''Vandhaale Magaraasi'' is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan and produced by Ashok Pictures. The screenplay was written by Gopalakrishnan, the film was shot at his own studio, Karpagam Studios. Music was by Shankar–Ganesh. The film stars Jayalalithaa (in dual role) and

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, playing lead role, with Jaishankar, V. S. Raghavan,

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Pushpalatha and Bhagavathy in supporting roles. It was released on 16 March 1973.

Plot

Sundaram, a doctor by profession and an orphan comes to his village, to serve the villagers. He is stunned to see the inhuman behaviour meted out by his landlady Mangamma and her mother towards the other members of the house. The landlady's husband is Sivalingam, her brother and her mother-in-law. The widow's step-daughter Uma and her children undergo many miseries at their hands. To add to this, Lakshmi a simple village teacher, married the landlady Mangamma's brother. She was physically and mentally abused. Sundaram chances upon a look-like of Lakshmi, Rani and requests her to impersonate Lakshmi and teach Mangamma and her mother a lesson. Does Rani accept this proposal?

Cast

* Jayalalithaa as Lakshmi/Rani * Jaishankar as Dr. Sundaram *

as Mangamma *

as Lakshmi's Husband & Mangamma's Brother * V. S. Raghavan as Sivalingam *

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as Uma (Sivalingam Daughter) *

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as Mangamma's Mother * S. N. Lakshmi as Lakshmi's Mother *

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as Advocate Vaiyapuri (Rani's Father) * V. R. Thilagam as Sengamalam *

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as Natesan (Uma Husband) * V. Gopalakrishnan as Cameo Appearance * Master Sridhar as Cameo Appearance * Kallapart Natarajan as Saniyasamm * S. R. Janaki as Sivalingam's Mother * K. D. Santhanam as Advocate

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh and lyrics were written by Vaali. Jayalalithaa sang "Kankalil Aayiram", rather than use a

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Release and reception

''Vandhaale Magaraasi'' was released on 16 March 1973. For her performance, Jayalalithaa won the Tamil Nadu Cinema Fan Award for Best Actress.

References

External links

* * {{K. S. Gopalakrishnan 1970s satirical films 1970s Tamil-language films 1973 comedy-drama films 1973 films Films about women in India Films directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Films with screenplays by K. S. Gopalakrishnan Indian black-and-white films Indian comedy-drama films Indian feminist films Indian satirical films