''Kungumam Kathai Solgirathu'' () is a 1978 Indian

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-language film directed by

K. Shankar Kannan Shankar (17 March 1926 - 5 March 2006) was an Indian film editor, screenwriter and director. He directed more than 80 films in South Indian languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada as well as in Hindi. Film career Shanka ...

. The film stars M. G. C. Sukumar,

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, Padmapriya,

Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh (1946 – 11 February 2001) was an Indian Tamil film actor. He had supporting roles in the films ''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai'' and ''Attukara Alamelu'', among others. His most popular roles have been as a supporting actor or as a villa ...

and

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. It is Sukumar's first film as lead actor. The film was released on 23 December 1978 and failed at the box office.

Plot

Cast

* M. G. C. Sukumar *

* Padmapriya *

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Production

''Kungumam Kathai Solgirathu'' is the first film for Sukumar as lead actor.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

Release and reception

''Kungumam Kathai Solgirathu'' was released on 23 December 1978. Kousigan of '' Kalki'' gave the film a negative review, primarily for its story. The film failed at the box office.

References

External links

* {{K. Shankar 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films 1978 films Films directed by K. Shankar Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan