Sumangali (1983 film)

Sumangali is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by D. Yoganand. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Prabhu, Geetha, Y. G. Mahendra in lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.[1] The film was a remake of Hindi film Aasha (1980).[2]

Sumangali
Directed byD. Yoganand
Produced byD. Yoganand
Written byAarur Das (dialogues)
Story byRam Kelkar
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
CinematographyG.Or. Nathan
Edited byR. Vittal
Production
company
Alankar Films
Release date
  • 12 August 1983 (1983-08-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Ramu (Sivaji Ganesan) is a BA graduate that drives a lorry for a living. He meets singer/dancer Roopadevi (Geetha) while on a trip and soon considers her a dear friend. The orphaned Roopa comes to love Ramu but backs off when she realizes that he's in love with Thulasi (Sujatha). Ramu's boss, Vinayagam (V. K. Ramasamy) wants Ramu to marry his daughter Lakshmi (Silk Smitha). He's enraged when Ramu and Thulasi marry and arranges for Ramu to die on his next trip. Ramu escapes but his family believes him to be dead. Ramu's mother (Pushpalatha) kicks Thulasi out blaming her bad luck for her son's death. A despondent Thulasi attempts suicide and is thought to be dead. When Ramu returns home, he's heartbroken and leaves in despair. Roopa runs into him and convinces him to sing with her as a means of dealing with his depression.

Thulasi, meanwhile, was rescued after her suicide attempt by a temple priest. She is now blind and also learns that she is pregnant. The priest, his wife (S. N. Lakshmi) and another orphaned young man, Prakash (Prabhu Ganesan) become her surrogate family. She gives birth to a girl that she names Ramathulasi as Ramu once wanted. When Prakash learns there's a chance for Thulasi to regain her sight with an operation, he heads to Calcutta to make the money needed. Ramathulasi sells dolls door to door to bring in some much-needed cash for the family. She meets Ramu and Roopa while selling dolls and charms them both. Ramu and Roopa are now a very successful performing team and after years of mourning, Ramu has agreed to marry Roopa. The new couple are drawn to Ramathulasi and offer to pay for her mother's operation. Roopa and Thulasi become friends but Ramu somehow always misses seeing Thulasi. Roopa is by Thulasi's side when her operation is done and she regains her sight. Thulasi promises to be by Roopa at her wedding. She recognizes Ramu at the wedding and runs away not wanting to ruin Roopa's life. Ramu is soon made aware of Thulasi's existence and must make a decision on the direction of his life.

Cast

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M S Viswanathan.[3] The soundtrack was released under label Saregama.[4]

References
  1. "Sumangali". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. Joshi, Namrata (8 August 2019). "J. Om Prakash: a personification of an older, genteel Bollywood". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. https://gaana.com/album/sumangali-tamil
  4. https://www.saregama.com/album/sumangali_14256


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