentation was more important than the plot so as per his suggestion, the scenes were reshot. The final length of the film was . Soundtrack The music of the film was composed by R. Sudarsanam, while the lyrics were penned by Kannadasan, Kothamangalam Subbu, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam, M. K. Athmanathan and T. K. Sundara Vathiyar. For the song "Arugil Vanthaal", Kannadasan came up with 56 or 58 pallavis, of which eight were finalised. The song "Aadatha Manamum" is set in the Carnatic raga known as Gourimanohari. The soundtrack received positive response, with the number "Ammavum Neeye" being singled out for praise. Release and reception Kalathur Kannamma was released on 12 August 1960, and received mostly positive reviews. On 11 September 1960, Ananda Vikatan praised Kamal Haasan's performance and described Kalathur Kannamma as one of the best films in Tamil to that point. The Madras-based film magazine Movieland said, "A new star rises on the movie horizon". The article by film journalist, K. Vasudevan, praised the performance of Haasan. Kanthan of Kalki lauded the performances of the various cast members, including Subbaiah and Balaiah, and said the film could be watched once. The film was a major commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil – Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film in 1961, and Haasan's performance earned him the President's Gold Medal. Other versions Kalathur Kannamma was dubbed in Telugu as Mavoori Ammayi, which was released on 20 October 1960. The film was also remade in the same language as Mooga Nomu (1969). Bhimsingh later remade the film in Hindi as Main Chup Rahungi (1962), where "Ammavum Neeye" was re-used as "Tumhi Ho Mata". The film was also remade in Sinhala as Mangalika (1963), while the Hindi version was remade as Udarata Menike the same year. In other media In Udan Pirappu (1993), Vellasamy (Goundamani) as a beggar sings "Mummy-um Neeye" to the tune of "Ammavum Neeye". In Kaathala Kaathala (1998), footage of "Ammavum Neeye" is used in the title credits and Selvam morphs into Ramalingam (Haasan); he and Sundaralingam (Prabhu Deva) along with children are seen singing this song to a garbage bin. References Bibliography External links 1960 films 1960 romantic drama films 1960s Tamil-language films AVM Productions films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by R. Sudarsanam