''Dheerga Sumangali'' () is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language drama film co-written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film was produced by N. S. Rajendran under Visalakshi Combines and stars

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and Muthuraman, while

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, V. K. Ramasamy and

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play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by M. S. Viswanathan, while the lyrics for the songs were written by Kannadasan and Vaali. M. Viswanatha Rai and B. Kandasamy handled cinematography and editing respectively. The film's story was written by G. Balasubramaniam and the dialogues were written by Karaikudi Narayanan. The film was released on 12 April 1974. It was remade in

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as Dheerga Sumangali (1974), Kannada as '' Bhagyavantharu'' (1977), in Malayalam as ''

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'' (1976) and in Hindi as '' Sadaa Suhagan'' (1986).

Plot

Cast

as Lakshmi * Muthuraman as Sundaram *

* V. K. Ramasamy *

* Suruli Rajan * Mahendran *

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* Jayachitra *

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* S. N. Lakshmi

Production

The dialogues were written by Karaikudi Narayanan. S. N. Lakshmi who acted in the film recalled that during the climax scene, Tirulokchandar suggested her to cry without glycerine and she had enacted as per his instructions.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

, while the lyrics were written by Kannadasan and Vaali. The song "Malligai En Mannan" was well received and gave breakthrough for its playback singer Vani Jairam. Vani recalled that it was a challenging song and "he (Viswanathan) trusted me with it". When Vani was in Madras (now Chennai) for two music concerts at a Bhajan Sammelan, Viswanathan, who was the chief guest, was impressed by her performance and gave her the opportunity to sing the song.

Release and reception

''Dheerga Sumangali'' was released on 12 April 1974. Kanthan of '' Kalki'' praised Tirulokchander's direction and writing. Vijaya won the Filmfare Special Commendation Award for Performance.

Remakes

The film was remade in Kannada as '' Bhagyavantharu'' (1977), in Malayalam as ''

'' (1976) and in Hindi as '' Sadaa Suhagan'' (1986).

References

External links

* {{A. C. Tirulokchandar 1970s Tamil-language films 1974 drama films 1974 films Films directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Tamil films remade in other languages