''Iru Sagodharigal'' () is a 1957 Indian

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-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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Vedantam Raghavayya Vedantam Raghavayya (8 June 1919 –19,October 1971) was an Indian film director, dance choreographer, and actor known for his work in Telugu and Tamil cinema. An accomplished Kuchipudi dancer, he was honoured with the title "Bharata Kala Prapur ...

. The film stars

Gemini Ganesan Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred as Kaadhal Mannan (King of Romance) for his romantic roles in films. G ...

and Savithri. It was released on 23 August 1957. The film was simultaneously made into

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as '' Bhale Ammayilu''.

Plot

Saroja and Lalitha are sisters. They always quarrel with each other. Their mother tried her best to pacify them, but couldn't. Mother went sick and died. Pancharatna Bhagavathar is a Dance and Music teacher. He helps the two sisters. He sends Lalitha to Chennai to continue her education in a college. He finds a job for Saroja at the residence of Bhoopathiya Pillai. Doctor Sundaram, son of Bhoopathiya Pillai decides to leave the house due to ill-treatment by his step-mother. Saroja talks him into dropping his decision. Sundaram is attracted towards Saroja and wants to marry her. Lalitha lost her money in Chennai. Vasudevan helps her. But he seduces her. He abandons Lalitha when she gives birth to a child. Lalitha comes to Saroja's place with the child. Saroja is shocked to see her sister's plight. To save the family honour, Saroja leaves the house with Lalitha and goes elsewhere. Sundaram searches for Saroja and finally finds her. But he sees that she is affectionate with a child. He mistakes her, changes his mind and goes away. Saroja is in a quandary. She writes a letter to Bhagavathar to come and help them. How she, with the help of Bhagavathar, finds Vasudevan and unites her sister with him and how she pacifies Sundaram and marries him forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Adapted from the song book. ;Male cast *

as Sundar *

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Tamil cinema, renowned for his portrayals of villainous characters. With a career spanning over eight decades, he became a notable fig ...

as Vasudevan *

T. S. Durairaj T. S. Durairaj (31 December 1910 – 2 June 1986) was a Tamil language, Tamil film comedian, drama artist, producer and director in the early stages of the Tamil film industry (Kollywood). He received a Kalaimamani award from the Tamil Nadu ...

as Pancharathna Bhagavathar * V. K. Ramasamy as Subbaiah Pillai ;Female cast *

Savitri Savitri or Savithri may refer to: In Hinduism * Savitri, with all vowels short, a Roman-phonetic spelling of the Rigvedic solar deity Savitr *Sāvitrī, a name of the ''Gayatri Mantra'' dedicated to Savitṛ *Savitri (goddess), the consort of Br ...

as Saroja * Girija as Lalitha *

T. P. Muthulakshmi T. P. Muthulakshmi (Native name: தமிழ்: டி. பி. முத்துலட்சுமி) was an Indian actress who was active from the 1950 to 1969. She was a prominent lead comedy actress during the early 1950s in Tamil films ...

as Ponnammal * C. K. Saraswathi as Mangamma ;Dance *

Padmini Priyadarshini Padmini Priyadarshini (later Padmini Ramachandran) was an Indian actor, dancer and choreographer. She acted in supporting roles during the 1950s and 1960s in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. She established a dancing school in Bangalore named ''Na ...

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and all lyrics were penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.

Reception

Kanthan of '' Kallki'' appreciated the film for the cast performances and lack of vulgarity.

References

External links

* {{Vedantam Raghavayya 1950s Indian films 1950s Tamil-language films 1957 drama films 1957 films Films about sisters Films directed by Vedantam Raghavayya Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films Tamil-language drama films Tamil-language Indian films