''Sadhurangam'' () is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by

Durai Durai may refer to: * Durai (director) (born 1940), Tamil film director * ''Durai'' (film), a 2008 Tamil film directed by A. Venkatesh * T. T. Durai Thambirajah Tharmadurai (born 22 April 1948), better known as T. T. Durai, is a Singaporean who ...

. It stars

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Jayachitra Jayachitra is an Indian actress films who works mostly in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Early life Jayachitra was born in 1957. Her father Mahendra was a veterinary doctor, who had earlier worked as a lawyer. Her mother Ammaji (a.k.a. J ...

and

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, with

Thengai Srinivasan Thengai Srinivasan (21 October 1937 – 9 November 1987) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil-language films and plays from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was given the prefix ''Thengai'' (coconut) after his role as a coconut-seller in t ...

, V. K. Ramasamy and

Pandari Bai Pandari Bai (1930 – 29 January 2003) was an Indian actress who worked in South Indian cinema, mostly in Kannada cinema during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has acted as both hero ...

in supporting roles. The film is based on

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 ...

's play ''Bharatha Matharkku Jai''. It is a partially lost film.

Plot

A middle class Orthodox Brahmin family mother (

) has two sons, Sundaresan and Ram Kumar. Both sons love their mother. Sundaresan works as an accountant. He is a straightforward and sincerely quiet man, so his colleagues tease him. Younger brother Ram Kumar studied at a college, but he is arrogant and misbehaves with the college girls and tease professors. He came to class irregularly and was not interested in his studies.

is a widower, son-in-law of Pandari Bai and uncle of Sundaresan and Ram Kumar. He has a sister named Meenakshi. She dreams of marrying a rich man, but they ask for much dowry. Finally, Pandari Bai decides Meenakshi should marry elder son Sundaresan. Uma is a bold girl. Sambantham is interested in her. Sambantham was to give a love letter to Uma, but Uma and her friends was racked and Sambantham complained to his friend Ram Kumar. Ram Kumar and Sambantham come to Sheriff Iyer's house and complain to his daughter Uma. She was foe of Ram Kumar. Uma did not respect Ram Kumar's complaint, So Ram told his friend Sambantham to forgot his love. The next day, Ram Kumar spoils both their names writing badly on the college compound wall about Uma. The rumor spread to the entire college. So, Uma decides to marry him. Uma and her father come to Ram Kumar's house and tell lies to his mother, that Ram Kumar and Uma love each other. Pandari Bai makes Ram Kumar tie "Thali". Uma is a rich girl and daughter of Sheriff Iyer. So, Meenakshi becomes jealous of Uma. After Ram Kumar's marriage, Sundaresan's behaviour toward his wife Meenakshi changes. Sundaresan goes on the wrong path and works illegally for Soma Sudaram. Ram Kumar was dismissed from college, so he was not able to take an exam. So, Ram works as house broker and with his salary, buys gifts for his family members except Uma, because he must avoid her. Ram Kumar hated his wife Uma. But Uma tries to get her husband into high positions and corrects for his bad behaviors. Ram was changed totally and looks like a new man. Meenakshi and Uma go to the temple and Masilamani (V. Gopalakrishnan) met Meenakshi, gives her some files and told her it was corrected Sudaresan for immediately. Uma heard the news and she found the hidden secrets of Sundaresan and told her mother-in-law Pandari Bai. Pandari Bai was angry with her son Sundaresan and requested he leave the illegal work. But Meenakshi argues with her mother-in-law and decides to go to a neutral family and come from a new house. Sundaresan's activities go badly, he often drank, smoked and went to nightclubs. And he did not spend time with his wife. Then, Ram Kumar accepted Uma heart and soul, and their life became calm and happy. Meenakshi awakens Sundaresan, but he is not steady. Sundaresan was heavily drinking and went to bed. Then Ram Kumar did the ritual event. Finally, Sundaresan feels for his mother's death, goes to the police station, admits his illegal activities and surrenders.

Cast

as Sundaresan *

as Ramkumar *

as Uma (Ramkumar's wife) *

as Meenakshi (Sundaresan's wife) * V. K. Ramasamy as Sheriff Iyer (Uma's father) *

as Sundaresan and Ram Kumar's mother *

as Meenakshi's brother * V. Gopalakrishanan as Masilamani *

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as Somasundaram *

Y. G. Mahendran Y G Mahendran (born 9 January 1950) is an Indian Actor, dramatist, actor, singer, playwright and comedian from the state of Tamil Nadu. He has acted in a number of plays and films. He is the son of Y. G. Parthasarathy, one of the pioneers of mo ...

as Sambantham (Ram's friend) *Halam makes a special appearance in the song "Aarambham" *L. Kanchana as Kanchana *

T. K. S. Natarajan T. K. S. Natarajan (23 July 1933 – 5 May 2021) was an Indian actor and folk singer. Natarajan debuted as a film actor in the 1954 film Ratha Paasam. Since then, he has acted in more than 500 films. The song 'Ennadi Muniyamma Un Kannula Mai' ...

as Sheriff Iyer's housekeeper *K. Kannan as Kannan *

Ravi Ravi may refer to: People * Ravi (name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Ravi (composer) (1926–2012), Indian music director * Ravi (Ivar Johansen) (born 1976), Norwegian musical artist * Ravi (music director) (1926� ...

as Tenant (uncredited)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

V. Kumar V. Kumar ( ta, வரதராஜுலு குமார், ) (28 July 1934 – 7 January 1996) was a yesteryear Tamil cinema music director, born in Chennai, Tamilnadu on 28 July 1934 to Varadharajulu and Dhanabhakiyam couple, in July 1969 ...

and lyrics were written by Vaali.

Legacy

Visu later directed a film ''

Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi ''Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil language film, directed by Visu and produced by Rajam Balachandar. It is based on Visu's play ''Bharatha Matharkku Jai''. The film stars Pandiyan, S. V. Sekhar, Nizhalgal Ravi and Visu. It ...

'' (1987) based on the same play.

References

External links

* {{Durai (director) 1970s Tamil-language films 1978 films Films directed by Durai Indian black-and-white films Indian films based on plays