Namma Ooru Mariamma

Namma Ooru Mariamma is a 1991 Tamil drama film directed by K. Rajan. The film features Nizhalgal Ravi and Vaidehi in lead roles, with R. Sarathkumar, Jaiganesh and K. R. Vijaya playing supporting roles.. The film had musical score by Sankar Ganesh and was released on 14 February 1991.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Mariamma (K. R. Vijaya) is married for several years but she doesn't have any children, she is afraid that their dynasty will disappear. To avoid this, Mariamma, her husband and her younger brother Muthu prepare a grand festival in their village with the financial help of the village rich man Rajadurai (R. Sarathkumar). In the meantime, Kaveri (Vaidehi) and Muthu (Nizhalgal Ravi) fall in love with each other but Rajadurai has an eye on Kaveri. Being the owner of the village temples, Rajadurai has the temples' keys and benefit illegally the donations. After the festival, Rajadurai betrays the villagers lying that temples incurred him heavy losses. So Muthu's family with the support of the villagers complains against Rajadurai. They obtain a favourable decision from the court. Thereafter, to take revenge, Muthu's brother-in-law is killed by Rajadurai's henchman. Muthu and Kaveri eventually get married. A few months later, Kaveri becomes pregnant. Rajadurai desires for revenge and want to destroy Muthu's dynasty. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

• Nizhalgal Ravi as Muthu
• Vaidehi as Kaveri
• R. Sarathkumar as Rajadurai
• Jaiganesh
• K. R. Vijaya as Mariamma
• Devisri
• Ganthimathi
• Vijayachandrika
• Shanmugasundaram as Kaveri's father
• T. S. Raghavendra
• Navarasam G.K.S as Muniya
• Disco Shanti as Anjalai
• Abhilasha
• Loose Mohan
• Usilaimani as Chettiar
• Vellai Subaiah as Patchai Muthu
• K. Rajan as Pazhani

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Sankar Ganesh. The soundtrack, released in 1991, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Muhammed Metha, Ulundurpettai Shanmugam and Venkatesh.^[4]

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