Thambathyam

Thambathyam
Thambathyam
	Poster
Directed by	K. Vijayan
Written by	Valampuri Somanathan (dialogues)
Story by	Satya Murthy
Produced by	T. S. Kalyani
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan; Ambika; Radha; Tulasi
Cinematography	Viswanath Rai
Edited by	Chezhiyan
Music by	Manoj Gyan
Production; company	Kalyani Cine Arts
Distributed by	Kalyani Cine Arts
Release date	20 November 1987;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thambathyam (English: Intimacy) is a 1987 Indian Tamil film, directed by K. Vijayan and produced by T. S. Kalyani. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika and Radha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Manoj Gyan.^[1]^[2] The film was remake of Telugu film Dampatyam.^[3]

Plot[]

Dr. Sathyamoorthy is a renowned heart surgeon with a loving wife, Janaki (Ambika), as well as two daughters, Jyothi (Kalaiselvi) an Aruna (Tulasi). Janaki's father (V. K. Ramasamy) also lives with the family. Janaki is the loving but forgetful matriarch and the family abides by her wishes in most things. Jyothi falls for an aspiring lawyer (Pandiyan). Aruna is a reporter who falls in love with inspector Venkatesh (Janarthanan) who's searching for his sister Latha's (Radha) murderer. Sathyamoorthy and Janaki approve of their daughters respective loves and arrange the weddings. While wedding shopping, Sathyamoorthy runs into Jaggu (Prasath) an old acquaintance with an ax to grind. He goes to Venkatesh with proof that Sathyamoorthy killed Latha. Sathyamoorthy is arrested and the happy family is thrown into disarray. The rest of the family must now uncover the truth behind Latha's murder.

Cast[]

Sivaji Ganesan as Sathyamoorthy
Ambika as Janaki
Radha as Latha
Tulasi as Aruna
Kalaiselvi as Jyothi
V. K. Ramasamy as Shanthi's grandfather
Prasath as Jaganathan (Jaggu)
Venniradai Moorthy
Pandiyan
Janarthanan as inspector Venkatesh

Soundtrack[]

Soundtrack was composed by Manoj-Gyan.^[4]

"Sonna Kelunga" - Surendar, Uma Ramanan
"Geetham Vandhudhu" - Vani Jairam, Malaysia Vasudevan
"Kannane" - Vani Jairam,
"Nenjil Oru Raagam" - Vani Jairam

References[]

^ "Thambathyam". gomolo.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
^ "Dhambathyam". nadigarthilagam.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
^ https://cinemacinemacinemasite.wordpress.com/2017/09/02/another-remake-another-hit/
^ https://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/dampatyam-1987-tamil-vinyl-l-p

External links[]

Thambathyam at IMDb

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[1] "Thambathyam". gomolo.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

[2] "Dhambathyam". nadigarthilagam.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

[3] ttps://cinemacinemacinemasite.wordpress.com/2017/09/02/another-remake-another-hit/

[4] ttps://bollywoodvinyl.in/collections/kannada-malayalam-telugu-tamil-lps/products/dampatyam-1987-tamil-vinyl-l-p

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