Kannagi
1942, Tamil. Directed by R. S. Mani.
After losing his entire wealth to a courtesan, Kovalan returns to his wife, Kannagi. She offers him her last piece of jewellery to help him but he is falsely accused of theft and beheaded by the king.
- Runtime
- 3h 48m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Tamil
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- R. S. ManiDirector
- P. KannambaKannagi
- P. U. ChinnappaKovalan
- M. S. SarojaMadhavi
- N. S. KrishnanInjippathan
- T. A. MadhuramVanjippathan's Daughter
- M. R. SwaminathanVanjippathan
- U. R. JeevarathnamGownthiyadigal
- T. R. RamachandranShastri
- D. BalasubramaniamPandian
- S. V. SahasranamamParamasivan
- M. M. RadhabaiPandia's Wife
- K. N. Kolathu NaniMachottan
Details
- Released
- 22 August 1942
- Original title
- கண்ணகி
- Country
- India
- Written by
- Elangovan
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Kannagi runs 228 minutes (3h 48m).
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Kannagi isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 August 1942. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
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Who directed Kannagi?
Kannagi (1942) was directed by R. S. Mani and stars P. Kannamba, P. U. Chinnappa, M. S. Saroja.