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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Gowri Kalyanam<br />
| image = Gowri Kalyanam poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[K. Shankar]]<br />
| screenplay = [[K. Shankar]]<br />
| story = [[Bilahari]]<br />
| producer = G. V. Saravanan<br />
| starring = [[Jaishankar (actor)| Jaishankar]]<br />[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]]<br />[[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]]<br /> [[Sheela]]<br />
| cinematography = Thambu<br />
| editing = [[K. Narayanan]]<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| studio = Saravana Combines<br />
| distributor = Sri Jai Maruthy Combines<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 1966 |title=Gowri Kalyanam |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19661109&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=31 August 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=3 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1966|11|11}}<br />
| runtime = 145 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Gowri Kalyanam''''' ({{Translation|The Marriage of Gowri}}) is a 1966 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by [[K. Shankar]] and produced by G. V. Saravanan. The film stars [[Jaishankar (actor)| Jaishankar]], [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalitha]], [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]], [[Sheela]] and [[Nagesh]]. It was released on 11 November 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2016 |title=ஜெயலலிதா நடித்த திரைப்படங்களின் பட்டியல் |url=https://www.dinamani.com/cm-jayalalitha/2016/dec/06/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-2610816.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624160449/https://www.dinamani.com/cm-jayalalitha/2016/dec/06/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-2610816.html |archive-date=24 June 2020 |access-date=14 July 2021 |website=[[Dinamani]] |language=ta}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
{{No plot|date=July 2021}}<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*[[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] as Raju<br />
*[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] as Gowri<br />
*[[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] as Ramu<br />
*[[Sheela]] as Lakshmi<br />
*[[Nagesh]] as School teacher<br />
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Ayyakkanu's wife<br />
*[[Pandari Bai]] as Kamatchi<br />
*[[S. N. Lakshmi]] asr Ramu's aunt<br />
*[[S. V. Ramadas]] as Ayyakannu<br />
*[[V. S. Raghavan]] as Vedhagiri<br />
*[[K. Vijayan]] as Kuthalalingam<br />
*[[Karikol Raju]] as Vaithiyar<br />
*[[Pakoda Kadhar]] as school student<br />
*[[Master Prabhakar]] as Ganaprakasam<br />
*Dhanaraj<br />
*M. A. Ganapathy<br />
*Pasupathy<br />
*Natarajan<br />
*Lakshmi Kumar<br />
}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gowri Kalyanam (1966) |url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/gowri-kalyanam-t0001596 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222040034/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/gowri-kalyanam-t0001596 |archive-date=22 December 2014 |access-date=2014-12-21 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| "Varanum Varanum Maharani" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[P. Susheela]] || rowspan=2|Poovai Senguttuvan<br />
|-<br />
| "Thottathu Pole Kanavu Kanden" || T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela<br />
|-<br />
| "Vellaikkamalathiley" || [[Soolamangalam Sisters|Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi]] || [[Bharathiyar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Oruvar Manadhai" || T. M. Soundararajan || [[Kannadasan]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Thiruppugazhaip Padap Pada" || Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi & P. Suseela || Poovai Senguttuvan<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' said that, had many unnecessary scenes been cut and thereby improving the pacing, the film would have been better.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=18 December 1966 |title=கௌரி கல்யாணம் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1966-12-18/page/n33/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240401131117/https://archive.org/details/kalki1966-12-18/page/n33/mode/2up |archive-date=1 April 2024 |access-date=1 April 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=33 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|2043872}}<br />
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{{K. Shankar}}<br />
[[Category:1966 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1966 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1966 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. Shankar]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romance films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s romance films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]</div>
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