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Mogam Muppadhu Varusham
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Wikipedia article
'Mogam Muppadhu Varusham' is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Mahendran. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Vijayakumar, Sumithra, Fatafat Jayalaxmi and Sripriya. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Maniyan and serialised in the magazine 'Ananda Vikatan'. The film was released on 27 November 1976, and became a commercial success.
Plot
Ramesh, a city bred man is married to Kasthuri, a village girl. On the other hand, Ravishankar, a village lad and Menaka, a modern woman are married. Menaka hates living with Ravishankar as he does not show interest in sex life. Meanwhile, Bhama, a young girl wants at least to have a child with Ramesh, and is attracted by him even if he does not marry her. The film ends with these people overcoming all their issues and living happily, except Bhama, who commits suicide.
Cast
* Kamal Haasan as Ramesh
* Vijayakumar as Ravi Shankar
* Major Sundarrajan
* Sumithra as Kasthuri
* Sukumari as Kamala
* Fatafat Jayalaxmi as Menaka
* Sripriya as Bama
* Manorama as Raji
* Kathadi Ramamurthy as Shankaran
* Peeli Sivam as Vimala's Husband
* S. N. Lakshmi as Kasthuri's Mami
* S. R. Veeraraghavan as Krishnamurthy
Production
'Mogam Muppadhu Varusham' is based on the novel of the same name, written by Maniyan and serialised in the magazine 'Ananda Vikatan'. This film was produced under production banner Swarnambika Productions and shot in black-and-white. It was given an "A" (adults only) certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification with no cuts. The final length of the film was .
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar.
Release and reception
'Mogam Muppadhu Varusham' was released on 27 November 1976, and became a commercial success. Kanthan of 'Kalki' appreciated the director for properly adapting the source material to the screen, and the dialogues.
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