''Iru Sagodharigal'' () is a 1957 Indian

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-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Vedantam Raghavayya Vedantam Raghavayya ( te, వేదాంతం రాఘవయ్య) (8 June 1919 – 1971) was an Indian film director, dance choreographer, Kuchipudi exponent, actor, producer, and musician known for his works in Telugu cinema, Telugu theat ...

. The film stars

Gemini Ganesan Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred to as the ''Kaadhal Mannan'' (King of Romance) for his romantic roles ...

and Savithri. It was released on 23 August 1957. The film was simultaneously made into

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as ''

Bhale Ammayilu ''Bhale Ammayilu'' () is a 1957 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by V. L. Narasu and directed by Vedantam Raghavayya. It stars Savitri, Girija, and N. T. Rama Rao. Music was jointly composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and S. Hanumantha R ...

''.

Plot

Saroja and Lalitha are sisters. They always quarrel with each other. Their mother tried her best to pacify them, but couldn't. Mother went sick and died. Pancharatna Bhagavathar is a Dance and Music teacher. He helps the two sisters. He sends Lalitha to Chennai to continue her education in a college. He finds a job for Saroja at the residence of Bhoopathiya Pillai. Doctor Sundaram, son of Bhoopathiya Pillai decides to leave the house due to ill-treatment by his step-mother. Saroja talks him into dropping his decision. Sundaram is attracted towards Saroja and wants to marry her. Lalitha lost her money in Chennai. Vasudevan helps her. But he seduces her. He abandons Lalitha when she gives birth to a child. Lalitha comes to Saroja's place with the child. Saroja is shocked to see her sister's plight. To save the family honour, Saroja leaves the house with Lalitha and goes elsewhere. Sundaram searches for Saroja and finally finds her. But he sees that she is affectionate with a child. He mistakes her, changes his mind and goes away. Saroja is in a quandary. She writes a letter to Bhagavathar to come and help them. How she, with the help of Bhagavathar, finds Vasudevan and unites her sister with him and how she pacifies Sundaram and marries him forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Adapted from the song book. ;Male cast *

as Sundar *

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema, known mostly for his villain roles in an eight decade long career. He has also appeared in a few Malayalam films. ...

as Vasudevan *

T. S. Durairaj T. S. Durairaj (31 December 1910 – 2 June 1986) was a Tamil film comedian, drama artist, producer and director in the early stages of the Tamil film industry (Kollywood). He received a Kalaimamani award from the Tamil Nadu Government in ...

as Pancharathna Bhagavathar * V. K. Ramasamy as Subbaiah Pillai ;Female cast * Savitri as Saroja * Girija as Lalitha *

T. P. Muthulakshmi T. P. Muthulakshmi (Native name: தமிழ்: டி. பி. முத்துலட்சுமி) was an Indian actress who was active from the 1950 to 1969. She was a prominent lead comedy actress during the early 1950s in Tamil langu ...

as Ponnammal *

C. K. Saraswathi C. K. Saraswathi (died 1998) was an Indian actress who featured mainly in Tamil films. She was active in the field from 1945 till 1998. During the early days she featured in character roles and in comedy tracks. Later she became famous for her a ...

as Mangamma ;Dance *

Padmini Priyadarshini Padmini Priyadarshini (later Padmini Ramachandran) was an Indian actor, dancer and choreographer. She acted in supporting roles during the 1950s and 1960s in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. She established a dancing school in Bangalore named ''Na ...

Soundtrack

Music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao and all lyrics were penned by

Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass (1914-1965) was an Indian poet and script writer who wrote mainly in the Tamil language. He wrote more than 500 lyrics for Tamil films. Early life Born to Narayanasamy and Pappu at Manampoochavadi in Thanjavur district, h ...

Reception

Kanthan of '' Kallki'' appreciated the film for the cast performances and lack of vulgarity.

References

External links

* {{Vedantam Raghavayya 1950s Tamil-language films 1957 drama films 1957 films Films about sisters Films directed by Vedantam Raghavayya Films scored by S. Rajeswara Rao Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films