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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kumari Kottam<br />
| image = Kumari Kottam poster.jpg<br />
| border = no<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[P. Neelakantan]]<br />
| producer = [[Kovai Chezhiyan]]<br />
| screenplay = Sornam<br />
| story = [[V. C. Guhanathan]]<br />
| starring = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]<br />[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]]<br />
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]<br />
| cinematography = Amirtham<ref name="Screen" /><br />
| editing = G. Kalyanasundaram<ref name="Screen" /><br />
| studio = Kay Cee Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1971|01|26|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kantha |first=Sachi Sri |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=27 December 2019 |title=MGR Remembered&nbsp;– Part 54 {{!}} An Overview of the Final 31 movies of 1970s |url=https://sangam.org/mgr-remembered-part-54/ |access-date=31 July 2020 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kumari Kottam''''' is a 1971 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], directed by [[P. Neelakantan]]. The film features [[M. G. Ramachandran]] and [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]], the latter in dual roles. It was released on 26 January 1971 and became a box office hit.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Somu agrees to marry his daughter to his close friend Muthaiya's son. Muthaiya has helped him in all instances. One day, he gets a letter from his late wife's cousin stating that Somu and his daughter must come to own Somu's father in law's wealth. He refuses the offer as he doesn't have money to go, Muthaiya sells his wife's jewellery to send him. Many years later, Somu and his daughter are leading a luxurious life. Muthaiya's son Gopal enters the house as a gardener. Soon Muthaiya comes to Somu to remind him of his promise to get his daughter married to his son. But he refuses stating he is a mere gardener forgetting all the old sacrifices. Muthaiya is offended in public and attempts suicide, but is saved at the last moment by Gopal. Gopal then promises to teach a lesson to Somu and his daughter.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[M. G. Ramachandran]] as Gopal<ref name="Screen" /><br />
* [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] as Kumari and ''Record dancer'' Mayadevi<ref name="Screen" /><br />
* [[Lakshmi]] as Uma, Sethupathi's daughter<ref name="Screen" /><br />
* [[Sachu]] as Singhari<br />
* [[S. A. Ashokan]] as Sethupathi, Uma's father<ref name="Screen" /><br />
* [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Somu<ref name="Screen" /><br />
* [[R. S. Manohar]] as Rathnam, Kumari's uncle<ref name="Screen" /><br />
* Muthaiyya as Muthaiya<ref name="Screen" /><br />
* [[Cho Ramaswamy]] as Babu<br />
* [[Karikol Raju]]<br />
* [[Usilai Mani]]<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. All songs were super hits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kumari Kottam (1971) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000089 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515191046/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000089 |archive-date=15 May 2013 |access-date=6 May 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Ennamma Rani" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || [[Alangudi Somu]] || 03:55<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Adi Maddhalam Kotti" || [[L. R. Eswari]] || Alangudi Somu || 04:19<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Aaduvathu Udalukku" || L. R. Eswari || [[Pulamaipithan]] || 03:12<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Vanthaan Aaiyah" || T. M. Soundararajan || [[Kannadasan]] || 04:06<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Engey Aval" || T. M. Soundararajan || Pulamaipithan || 03:23<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Naam Oruvarai" || T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:13<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]'' criticised the photography, choreography, art direction and music, saying that "With these credits more sophisticated, the very same film would have been ten times more appealing."<ref name="Screen">{{Cite news |date=5 February 1971 |title='Kumarikottam,' in Tamil, is a mass entertainer |page=22 |work=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]}}</ref><!-- date: https://www.facebook.com/groups/910865555630230/permalink/3347924118591016/ and complete review: https://www.facebook.com/groups/910865555630230/permalink/3347924131924348/ --><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0248141}}<br />
{{P. Neelakantan}}<br />
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[[Category:1971 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]</div>>Kailash29792