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| Directed by | Visu |
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| Written by | Visu |
| Produced by | S. Suseela |
| Starring | Visu Vijayakanth Srividya M. N. Nambiar Viji S. Ve. Shekher
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| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil
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Dowry Kalyanam (Template:Translation) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film, directed by Visu and produced by S. Suseela. The film stars Visu, Vijayakanth, Srividya, S. Ve. Shekher and Viji.[1] The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It is based on Visu's play Dowry Kalyana Vaibhogame.[2]
Plot
Template:More plot 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
- 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 as Seetha Latchmi
- Venniradai Moorthy as Kandhasamy
- V. K. Ramasamy as Jalandar Subbudu (Ganesan's uncle)
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Kuselan (Ganesan's maternal uncle)
- Delhi Ganesh as Kuselan
- M. R. Rajamani as Sastrigal
- S. R. Janaki as Ganesan's grandmother
Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Vaali.[3]
Censorship controversies
Visu mentioned that the 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 Rowthers speak pure Tamil. Visu had to come up with the scene where he explains about his portrayal.[4]
References
- ↑ Template:Cite magazine
- ↑ Pattinapravesam : From Stage to Celluloid, Bhatt, Karthik. The Cinema Resource Centre(12 April 2016). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ↑ Dowry Kalyanam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan. Mossymart. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ↑ Director Visu Interview : Censor asked me to make 87 cuts for my film. IndiaGlitz(5 July 2016). Retrieved 16 March 2022.