''Veettukku Vandha Marumagal'' () is a 1973 Indian

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directed by R. Vittal. The film stars A. V. M. Rajan and Latha. It was released on 3 September 1973.

Plot

Cast

List adapted from the film credits Male cast * A. V. M. Rajan * Ravichandran * Cho *

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* Karikol Raju * Jeevagan * Jayaraman * Vijaya Rao * Ratnakumar * ''Master'' Rajkumar Female cast *

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* Latha * G. Varalakshmi * Manorama * Tambaram Lalitha * ''Achchachcho'' Chitra * Shanmugasundari * Kanthimathi * K. S. Angamuthu * Vijayakumari * Vijayarani * ''Burma'' Chandra * ''Baby'' Indra Guest artists * R. Muthuraman * Thengai Seenivasan * V. S. Raghavan * M. N. Rajam

Production

The film was produced under the banner Sri Navaneedha Films by G. Subramania Reddiar who also wrote the story. R. Vittal directed the film. This is his debut as a director. A. L. Narayanan and S. Aiyapillai wrote the screenplay and Dialogues. Pl. Nagappa was in charge of Cinematography while the Operative Cameraman was N. K. Visvanathan and editing was done by N. Damodharan. Art director was A. Balu and the choreography was done by A. K. Chopra and Chinni – Sampath duo. Still photography was handled by Chimmaiah and Anand. The film was shot at AVM, Bharani and Katpagam studios and processing was done at Vijaya Laboratory.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

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while the lyrics were penned by

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s are T. M. Soundararajan, P.Susheela,

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, who made her debut in Tamil Films,

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and L. R. Eswari.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1485817 * 1970s Tamil-language films 1973 drama films 1973 films Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Indian drama films