''Aval Sumangalithan'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Visu Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K ...

. The film stars Karthik and Ilavarasi. It was released on 19 July 1985. The film was remade in

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

as '' Punyasthree''. The film was adapted from Visu's play of same name.

Plot

Arumugam, a poor father, seeks a groom for his daughter Uma. For Arumugam, the perfect bridegroom seems to be Bhaskaran. Bhaskaran then marries Uma. Bhaskaran understands his in-laws' financial problems, thus he helps them. Later, Bhaskaran suffers from a brain tumour and will die soon. Before Uma realises this, she kills herself and Bhaskaran is cured of a brain tumour.

Cast

* Karthik as Bhaskaran * Ilavarasi as Uma *

as Arumugam * K. R. Vijaya as Mangalam * Chandrasekhar as Kuriakose * Nisha Noor as Stella * Master Haja Sheriff as Mani *

T. P. Gajendran T. P. Gajendran (1955 – 5 February 2023) was an Indian film director and actor who played minor roles. He directed more than 15 films and acted in more than 100 films. He was the son of Tuticorin MR.Perumal. Actress T. P. Muthulakshmi, his s ...

as Fernandes * Kishmu as a doctor *

Kasthuri Raja Kasthuri Raja is an Indian film director. He is the father of director Selvaraghavan and actor Dhanush. He worked as an assistant director with Director K.S.G. Most of the films he directed were either village based or infatuation of youngster ...

as compounder

Soundtrack

The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics written by

Pulamaipithan Pulavar Pulamaipithan (6 October 1935 – 8 September 2021) was an Indian scholar, poet and lyricist who got recognition through the song "Naan yaar nee yaar" which was featured in the Tamil film ''Kudiyirundha Koyil'' in 1968. He briefly serve ...

, Muthulingam, N. Kamarasan, Idhayachandran and Jothi Pandian.

References

External links

* {{Kavithalaya Productions 1980s Tamil-language films 1985 films Films directed by Visu Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films with screenplays by Visu Indian films based on plays Tamil films remade in other languages