Aalayamani

Aalayamani English title Temple bell is a 1962 Tamil language drama film directed by K. Shankar. The film features Sivaji Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran, B. Saroja Devi, C. R. Vijayakumari and M. R. Radha in lead roles. The film, produced by P. S. Veerappa, had musical score by ViswanathanRamamoorthy and was released onNovember 1962. The film was remade in Telugu as Gudi Gantalu 1964 and in Hindi as Aadmi 1968.

The Hero of the story is Thyagarajan Sivaji Ganesan, a lonely rich bachelor, subjected to a deep seated trauma in the form of witnessing the death of a childhood playmate which is caused by his possessiveness. This is recurring theme in Thyagarajans life leading to disastrous results.The movie starts off with an imposing bell being rung, a voice narrates to us the story of a poor man, Arumugam Pillai, who was about to commit suicide on the death rock but was stopped by the sound of the divine bell from the temple. He decides to take another chance with his life and soon he becomes a rich man and his son is none other than Thyagu, our hero ........

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