''Aval Sumangalithan'' () is a 1985 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

-language drama film directed by

Visu Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian writer, director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to director K ...

. The film stars Karthik and Ilavarasi. It was released on 19 July 1985. The film was remade in

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as '' Punyasthree''. The film was adapted from Visu's play of same name.

Plot

Arumugam, a poor father, seeks a groom for his daughter Uma. For Arumugam, the perfect bridegroom seems to be Bhaskaran. Bhaskaran then marries Uma. Bhaskaran understands his in-laws' financial problems, thus he helps them. Later, Bhaskaran suffers from a brain tumour and will die soon. Before Uma realises this, she kills herself and Bhaskaran is cured of a brain tumour.

Cast

* Karthik as Bhaskaran * Ilavarasi as Uma *

as Arumugam *

K. R. Vijaya Deivanayaki better known by her stage name K. R. Vijaya is an Indian actress who has featured in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She started her career in 1963 and has been acting for more than five decades in South Indian cinema. ...

as Mangalam * Chandrasekhar as Kuriakose * Nisha Noor as Stella *

Master Haja Sheriff ''Master'' Haja Sheriff (born Khaja Sheriff) is an Indian actor, who primarily worked in Tamil cinema (Kollywood). He has worked in popular movies like Uthiripookkal, Suvarilladha Chiththirangal, Andha 7 Naatkal. He debuted in the 1979 film Pu ...

as Mani *

T. P. Gajendran T. P. Gajendran (1955 – 5 February 2023) was an Indian film director and actor who played minor roles. He directed more than 15 films and acted in more than 100 films. He was the son of Tuticorin MR.Perumal. Actress T. P. Muthulakshmi, his s ...

as Fernandes * Kishmu as a doctor * Kasthuri Raja as compounder

Soundtrack

The music 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 ...

, with lyrics written by

Pulamaipithan Pulavar Pulamaipithan (6 October 1935 – 8 September 2021) was an Indian scholar, poet and lyricist who got recognition through the song "Naan yaar nee yaar" which was featured in the Tamil film ''Kudiyirundha Koyil'' in 1968. He briefly serve ...

, Muthulingam, N. Kamarasan, Idhayachandran and Jothi Pandian.

References

External links

* {{Kavithalaya Productions 1980s Tamil-language films 1985 films Films directed by Visu Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films with screenplays by Visu Indian films based on plays Tamil films remade in other languages