Dowry Kalyanam
Dowry Kalyanam | |
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Directed by | Visu |
Written by | Visu |
Produced by | S. Suseela |
Starring | Visu Vijayakanth Srividya M.N. Nambiar Viji S. V. Sekhar |
Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
Production company | Charuchithra Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Dowry Kalyanam (transl. Dowry Marriage) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film, directed by Visu and produced by S. Suseela. The film stars Visu, Vijayakanth, Srividya, S. V. Sekhar and Viji.[2] The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was remade in Kannada as Madhuve Madu Tamashe Nodu. It was based on a play by Visu and Kathadi Ramamurthy.
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. V. Sekhar 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
- S. R. Janaki as Ganesan's grand mother
Soundtrack[]
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[3][4]
No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
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1 | "Sreeraman Sreedevi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam | Vaali | |
2 | "Enthan Kannana Kannatti" | P. Jayachandran, S. P. Sailaja | Vaali | |
3 | "Andavane Kanthirandu" | M. S. Viswanathan | Vaali |
Censor 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) speak in Hindi mixed tamil because Rowthers speaks Pure Tamil. Visu had to come up with the scene where he explains about his portrayal.[5]
References[]
- ^ "டௌரி கல்யாணம் / Dowry Kalyanam (1983)". Screen4Screen (in English and Tamil). Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1983/jul/24-07-1983/p42.jpg
- ^ "Dowry Kalyanam". Songs4all. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Dowry Kalyanam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan". Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ IndiaGlitz Tamil Movies (4 July 2016). "Director Visu Interview : Censor asked me to make 87 cuts for my film". YouTube. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
External links[]
- 1983 films
- Tamil-language films
- 1980s Tamil-language films
- Films about Indian weddings
- Films directed by Visu
- Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan
- Films with screenplays by Visu
- Indian black comedy films
- Indian films
- Tamil films remade in other languages