Overview
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.
Director and cast
- P. Kannamba as Kannagi
- P. U. Chinnappa as Kovalan
- M. S. Saroja as Madhavi
- N. S. Krishnan as Injippathan
- T. A. Madhuram as Vanjippathan's Daughter
- M. R. Swaminathan as Vanjippathan
- U. R. Jeevarathnam as Gownthiyadigal
- T. R. Ramachandran as Shastri
- D. Balasubramaniam as Pandian
- S. V. Sahasranamam as Paramasivan
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