''Sujatha'' is a 1980 Indian
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-language film directed by Vasudevan, starring
Vijayan Vijayan is a South Indian name and may refer to:
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Shankar Shankar may refer to:
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* L. Shankar, Indian violinist
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Saritha
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Sukumari
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,
Rajalakshmi
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Vanitha Krishnachandran
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Personal life
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Major Sundarrajan
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and
Raveendran
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. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''
Shalini Ente Koottukari
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''.
Plot summary
''Sujatha'' is the story of a brother and sister, played by
Shankar Shankar may refer to:
People
* Shankar (name), including a list of people with the name
* Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer
* L. Shankar, Indian violinist
*S. Shankar, Indian film director commonly credited as Shankar
* San ...
and
Saritha
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respectively. Shankar commits suicide to stop the forced marriage initiated by their father
Major Sundarrajan
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, as she does not want to marry. The film shows light in Saritha's life, when she meets a new college lecturer Vijayan.
Cast
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Vijayan Vijayan is a South Indian name and may refer to:
Given name
*Pinarayi Vijayan (born 1944), Indian politician
* Vijayan (actor) (1944–2007), Tamil & Malayalam film actor
*Vijayan (stunt coordinator), action choreographer for South Indian films
*Vi ...
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Shankar Shankar may refer to:
People
* Shankar (name), including a list of people with the name
* Sankar (writer) (Mani Shankar Mukherjee), Bengali writer
* L. Shankar, Indian violinist
*S. Shankar, Indian film director commonly credited as Shankar
* San ...
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Saritha
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Major Sundarrajan
Srinivasan Sundarrajan (17 March 1925 – 28 February 2003), popularly known as Major Sundarrajan, was an Indian actor and director who performed predominantly in Tamil language films and plays. He was well known for his sophisticated and ...
*
Sukumari
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*
Sachu
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Thengai Srinivasan
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Nagesh
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Rajalakshmi
Thakkathu Amayankottu Rajalakshmi (June 2, 1930 – January 18, 1965), better identified as Rajalakshmi, was an Indian novelist, short story writer and poet of Malayalam literature. She was the author of three novels, two poetry anthologies a ...
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Vanitha Krishnachandran
Vanitha Krishnachandran is an Indian film and television actress. She acted during the 1980s in nearly 170 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films along with several Malayalam and Tamil Television serials.
Personal life
Vanitha was ...
*
Raveendran
Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer an ...
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.
*"Nee Varuvaiyena" (F) - Kalyani Menon
*"Nee Varuvaiyena" (M) - Jayachandran
*"Nadai Alangaram" - SPB
*"Engirintho Vantha Paravaigale" - P.Suseela
*"Antharanga" - Jayachandran
Records:EMI EP Record (c) 1980
References
External links
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1980 films
Indian drama films
Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan
Tamil remakes of Malayalam films
1980s Tamil-language films
1980 drama films
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