Marmayogi
An adaptation of the novel Vengeance by Marie Corelli and William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, the film was shot simultaneously in Hindi as Ek Tha Raja (transl.Development of the film began after the success of Rajakumari (1947), when Ramachandran approached writer A. S. A. Sami to write a script which revolves around him.At the same time, in the countryside, Karikalan functions as de facto leader of the people, helps them in various ways and fights the queen's misrule.Veerangan sends Kala, the girl raised by the sage as a spy, to Karikalan, but she falls in love with him.The queen gets scared by a ghost which appears regularly and warns her of the impending punishment she deserves for her misdeeds.Though the queen and her lover attempted to kill him, he escaped under the water using his yogic skills, taking his sons and the army commander's daughter Kala with him.He returned to his kingdom in the disguise of a sage with his younger son Veeranganan and Kala and left Karikalan in the forest.Samy wrote a script inspired by Vengeance by Marie Corelli, Shakespeare's theatrical play Macbeth and Robin Hood.After the film was completed, many felt that ending was not convincing and Ramnath reshot the climax which was accepted by audience.The scene where Ramachandran fights with a sword with Sahasranamam by riding a horse is inspired from The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses.