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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kulama Gunama<br />
| image = Kulama Gunama.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
| producer = M. Aazam<br />
| writer = [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
| screenplay = [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]]<br />
| story = M. Aazam<br />
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[Jaishankar]]<br />[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]<br />[[Vanisri]]<br />
| music = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]<br />
| cinematography = R. Sampath<br />
| editing = R. Devarajan<br />
| studio = Aazam Arts<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1971|03|26|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 November 2019 |title=எம்ஜிஆர், சிவாஜி இரண்டாம் இடம்; ஆதிபராசக்திதான் முதலிடம் |language=ta |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/525353-mgr-sivaji.html |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref><br />
| runtime = 128 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kulama Gunama''''' ({{translation|Caste? Or Character?}}) is a 1971 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by [[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]] and produced by M. Aasam. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Jaishankar]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] and [[Vanisri]]. The film had musical score by [[K. V. Mahadevan]]. It is a remake of the 1968 [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Thalli Prema]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4rcDwAAQBAJ&q=kulama |title=BollySwar: 1981–1990 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited |year=2020 |isbn=9788193848227 |pages=822}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Sivaji is a highly respectable man in his village. He works tirelessly for the welfare of his society and hardly spends time with his wife Padmini. Padmini has no child after many years of marriage. Jaishankar is Sivaji's younger brother and is in love with Vanisri, daughter of Nambiar, who is the owner of a grocery store. Nambiar adulterates almost all his products in his shop and sells them at high prices. People have no choice but to buy his stuff for their daily life as this is the only grocery shop in the entire village. Sivaji puts a stop to this by inaugurating a grocery shop owned by the village cooperative society, after which Nambiar begins to incur losses as people no longer buy from his shop. After knowing that his daughter is in love with Sivaji's brother, Nambiar plans to make use of this to separate the brothers. Sivaji is initially reluctant to this marriage, but agrees eventually after talking to Vanisri and learning about her good character. After their marriage, Padmini and Vanisri lead the family like non-biological sisters. Vanisri pays no heed to her parents who wanted a separate share for Jaishankar and herself. Their motive goes in vain. Both Padmini and Vanisri conceive at the same time and during the child birth, ironically, Vanisri's baby is stillborn. Unknown to Vanisri, Padmini gives her son to her. Nambiar persuades Jaishankar to ask for his family share and Sivaji is shocked to hear this. Sivaji, in an emotional climax, gives his brother 2 choices, either to choose him or his entire family wealth in a subtle way. In the end, it is revealed that Vanisri knows the fact that her son is indeed Padmini's and they all live together happily.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Chinnathambi<br />
*[[Jaishankar]] as Raja<br />
*[[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] as Seetha<br />
*[[Vanisri]] as Lalitha<br />
*[[M. N. Nambiar]] as Nallakannu<br />
*[[Nagesh]] as Kalimann<br />
*[[C. K. Saraswathi]] as Sengamalam<br />
*[[K. D. Santhanam]] as Villager<br />
*[[G. Sakunthala]] as Doctor<br />
*[[A. K. Veerasami]] as Villager<br />
*K. V. Srinivasan as Villager<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kulama Gunama |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/kulama-gunama/reFpwaBybrU_ |access-date=2020-06-22 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Sorgathil Mayangum" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[P. Susheela]] || rowspan=4|[[Kannadasan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Ulagil Irandu Kiligal" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[S. Janaki]], T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Pillai Kali Theera" || P. Susheela, [[Soolamangalam Sisters|'Soolamangalam' Rajalakshmi]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Maathuru Ramakka" || P. Susheela, S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0215913}}<br />
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{{K. S. Gopalakrishnan}}<br />
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[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1971 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films]]</div>>Kailash29792