Galatta Kalyanam

Galatta Kalyanam
Poster
Directed by C. V. Rajendran
Produced by Sivaji Ganesan
Written by Chitralaya Gopu
Screenplay by Chitralaya Gopu
Story by C. V. Sridhar
Chitralaya Gopu
Starring Sivaji Ganesan
Jayalalitha
K. A. Thangavelu
Nagesh
A. V. M. Rajan
Manorama
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography P. N. Sundaram
Edited by N. M. Shankar
Production
company
Ramkumar Films
Distributed by Ramkumar Films
Release date
 12 April 1968
Running time
 148 mins
Country India
Language Tamil

Galatta Kalyanam (lit. Riotous Marriage) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film starring Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, K. A. Thangavelu, Cho Ramaswamy, A. V. M. Rajan, Nagesh, V. Goplakrishnan, V. S. Raghavan, Senthamarai, Sachu and Manorama. The film was later remade in Malayalam as Snehikaan Samayamilla and in Kannada as Aliya Devaru.[1]

Plot

Madan (Sivaji Ganesan) and Lalitha (Jayalalitha) are in love with each other. She is the second daughter of a businessman, Dharmalingam (Thangavelu). While seeking her hand in marriage, Dharmalingam lays down a condition that all his daughters’ weddings are to be held simultaneously thereby entrusting Madan with the unenviable task of finding suitable grooms for his other daughters. Madan seeks the help of his friend, Chandran (Nagesh) in his mission. Madan, however, soon realises that he has a Herculean task ahead of him – the eldest daughter Rathna (Manorama) is averse to marriage. The others have their own tastes and preferences. After encountering a lot of difficulties, they manage to find grooms for all of them. However, on the wedding eve, one of the grooms goes missing. After tracing the gang, Madan fights them to rescue the groom and finally all pairs get married.

Cast

Actors
Actress
  • Jayalalitha as Lalitha, Dharmalingam's Second Daughter
  • Manorama as Rathna, Dharmalingam's Elder Daughter
  • Jyothi Lakshmi as Kanchana as Dharmalingam's Third Daughter
  • Sachu as Shantha as Dharmalingam's Younger Daughter
  • M. S. Sundari Bai as Devi, Dharmalingam's Wife
  • Seethalakshmi as Laskhmi, Madhan's Mother
  • Rajeswari as Sarasa, Dancer
  • Deva Manohari as Jaya, Vittal's Lover
  • S. N. Parvathi as Ranjitham, Stage Actress

Production

Galatta Kalyanam was the adaptation of stage play written by Chitralaya Gopu which was staged in a star night organised for donations during the Chinese Aggression. Gopu completed the script within two days. After seeing the positive response the play has received, Sivaji expressed interest in adapting the play into a feature film. This was the first film which had Gopu working outside the banner of Chitralaya and the film was directed by Sridhar's cousin C. V. Rajendran.[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, and the lyrics were written by Vaali.[3] The song "Nalla Idam" contains the lines "Nalla Idam, Nee Vandha Idam" (Good place, the place you have come) which writer R. Kannan interpreted as meaning Jayalalithaa had moved from acting exclusively with M. G. Ramachandran.[4]

No.SongSingersLyricsLength
1Appappa NaanT. M. SoundararajanVaali03:41
2Engal KalyanamT. M. Soundararajan, P. B. Sreenivas, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, C. S. Ganesh05:07
3Mella Varum KaatruT. M. Soundararajan P. Suseela03:39
4Nalla IdamT. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela04:31
5UravinilC. S. Ganesh, L. R. Eswari03:16

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote "Together with Nagesh, Sivaji Ganesan made watching Galatta Kalyanam a memorable experience".[5] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle praised Jayalalitha's performance stating that "It was Galatta Kalyanam [..] which brought out her flair for comedy".[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://cineinfotv.com/2018/04/vetern-director-c-v-rajendran-passed-away/
  2. ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (10 July 2009). "Looking back with a smile". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Galatta Kalyanam (1968)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Kannan, R. (2017). MGR: A Life. India: Penguin Random House. p. 154.
  5. ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (25 July 2003). "`Comedian' par excellence". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Subramanian, Anupama (25 February 2013). "Jaya's phenomenal celluloid presence". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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