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Lakshmi Kalyanam (1968 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Lakshmi Kalyanam' is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by G. Or. Nathan and produced by A. L. Srinivasan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Vennira Aadai Nirmala, K. Balaji and M. N. Nambiar. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It was remade in Telugu as 'Pelli Koothuru' (1970).
Plot
Cast
*Sivaji Ganesan as Kathirvel
*Sowcar Janaki as Parvathi
*Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Lakshmi
*K. Balaji as Ramu
*M. N. Nambiar as Suruttu Sundaram Pillai
*Major Sundarrajan as Ragunathan
*V. K. Ramasamy as Egambaram
*V. S. Raghavan as Rajankam
*S. V. Ramadas as Rajadurai
*V. Gopalakrishnan as Balu
*Cho as Gnanapalam
*A. Karunanidhi as Ganesan Pillai
*C. K. Saraswathi as Maragatham
*S. N. Lakshmi as Rajadurai's mother
*Shanmugasundari as Balu's mother
*P. D. Sambandam as Iyer
*S. Ramarao as Neelakanda Sastri
* Shanmuga Sundaram as Police Sub-Inspector
* "Periyar" Rajavel as Police Inspector
Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan. The song "Raman Ethanai" is set in Sindhu Bhairavi raga, and symbolises "the role of Ram in the popular imagination and in the arts, endlessly fascinating poets, dancers, musicians, scholars and filmmakers". "Brindavanathukku", like many other songs by Kannadasan, extols Krishna.
Release and reception
'Lakshmi Kalyanam' was released on 15 November 1968, The film won the Filmfare Award for Best Film Tamil, and four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards: Best Music Director (Viswanathan), Best Male Playback Singer (Soundararajan), Best Female Playback Singer (Susheela) and Best Lyricist (Kannadasan).
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