Karkottai

1954 Indian film

12 March 1954 (1954-03-12)^[1]

CountryIndiaLanguagesTamil
Kannada

Karkottai (transl. Rock Fort) is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language historical adventure film produced and directed by Kemparaj Urs. The film stars Kemparaj Urs and Krishna Kumari. It is based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

Plot

Cast

Kemparaj Urs
Krishna Kumari
K. Sarangapani
B. R. Panthulu
M. V. Rajamma
Jayalakshmi
Sandhya
B. Jayamma

Production

Karkottai was based on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.^[2] It was simultaneously produced in Kannada under the title Jaladurga.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. V. Venkatraman and G. Ramanathan while the lyrics were penned by Srimathi Rajeswary.^[5]

"O! Kappalottu Thamizhaa"
"Naan Ingu Thaniyaaga, Nee Angu Thaniyaaga"
"Inbamaa, Nee Thunbamaa"
"Kovilukku Odiduvaar Govinda"
"Avan Seyyum Leelaikku"

References

^ ^a ^b "1954 – கற்கோட்டை – கெம்பராஜ் புரொடக்சன்ஸ்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Karkottai". The Indian Express. 26 February 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2017 – via Google News Archive.
^ Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, p. 228.
^ Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1998, p. 603.
^ Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 69.

Bibliography

Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.

External links

Karkottai at IMDb

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Characters

Films

The Count of Monte Cristo (1912)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1913)
Monte Cristo (1922)
Monte Cristo (1929)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
El Conde de Monte Cristo (1942)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1943)
The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)
The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)
Mask of the Avenger (1951)
The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1953)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Karkottai (1954)
Vanji-Kottai Valipan (1958)
Raj Tilak (1958)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961)
The Return of Monte Cristo (1968)
Jeevan Mrityu (1970)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1975)
Bhuierantlo Munis (1977)
Padayottam (1982)
Veta (1986)
The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)

Television

The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1964)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Montecristo
Ezel
- Yago (Mexican remake)
Revenge
- İntikam (Turkish remake)
- Venganza (Colombian remake)
- Karmma Calling (Indian remake)
El Conde: Amor y honor
The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)

Literature

Other

The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (biography)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn-Murphy musical)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Behr musical)
Christ 0 (album)