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{{Infobox film
| name = Lalitha (film)
| image = Lalitha 1976 poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Valampuri Somanathan]]
| producer = S. P. Rao <br /> Valampuri Somanathan
| writer = Valampuri Somanathan
| story = Asutosh Mukherjee
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Gemini Ganesan]]|[[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]]|[[Kamal Haasan]]|[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]}}
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = N. Balakrishnan
| editing = M. Babu
| distributor =
| studio = Girnar Films
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1976|12|10}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lalitha |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1976/lalitha-movie |access-date=16 June 2021 |website=Screen4screen}}</ref>
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Lalitha''''' is a 1976 [[India]]n [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, written and directed by [[Valampuri Somanathan]]. Starring [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] in the [[Eponym|eponymous role]], the film has [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] playing other pivotal roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=vviqyQqb8jA |title=Lalitha full movie |date=8 May 2018 |access-date=2 September 2020 |publisher=Fun movies |via=YouTube}}</ref> The film was a remake of Bengali film ''[[Saat Pake Bandha (1963 film)|Saat Pake Bandha]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dhool.com/sotd2/938.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413003735/http://www.dhool.com/sotd2/938.html |archive-date=13 April 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Plot ==
A rich woman named ''Lalitha'' loves and marries a professor Shankar. Since he is at a very low status compared to her family, Lalitha's mother continuously humiliates them on various occasions.

Lalitha, on a day, separates from her husband, following an argument about her mother's deeds. Days after, when she decides to reunite with her husband, he has moved far away from there.

The rest of the story deals with how they both reunite after a long period.

== Cast ==
* [[Gemini Ganesan]] as Shankar<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja/page/98/mode/2up?q=Lalitha |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |editor-last=Rajadhyaksha |editor-first=Ashish |page=98 |orig-year=1994 |editor-last2=Willemen |editor-first2=Paul}}</ref>
* [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] as Lalitha
* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Balu<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja/page/116/mode/2up?q=Lalitha |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |editor-last=Rajadhyaksha |editor-first=Ashish |page=116 |orig-year=1994 |editor-last2=Willemen |editor-first2=Paul}}</ref>
* [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] as Vaani
* [[Pandari Bai]] as Shankar's Aunt
* [[N. Viswanathan]] as Lalitha's father
* [[Sukumari]] as Meenakshi, Lalitha's mother
* [[K. A. Thangavelu|Thangavelu]] as Vaani's father
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]]

== Production ==
''Lalitha'' film directed by [[Valampuri Somanathan]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 2010 |title=Veteran movie man passes on |url=https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=Valampuri%20Somanathan%20lalitha&languages=en&groupBy=Language&hideSimilar=0&type=1&state=1 |access-date=2 September 2020 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/tamilmani/2012/mar/18/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-472431.html |title='வசன வல்லுநர்' வலம்புரி சோமநாதன்! |language=ta |date=20 September 2012 |work=[[Dinamani]] |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vikatan.com/oddities/miscellaneous/10757--2 |title=நினைவு நாடாக்கள் ஒரு rewind |language=ta |date=28 September 2011 |work=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> and produced under production banner Girnar Films.<ref name="Gazette">{{Cite web |date=22 October 1977 |title=Gazette of India, 1977, No. 494 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.1977.494/page/n59/mode/2up?q=Lalitha+Girnar |access-date=16 June 2021 |publisher=[[The Gazette of India]] |pages=1771}}</ref> It was given an "U" (Unrestricted) certificate by the [[Central Board of Film Certification]]. The final length of the film was {{Convert|4376.32|metres|feet}}.<ref name=Gazette />

== Soundtrack ==
All the lyrics were penned by [[Kannadasan]] and music was scored by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lalitha |url=https://www.discogs.com/M-S-Viswanathan-Ilaiyaraaja-1977-Tamil-Film-Songs-Lalitha-Bhadrakali/release/11481712 |website=discogs.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lalitha Tamil film EP Vinyl Record by M.S.Viswanathan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/lalitha-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |access-date=2 September 2020 |website=mossymart.com}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! Track Number !! Track Title !! Singers
|-
| 1 || "Sorgathile Mudivaanadhu" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]]
|-
| 2 || "Mannil Nalla" || K. Veeramani, Lalgudi Swaminathan, V. Sreepathy
|-
| 3 || "Kalyaaname Pennoduthan" || Vani Jairam
|-
| 4 || "Ennamma" || [[L. R. Eswari]], [[T. M. Soundararajan]]
|-
| 5 || "Vasanthangal Varum Munbe" || [[P. Susheela]], [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
|-
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt0371783}}

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[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1976 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Bengali films]]

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