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{{Short description|1974 Indian film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Athaiya Mamiya
| image = Athaiya Mamiya.jpg
| caption = Title card
| director = [[Chithralaya Gopu]]
| screenplay = Chithralaya Gopu
| story = Vijaya Ganesan
| producer = N. R. Amudha
| starring = [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]]<br />[[Ushanandini]]
| cinematography = K. S. Baskar Rao
| editing = N. M. Sankar
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| studio = Garuda Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1974|8|16|ref1=}}
| runtime = 178 minutes<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dharap |first=B.V. |title=Indian Films |publisher=Motion Picture Enterprises |year=1974 |pages=217}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Athaiya Mamiya''''' ({{Translation|Aunt or Auntie?}}) is a 1974 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Chithralaya Gopu]], starring [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] and [[Ushanandini]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Karthikeyan |first=D. |date=15 August 2011 |title=Climax to Thangam Theatre — it's razed down |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/climax-to-thangam-theatre-its-razed-down/article2358763.ece |access-date=9 February 2021 |archive-date=15 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415205214/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/climax-to-thangam-theatre-its-razed-down/article2358763.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2011 |title=Curtains come down on Thangam theatre, once Asia's largest |url=https://www.firstpost.com/fwire/curtains-come-down-on-thangam-theatre-once-asias-largest-54970.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814163938/http://www.firstpost.com:80/fwire/curtains-come-down-on-thangam-theatre-once-asias-largest-54970.html |archive-date=14 August 2011 |access-date=9 February 2021 |website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref> It was released on 16 August 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=அத்தையா மாமியா / Athaiya Mamiya (1974) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/athaiya-mamiya |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228174339/https://screen4screen.com/movies/athaiya-mamiya |archive-date=28 December 2021 |access-date=9 February 2021 |website=Screen 4 Screen |language=}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{More plot|date=September 2021}}
Shankar returns from abroad after completing his higher studies. His parents plan to marry him to one of their relative's daughters. A series of comic incidents ensue while they try to convince Shankar to marry. Things become serious when Shankar reveals to them that he has already met the love of his life, Usha, and married her. Angered by this, his father throws him out of his house and Usha joins Shankar to start a new life. How they succeed in establishing their life is the rest of the film.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] as Shankar
* [[Ushanandini]] as Usha
* [[M. N. Rajam]] as Sumathi
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Manju
* [[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]] as Panjabikesan
* [[Nagesh]] as Balu
* [[Sachu]] as Malathy
* [[Srikanth (actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]] as Sarathi
* [[Gandhimathi]] as Kattankulathaan's wife
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Kattankulathaan
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as Sachinthandham
* [[Sukumari]] as Lakshmi
* [[M. Bhanumathi]] as Chandra
}}

==Production==
Gopu was approached by a Madras Tamil speaking woman Amudha Ganesan to make a film for them based on the script she wrote to which he agreed. She produced the film with the money earned from gambling.<ref name=athai /><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 July 2020 |title=சித்ராலயா கோபுவின், மலரும் நினைவுகள்! (10) |url=https://www.dinamalar.com/malarkal/vara-malar-weekly-magazine/chitralaya-gobus-blooming-memories-10/53332 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205175329/http://chivor-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml |archive-date=5 December 2012 |access-date=29 March 2023 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=Ta}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]] and lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Title
!Singer(s)
!Length
|-
|Marandhe Pochu
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[L. R. Eswari]]
|3:36
|-
|Nan Petha Magane Nataraja
|[[T. M. Soundararajan]]
|4:02
|-
|Athaiya Mamiya Angaya Ingaya
|[[P. Susheela]], L. R. Eswari
|3:12
|}

== Reception ==
S. V. S. of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' called it a good film for those who want to laugh and pass the time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=எஸ். வி. எஸ். |date=8 September 1974 |title=அத்தையா? மாமியா? |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1974/sep/08-09-1974/p37.jpg |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=37 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220727101104/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1974/sep/08-09-1974/p37.jpg |archive-date=27 July 2022 |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref> ''Athaiya Mamiya'' ran in cinemas for 10 weeks.<ref name="athai">{{Cite web |last=நரசிம்மன் |first=டி.ஏ. |date=30 November 2018 |title=சி(ரி)த்ராலயா 44: கடத்தப்பட்ட எழுத்தாளர்! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/146575-44.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204023458/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/146575-44.html |archive-date=4 December 2020 |access-date=9 February 2021 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt3420100}}

[[Category:1974 Indian films]]
[[Category:1974 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1974 comedy films]]
[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Chithralaya Gopu]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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