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{{short description|1970 film by R. Thyagarajan}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aattukara Alamelu
| image = Aattukara Alamelu.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[R. Thyagarajan (director)|R. Thyagarajan]]
| screenplay = [[Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar]]
| producer = Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
| starring = [[Sivakumar]]<br />[[Sripriya]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| music = [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| studio = Dhandayudhapani Films
| released = {{film date|1977|11|10|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aattukara Alamelu''''' ({{trans|Goatherd Alamelu}}) is a 1977 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film directed by [[R. Thyagarajan (director)|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]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 April 2019 |title=Chinnappa Devar family scion speaks about dad, granddad & films with Rajini |work=[[The News Today (India)|News Today]] |url=https://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2019/04/16/chinnappa-devar-family-scion-speaks-about-her-father-grandfather-and-their-films-with-rajini/ |url-status=live |access-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602222750/https://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2019/04/16/chinnappa-devar-family-scion-speaks-about-her-father-grandfather-and-their-films-with-rajini/ |archive-date=2 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mera Rakshak |url=http://myswar.co/album/mera-rakshak-1978 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610080128/http://myswar.co/album/mera-rakshak-1978 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |access-date=10 June 2021 |website=MySwar}}</ref>

== 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 (actress)|Kavitha]] as Radha
*[[Major Sundararajan]] 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'']".<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 February 2005 |title=Portrait of an actor |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/portrait-of-an-actor/article28150638.ece |url-status=live |access-date=28 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621052959/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/portrait-of-an-actor/article28150638.ece |archive-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> The name of the title character, Alamelu, is a reference to Sripriya's birth name.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 May 2020 |title=மறக்க முடியுமா? - ஆட்டுக்கார அலமேலு |language=ta |work=[[Dinamalar]] |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/marakka-mudiyuma/88070/old-movies/Marakka-Mudiyuma-:-Aattukara-Alamelu.htm |url-status=live |access-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605052143/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/marakka-mudiyuma/88070/old-movies/Marakka-Mudiyuma-:-Aattukara-Alamelu.htm |archive-date=5 June 2020}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music for this film was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aatukkara Alamelu Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh |url=https://mossymart.com/product/aatukkara-alamelu-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621053000/https://mossymart.com/product/aatukkara-alamelu-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |archive-date=21 June 2021 |access-date=10 June 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Song!! Singers !! Duration
|-
| 1
| "Aathula Meen"
| [[P. Susheela]]
| 03:44
|-
| 2
| "Dhaagam Theerndhadi"
| P. Susheela, [[T. M. Soundararajan]]
| 03:58
|-
| 3
| "Paruththi Edukkaiyile"
| P. Susheela, T. M. Soundararajan
| 04:25
|-
| 4
| "Then Koodu Thirumagal"
| P. Susheela
| 04:04
|-
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Aattukara Alamelu'' was released on 10 November 1977, [[Diwali]] day.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 October 2019 |title=தீபாவளி ரிலீஸ்! |language=ta |work=[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]] |url=http://www.kungumam.co.in/VArticalinnerdetail.aspx?id=9746&id1=40&issue=20191025 |url-status=live |access-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026142021/http://kungumam.co.in/VArticalinnerdetail.aspx?id=9746&id1=40&issue=20191025 |archive-date=26 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aattukara Alamelu (1977) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1977/aattukara-alamelu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621053004/https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1977/aattukara-alamelu |archive-date=21 June 2021 |access-date=10 June 2021 |website=Screen4Screen}}</ref> ''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!".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1978 |editor-last=Ramachandran |editor-first=T.M. |title=Special Supplement on Tamil Cinema Today |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Film_World/xXhTAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22fluke%22&printsec=frontcover |magazine=Film World |volume=14 |page=35}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=8907712}}
{{Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar}}

[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1977 drama films]]
[[Category:1977 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]

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