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film, directed by

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and produced by V. Ramasamy. The film stars

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and

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, with

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, Cho, Sachu and Manorama in supporting roles. It was released on 23 September 1966.

Plot

Basker is a sleepwalker. Nagalingam accuses Basker of killing Chithambaram while asleep and uses it to blackmail him into performing various acts. Nirmala is in love with Basker and married him in secrecy. Finally, Nagalingam wants Basker to marry a rich girl, Girija, and give all the dowry money to him in return for destroying the evidence Nagalingam allegedly has of Basker's guilt. Nirmala's brother, Venu and Chithambaram's son, Vasu, combine their resources to expose Nagalingam as the killer of Chithambaram. Indra acts as the romantic angle between Vasu and Venu as they vie for her attention with the former acting as a doctor to get her respect and the latter acting as an paralytic patient to get her sympathy in an attempt to impress her providing the comedic angle as well as prove their mettle and ingenuity which comes in handy to handle the cunning Nagalingam.

Cast

as Baskar *

as Nirmala *

as Nagalingam *

as Venu * Cho as Chithambaram/Vasu * Manorama as Indra * Sachu as Girija * T. P. Muthulakshmi as Appadurai's wife *

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as Muthu * S. Rama Rao as Appadurai

Production

The film features animated introductory credits.

Soundtrack

Music was by T. K. Ramamoorthy Lyrics by Vaali.

Reception

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'' gave a mixed review, praising the performances of some of the actors, but criticising the music, and concluded that the film was overall unsatisfactory.

References

External links

* {{Muktha Srinivasan 1960s Indian films 1960s Tamil-language films 1966 films 1966 romantic comedy films Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan Films set in Chennai Films with screenplays by Cho Ramaswamy Indian black-and-white films Indian romantic comedy films Tamil-language Indian films