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Aattukara Alamelu
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Wikipedia article
'Aattukara Alamelu' is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Thyagarajan. It stars Sivakumar and Sripriya. The film was produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar for Dhandayudhapani Films. The film was remade in Telugu as 'Pottelu Punnamma' and in Hindi as 'Mera Rakshak'.
Plot
Goatherd Alamelu leads a happy life with her pet goat in a village. Her life changes for the worse when a landlord talks ill of her character and claims to have had an affair with her.
Cast
*Sivakumar as Vijay
*Sripriya as Alamelu
*Jaiganesh as Balu
*Suruli Rajan as Velu
*S. A. Ashokan as Dharmalingam
*Kavitha as Radha
*Major Sundarrajan as Aarumugam
*Thengai Srinivasan as "Nattu Vaithiyar" Nallamuthu
*Nagesh as Varadhachary
*Jayamalini
Production
Sivakumar said it took him "15 years to do the role in ['Aattukara Alamelu']". The name of the title character, Alamelu, is a reference to Sripriya's birth name.
Soundtrack
The music for this film was composed by ShankarGanesh.
Release and reception
'Aattukara Alamelu' was released on 10 November 1977, Diwali day. 'Film World' wrote, "'Aattukara Alamelu' is a fluke; one misses any worthy element that is a box-office draw besides the performance of the goat!". The film was a silver jubilee hit.
Legacy
'Enga Ooru Aattukkaran' (1990), which also stars Sripriya, was compared by N. Krishnaswamy of 'The Indian Express' to 'Aattukara Alamelu' as it also prominently features a goat.
References
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