King and Queen

Story

Synopsis

An impoverished woman named Rani (Padmini) escapes from her abusive and predatory drama company owner, Babu (S.S. Rajendran), after being robbed and finding herself unconscious in the car of wealthy stage actor Raja (Sivaji Ganesan). Mistaken by Raja for a rich runaway named Leela, Rani plays along and joins his new theater troupe, leading the two to fall in love. However, the vengeful Babu attempts to sabotage their romance by poisoning Raja during a live stage enactment of Socrates, setting up a dramatic climax where the lovers must overcome this deadly plot to finally unite

Director

A. Bhimsingh

Writers

M. Karunanidhi

Language

Tamil

Release date

25 February 1956

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Sivaji Ganesan

  Raja

• 

  Padmini

  Rani

• 

  S. S. Rajendran

  Babu

• 

  N. S. Krishnan

  Samarasam

• K. Duraisami

  Gnanakannu

• M. N. Krishnan

  Current

• 

  Rajasulochana

  Geetha

• 

  T. A. Madhuram

  Shantham

• 

  K. S. Angamuthu

  Geetha's Mother