''Andaman Kadhali'' () is a 1978 Indian

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-language film, directed by

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, produced by

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and written by A. S. Prakasam. The film stars

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, Sujatha, Chandra Mohan and Thengai Srinivasan. It was released on 26 January 1978. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Andaman Ammayi''.

Plot

Shivaji Ganesan is a millionaire who believes money alone is God and is capable of solving all problems. He is the guardian of his boss' d daughter who wants him to buy a statue by a sculptor she is crazy about. She wants him to come to Andaman for the same. However, in the past, Shivaji was an inhabitant of Andaman and was the lover of Sujatha. While she was pregnant on account of them having married in secrecy due to fear of their tribe, he went to get the doctor who insults them. In rage, he kills the doctor and in fear, runs away from Andaman. A millionaire hires him as a servant, sees his good heart and after a good many years, leaves all the money to him with the clause that he has to keep his daughter happy. To keep his promise, Shivaji goes to Andaman. To his shock, he finds out that the uncle of Sujatha has vowed to tattoo "womanizer" on Shivaji's forehead for ruining Sujatha's life and the sculptor, the one his ward wants to marry, is his own son who wants to make a statue of him in an insulting manner to stand as a symbol of evil. The sculptor, seeing Shivaji's arrogance while being unaware, asks him to get his father in return for the statue and for him to marry his ward. The only way though is that Sujatha has to accept the person as her husband. The doctor too isn't dead and had merely fainted to add to the mix. It becomes a cat and mouse game as Sujatha will not accept Shivaji as her husband under any circumstance to save him from the humiliation while Shivaji will stop at nothing to keep his word.

Cast

as Prabhu * Sujatha as Maragatham * Chandra Mohan as Madhan * Kavitha as Kavitha * Thengai Srinivasan as Dr. Banerji * Manorama as Nandini / Nattiya Abinayasundari * Sukumari as Maragatham's friend * Y. G. Mahendran as Madhan's friend *

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as Prabhu's secretary * C. I. D Sakunthala as secretary's wife * Senthamarai as Maragatham's uncle * Seema as Madhan's girlfriend

Production

''Andaman Kadhali'' was the first Tamil film to be shot in Andaman Islands.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by

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Release

''Andaman Kadhali'' was initially scheduled to release on 10 November 1977 ( Diwali day), but delayed to 26 January 1978 (

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) to avoid competition with another Ganesan film, '' Annan Oru Koyil''. The film was a success.

References

External links

* {{Muktha Srinivasan 1970s Tamil-language films 1978 films Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Tamil films remade in other languages