''Praptham'' () is a 1971 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, nativ ...

-language film, directed and produced by Savitri. The film stars

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

and Savitri. It is a remake of the 1964 Telugu film '' Mooga Manasulu''. The film was released on 14 July 1971, and became a

box-office bomb A box-office bomb, or box-office disaster, is a film that is unprofitable or considered highly unsuccessful during its theatrical run. Although any film for which the production, marketing, and distribution costs combined exceed the revenue after ...

, causing a massive impediment in Savitri's career and leading to her downfall.

Plot

Cast

as Kannan * Savitri as Radha * S. V. Ranga Rao as Zamindar * M. N. Nambiar as Raju * Srikanth as Ramu/Thiyagarajan *

Chandrakala Chandrakala was an Indian actress who appeared in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. Film career She debuted in Kannada films in 1963 and went on to pair with Dr. Rajkumar, Kalyan Kumar, Uday Kumar and Rajesh. In 1971, she ...

as Gowri *

Nagesh Nagesh (born Cheyur Krishnarao Nageshwaran; (27 September 1933 – 31 January 2009) was an Indian actor, mostly remembered for his roles as a comedian in Tamil films during the 1960s. Nagesh was born in Dharapuram. He acted in over 1,000 fil ...

as Ponnan * C. K. Saraswathi as Rama * Senthamarai as Church father *S.R. Janaki as Kannan's mother

Production

After watching ''Mooga Manasulu'', Savitri wanted to remake it in Tamil, produce it and direct it.

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 ...

, then romantically linked to her, warned her against doing so, describing it as an acid test, but Savitri refused to comply. Besides directing and producing, Savitri also was the lead actress, over Ganesan's objections. The film was mostly shot on an island between Kakinada and Amalapuram.

Soundtrack

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

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

Release and reception

''Praptham'' was released on 14 April 1971,

Puthandu Puthandu (), also known as Puthuvarudam, and the Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar, traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamil Hindus. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu cal ...

and became a

, partly due to releasing on the same day as another Sivaji Ganesan film, '' Sumathi En Sundari''. It caused a massive impediment in Savitri's career and led to her downfall.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1445719 1970s Tamil-language films 1971 films Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Tamil remakes of Telugu films