Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1977
Uyarnthavargal
Buy Uyarnthavargal now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Uyarnthavargal' is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by T. N. Balu, starring Kamal Haasan and Sujatha. The film deals with a deaf-mute couple and their struggle in society. It is a remake of the 1972 Hindi film 'Koshish'.
Plot
Aarumugam and Aarthi are deaf-mute. They meet and fall in love and later get married. They get blessed with a child, but the child accidentally dies due to a petty thief. Devastated, Aarumugam and Aarthi's life comes back to normal after their second child is born. They take all cares in bringing up to him to be well educated. Ironically, their employer's daughter is also deaf-mute. They want to get their son married to the employer's daughter, but the son opposes it.
Cast
*Kamal Haasan as Aarumugam
*Sujatha as Aarthi
*Thengai Srinivasan
*Srikanth as the thief
*Pandari Bai
*Master Sridhar
*Typist Gopu
*Loose Mohan
;Guest actors
*Sanjeev Kumar
*Prem Nazir
*Jaishankar as Sankar
*Manorama
*M. Balamuralikrishna
*Suruli Rajan
*S. A. Ashokan
Production
'Uyarnthavargal' was produced under production banner Raasleela Pictures. The final length of the film was .
Soundtrack
The music was composed by ShankarGanesh and lyrics were written by Kannadasan.
Release and reception
'Uyarnthavargal' was released on 14 January 1977. Kanthan of 'Kalki' appreciated the film for not having fight sequences or duet songs picturised on the lead characters, considering their deaf-muteness.
References
Buy Uyarnthavargal now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1977