''Karunai Ullam'' () is a 1978

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-language film directed by

A. Bhimsingh A. Bhimsingh or Bhim Singh (1924–1978) was an Indian filmmaker who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages that include 18 films in Hindi, 8 films in Telugu, 5 films in Malayalam and 1 film in ...

. The film stars

Srikanth Srikanth or Sreekanth is a common Indian first name. * Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940), Tamil film actor active in films from 1965 * Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1980), Tamil actor active in films after 2002 * Srikanth (Telugu actor), Telugu acto ...

and

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. It is based on the novel ''Karunaiynal Alla'' () by

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Plot

A lone middle-aged woman, Gauri, meets Mudaliar, another middle-aged man in the house of her boss. She also comes across her old lover, whom she did not marry to respect her mother's words. Her old lover comes in search of her and asks her to marry him as his ailing wife is dying. She refuses but decides to marry Mudaliar, to fill the gap, she feels in her life.

Cast

* Vijayakumar *

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* Suman

Production

''Karunai Ullam'' was produced by M. S. V. Movies, and was the last film directed by

to release.

Soundtrack

Reception

Sreekanth received

Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor The Tamil State Film Awards for Best Actor is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil (Kollywood) films. List of winners {, class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" , - ! colspan="5" , Lis ...

for his performance in the film.

References

External links

* {{A. Bhimsingh 1970s Tamil-language films 1978 films Films based on Indian novels Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh