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{{Infobox film
| name           = Gumasthavin Magal
| image          =
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| director       = [[A. P. Nagarajan]]
| producer       = C. N. Venkatasamy
| writer         = [[A. P. Nagarajan]]
| narrator       =
| starring       = [[Sivakumar]] <br /> [[Kamal Haasan]] <br /> [[Aarathi]] <br /> [[Usharani|Usha]] <br /> [[Nagesh]]
| music          = [[Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan]]
| cinematography = K. S. Prasad
| editing        = T. Vijayarangam <br /> E. Arunachalam
| studio         = C. N. V. Movies
| distributor    = 
| released       = 27 April 1974<ref>{{Cite web |title=குமாஸ்தாவின் மகள் / Gumasthavin Magal (1974) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1974/gumasthavin-magal |access-date=30 May 2021 |website=Screen4screen}}</ref>
| runtime        = 138 mins
| country        = India
| language       = Tamil
| budget         =
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'''''Gumasthavin Magal''''' ({{trans|Clerk's daughter}}) is a 1974 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film,<ref name="anandan">{{Cite book |last=Film News Anandan |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1974.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |publisher=Sivakami Publishers |location=Chennai |language=Tamil |trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films |author-link=Film News Anandan |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref> directed by [[A. P. Nagarajan]], starring [[Sivakumar]] and [[Aarathi]]. [[Kamal Haasan]] appears as a villain in the film and then finally changes into a good man.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2013 |title=Gumasthavin Magal |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=j-pimhCn7Xc |publisher=Rajvideovisiontamil |via=YouTube |accessdate=1 September 2020}}</ref> This was the first film for noted [[Kannada]] actress [[Aarathi]] in Tamil.

The film is an adaptation of the stage play of the same name, the stage play previously filmed in Tamil language as [[Gumasthavin Penn]] in 1941.

== Plot ==
Seetha and Sarasa are sisters. Their father Ramaswami who works as a clerk under a rich philanderer Mani. Mani is married to Vimala. Ramu another rich man in the village. Ramu’s mother wishes to get him married to Seetha. But Ramu refuses, and the desperate father gets her married to a doddering old man. The poor woman becomes a widow even before the wedding ceremony is over. Mani gave cash to Seetha and asked her to stay with him, but Seetha rejected and commits suicide. Ramu feels he is responsible for her tragic end, and comes forward to arrange Sarasa’s marriage. When the bridegroom and his family walk out over an argument over dowry, Ramu steps in and marries Sarasa.

== Cast ==
* [[Sivakumar]] as Ramu
* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Mani<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2018 |title=Kamal Haasan's filmography: How the actor rose to superstardom |url=https://zeenews.india.com/people/kamal-haasans-filmography-how-the-actor-rose-to-superstardom-2082979.html |access-date=1 September 2020 |website=[[Zee News]]}}</ref>
* [[Aarathi]] as Seetha<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 July 2020 |title=Remembering Malaysia Vasudevan, the singer with a unique voice |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/remembering-malaysia-vasudevan-the-singer-with-a-unique-voice/article31971547.ece |access-date=1 September 2020 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
* [[Usharani|Usha]] as Vimala
* [[Nagesh]] as Appusamy Josiyar
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Gumastha Ramaswamy
* [[Pandari Bai]] as Thiruppurasundari
* T. K. Bagavathy (Guest Appearance)
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] (Guest Appearance)

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan]], while the lyrics were written by "Poovai" Senguttavan and "Ulandhurpettai" Shanmugam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gumasthavin Magal Songs |url=http://www.inbaminge.com/t/k/Kumasthavin%20Magal/ |accessdate=2014-07-17}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers
|-
| 1 || "Ennai Paarthu" || [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]]
|-
| 2 || "Ezhudhi Ezhudhi" || [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]], M. R. Vijaya
|-
| 3 || "Kaalam Seiyum" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
|-
| 4 || "Therodum Veedhiyile" || [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]]
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0246664}}

{{A. P. Nagarajan}}

[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. P. Nagarajan]]
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by A. P. Nagarajan]]


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