Director: P. Subramanyam; Writer: Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair; Producer: P. Subramanyam; Cinematographer: N.S. Mani; Editor: K.D. George; Cast: Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, Bahadoor, Friend Ramaswamy, M.N. Nambiar, Miss Kumari, S.D. Subbalakshmi, S.P. Pillai, K.V. Shanthi, Sreeram
Summary: ‘Aana Valarthiya Vanambaadi' produced simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil included in its starcast some of the prominent stars of that time, like the legendary S.D. Subbalakshmi, D. Balasubramaniam , M.N. Nambiar, C.K. Saraswathi, Friend Ramaswami etc. from Tamil cinema and Thikkurissi, S.P. Pillai, Santhi, etc. from Malayalam cinema. The hero of the film Sreeram was from Tamil cinema, and the heroine Miss Kumari from Malayalam.
The story of the flm was inspired by the fictional character Tarzan created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and the jungle series films produced earlier in Hindi and Tamil. Lakshmi (Miss Kumari) along with her infant daughter take a flight to Singapore to join her husband Selvapathi (Thikkurissi) who is an estate owner there. The plane crashes and all the passengers, except the infant daughter of Lakshmi lose their lives. The child clad in a thick blanket lands in a forest somewhere in Kerala. Aadhiappan (Pedro), a chimpanzee finds the child on the top of a tree and takes the child to his master in the forest, Dharmarajan (D. Balasubramaniam) who had made the jungle his abode being fed up with city life. The child is named Malli and is brought up by Dharmarajan as his own daughter. Malli grows up in the jungle playing with Aadhiappan and Bheemarajan, an elephant. Selvapathi returns home and he brings up his sister Saraswathi's (S. D. Subbalakshmi) son Shekhar (Sreeram). Time goes by. Malli (Miss Kumari) grows up and Shekhar becomes an investigating officer. The chief of the bandits operating in the forest is after Malli. Shekhar is deputed to capture the bandits and bring them before law. In the jungle Shekhar meets Malli and falls in love with her. Dharmarajan does not approve of their love affair. After several twists and turns in the story, the bandits are captured by Shekhar. Dharmarajan's hut in the jungle catches fire and all believe that he is killed. Shekhar takes Malli and Aadhiappan home. Mohana (Shanthi), daughter of Selvapathi's brother Arunachalam (Friend Ramaswamy) is in love with Shekhar. But Mohans's mother Angamuthu (C. K. Saraswathi) wants to give her daughter in marriage to Azhagasundaram (M. N. Nambiar). The story takes strange twists. Dharmarajan rerturns to the city to meet Malli. They then come to know from Dharmarajan that the chief of the bandits, who had escaped, is none other than Azhagasundaram and that Malli is the daughter of Selvapathi. Azhagasundaram is punished for the crimes committed by him. Shekhar marries Malli.
The Tamil version of the film, ‘Yaanai Valartha Vaanambaadi' (1959) was released long before the release of the Malayalam version (1960). The screening of the Tamil version in Kerala did not affect success of the Malayalam version. The film was dubbed to Telugu under the title ‘Jungle Rani' and to Kannada as ‘Vanarani'. Both the versions met with success.
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