''Mogam Muppadhu Varusham'' () is a 1976 Indian

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-language film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Mahendran. The film stars

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, Vijayakumar, Sumithra,

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and

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. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Maniyan and serialised in the magazine ''

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''. The film was released on 27 November 1976, and became a commercial success.

Plot

Ramesh, a city bred man is married to Kasthuri, a village girl. On the other hand, Ravishankar, a village lad and Menaka, a modern woman are married. Menaka hates living with Ravishankar as he does not show interest in sex life. Meanwhile, Bhama, a young girl wants at least to have a child with Ramesh, and is attracted by him even if he does not marry her. The film ends with these people overcoming all their issues and living happily, except Bhama, who commits suicide.

Cast

Production

''Mogam Muppadhu Varusham'' is based on the novel of the same name, written by Maniyan and serialised in the magazine ''

''. The screenplay for the film adaptation was written by Mahendran. The film was produced under the production banner Swarnambika Productions and shot in black-and-white. It was given an "A" (adults only) certificate by the

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with no cuts. The final length of the film was .

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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Release and reception

''Mogam Muppadhu Varusham'' was released on 27 November 1976, and became a commercial success. Kanthan of ''

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'' appreciated the director for properly adapting the source material to the screen, and the dialogues.

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* {{S. P. Muthuraman 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films 1976 films Films based on Tamil novels Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Films with screenplays by Mahendran (filmmaker) Indian black-and-white films Tamil-language Indian films