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{{Infobox film
| name = Dowry Kalyanam
| image = Dowry Kalyanam.jpg
| caption = Title card
| director = [[Visu]]
| writer = Visu
| based_on = {{based on|''Dowry Kalyana Vaibhogame''|Visu}}
| producer = S. Suseela
| starring = Visu [[Vijayakanth]] [[Srividya]] [[M. N. Nambiar]] [[Viji]] [[S. Ve. Shekher]]
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| studio = Charuchithra Films
| released = {{film date|1983|5|31|df=y|ref1=<ref>{{Cite web |title=டௌரி கல்யாணம் / Dowry Kalyanam (1983) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1983/dowry-kalyanam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608045807/https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1983/dowry-kalyanam |archive-date=8 June 2021 |access-date=27 November 2021 |website=Screen4Screen |language=en, ta}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 138 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Dowry Kalyanam''''' ({{translation|Dowry Marriage}}) is a 1983 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[black comedy]] film, directed by [[Visu]] and produced by S. Suseela. The film stars Visu, [[Vijayakanth]], [[Srividya]], [[S. Ve. Shekher]] and [[Viji]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=24 July 1983 |title=டௌரி கல்யாணம் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1983/jul/24-07-1983/p42.jpg |url-status=live |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=42 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127054331/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1983/jul/24-07-1983/p42.jpg |archive-date=27 November 2021 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref> The film had musical score by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. It is based on Visu's play ''Dowry Kalyana Vaibhogame''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhatt |first=Karthik |date=12 April 2016 |title=Pattinapravesam : From Stage to Celluloid |url=https://tcrcindia.com/2016/04/12/pattinapravesam-from-stage-to-celluloid/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185111/https://tcrcindia.com/2016/04/12/pattinapravesam-from-stage-to-celluloid/ |archive-date=26 January 2018 |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=The Cinema Resource Centre}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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Ganeshan and Ethiraj are best friends and colleagues. Ethiraj is a widower and an alcoholic while Ganeshan is married and has a sister and a brother. Ganeshan does not earn enough and borrows from Ethiraj and Rowthar, a Muslim man who runs a grocery shop, frequently.

A misunderstanding arises when Ethiraj's mother proposes marriage between Ganeshan's sister and Ethiraj leading to a rift in their friendship. He challenges that he would get his sister married in a pompous manner.

However, the groom's family is behind dowry. The mother of the groom runs the family tyrannically. How Ganeshan struggles to make ends meet with many subplots makes it an interesting movie to watch.

In the end, with help from many people, he gets his sister married only for his own sister to ask him about the remainder of the dowry.

== Cast ==
{{Colbegin}}
*[[Visu]] as Ganesan
*[[Vijayakanth]] as Ethiraj
*[[Srividya]] as Uma
*[[S. Ve. Shekher]] as Manggupathi
*[[Viji]] as Gowri
*[[Kishmu]] as Acharapakkam Raja Kalavai
*[[Pushpalatha]] as Arcot Rushyendramani
*[[M. N. Nambiar]] as Rowthar
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Seetha Latchmi
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Kandhasamy
*[[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Jalandar Subbudu (Ganesan's uncle)
*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as Kuselan (Ganesan's maternal uncle)
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Kuselan
*M. R. Rajamani as Sastrigal
*S. R. Janaki as Ganesan's grandmother
{{Colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]], with lyrics by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dowry Kalyanam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/dowry-kalyanam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608051007/https://mossymart.com/product/dowry-kalyanam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |archive-date=8 June 2021 |access-date=27 November 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Sreeraman Sreedevi
| note1 =
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]]
| length1 =
| title2 = Enthan Kannana Kannatti
| note2 =
| lyrics2 =
| music2 =
| extra2 = [[P. Jayachandran]], [[S. P. Sailaja]]
| length2 =
| title3 = Andavane Kanthirandu
| note3 =
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| extra3 = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| length3 =
}}

== Censorship controversies ==
Visu mentioned that the [[central Board of Film Certification|censor board]] wanted 87 cuts for the film as they were not impressed with the portrayal of the character Rowther ([[M. N. Nambiar]]) speaking in [[Hindi]] mixed with Tamil because [[Rowther]]s speak pure Tamil. Visu had to come up with the scene where he explains about his portrayal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2016 |title=Director Visu Interview : Censor asked me to make 87 cuts for my film |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/actor-script-writer-anchor-visu-interview-transcription-tamil-news-162536.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101045151/http://www.indiaglitz.com/actor-script-writer-anchor-visu-interview-transcription-tamil-news-162536.html |archive-date=1 January 2017 |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=IndiaGlitz}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|3323862}}

{{Visu}}

[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1983 films]]
[[Category:Films about Indian weddings]]
[[Category:Films directed by Visu]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Visu]]
[[Category:Indian black comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

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