Melnaattu Marumagal

Melnaattu Marumagal
Directed by	A. P. Nagarajan
Produced by	C. N. Venkatasamy
Written by	A. P. Nagarajan
Starring	Sivakumar Kamal Haasan 'Kumari' Laurance Pourtale Jayasudha Jr. Balaiah
Music by	Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Cinematography	K. S. Prasad
Edited by	T. Vijayarangam
Production company	C. N. V. Movies
Distributed by	C. N. V. Movies
Release date	9 May 1975 (1975-05-09)
Running time	132 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Melnaattu Marumagal (lit. Westernised Daughter-in-law) is a 1975 Tamil language film starring Sivakumar, Laurance Pourtale, Kamal Haasan and Jayasudha in the lead roles. Sivakumar's wife was French actress Laurance Pourtale. Kamal Haasan plays the role of younger brother of Sivakumar. Jayasudha was Kamal Haasan's pair. Vani Ganapathy, a danseuse appeared only for a dance sequence alongside Kamal Haasan whom she later married in 1978. The film was remade in Telugu as America Ammayi.^[1]

Plot

The film is about two brothers, Sivakumar and Kamal Haasan and their spouses. Sivakumar marries a European girl who admires Tamil culture and tradition. On the other hand, Kamal Haasan marries a Tamil girl who is attracted to Western customs.

Cast

• Sivakumar
• Kamal Haasan as Raja
• 'Kumari' Laurance Pourtale as Meera
• Jayasudha as Sudha
• Jr. Balaiah
• S. V. Ramadoss
• Ganthimathi
• Poornam Vishwanathan
• V. Gopalakrishnan
• Usha Uthup
• Vani Ganapathy
• Cho Ramaswamy [Guest Appearance]
• Manorama [Guest Appearance]

Soundtrack

The music composed by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, while lyrics written by 'Poovai' Senguttavan, 'Ulandhurpettai' Shanmugam, 'Nellai' Arulmani, 'Tiruchy' Bharathan, Geetha Priyan and Kuyili.^[2]

References

External links

• Melnaattu Marumagal on IMDb