Kumari Kottam

KUMARI KOTTAM
Directed by	Pa.Neelakandhan
Produced by	Kovai Chezhiyan
Written by	Sornam
Screenplay by	Sornam
Story by	V. C. Guhanathan
Starring	M. G. Ramachandran Jayalalitha S. A. Ashokan Cho Ramaswamy
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography	Amirtham
Edited by	G. Kalyanasundaram
Production company	Kay Cee Films
Distributed by	Kay Cee Films
Release date	26 January 1971 (1971-01-26)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

KUMARI KOTTAM is a 1971 Tamil language drama film directed by Pa.Neelakandhan.

The film features M. G. Ramachandran and Jayalalitha in dual role. It was a super hit movie ran more than 100 days in Chennai, Madurai, Trichy. The film, produced by Kovai Chezhiyan, had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan and was released on Republic day of 1971, became super hit at box-office.

Plot

Somu agrees to marry his daughter to his close friend muthaiya's son. Muthaiya has helped in all instances.

One day, he gets a letter from his late wife's cousin stating that Somu and his daughter must come to own Somu's father in law's wealth. He refuses the offer has he doesn't have money to go, Muthaiya sells his wife's jewellery to send him.

Many years later, Somu and his daughter are leading a luxurious life. Muthaiya's son Gopal enters the house as a gardener.

Soon Muthaiya comes to Somu to remind him of his promise to get his daughter married to his son. But he refuses stating he is a mere gardener forgetting all old sacrifices. Muthaiya is offended in public and attempts suicide, but is saved at the last moment by Gopal.

Gopal then promises to teach a lesson to Somu and his daughter

Cast

The casting is established according to the original order of the credits of opening of the movie, except those not mentioned

Around the movie

The film, produced by Kovai Chezhiyan, had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan and was released on Republic day of 1971, became super hit at box-office.

The second production of Kay Cee Films, with MGR, was UZHAIKKUM KARANGAL, in 1976.

This was the last movie for N.S.Nadarajan who usually acted as Kundumani's friend in MGR's movies for a long time.

KUMARI KOTTAM was the tenth realization of the director Pa.Neelakandhan for a movie of MGR.

At the beginning of the movie, MGR carries a small beard which disappears very fast (she reminds that of another MGR 's movie, THANIPPIRAVI). We see her for last time in the song, "Adi Maddhalam Kotti...", while MGR studies in the garden under a lamppost and while Jayalalidha and his friends make noise of her balcony. The new MGR, without beard, appears to the 37 minutes of the movie, during the competition of disguise.

The character of Jayalalidha, Kumari looks like the one that she holds in another MGR, Rani Chidhambaram Pilai from KANAVAN, in 1968.

Jayalalidha holds two roles in KUMARI KOTTAM.

Soundtrack

The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan. All Songs were super hit.^[1]

References

External links

Kumari Kottam on IMDb