Arangetram (film)

Arangetram is a 1973 Tamillanguage family drama film directed by K. Balachander, starring Prameela, Sivakumar, S. V. Subbaiah, Kamal Haasan and M. N. Rajam in prominent roles. The film marked Kamal Haasans first adult role, while, along with Prameela, Jayachitra, Jayasudha, Sashikumar and Achacho Chitra made their debuts in Tamil cinema. V. Kumar composed the music for the film, which was the last Balachander film he worked on.

Lalitha is the eldest daughter of a pious and conservative Brahmin family. She has eight siblings and poverty rules reign. Her aunt comes with her unmarried daughter and starts living with them. they are a spendthrift and creates lots of problem. She decides to take up the family mantle and goes to work. She starts work as a office help. she travels to Madras to meet a politician for requesting her brothers medicine seat. She was advised to go home. Another person promises to get a seat for her brother but forces her to something else. she tries to commit suicide and drops it when she talks with her brother. she leaves to Hyderbad with a promotion. Due to family needs and ill fate, she ends up as a prostitute but manages to settle all her brothers and sisters. when she returns home for a visit, her mom realises something is different with lalitha. when Kamals marraige with the local girl is fixed her aunt makes trouble and spreads the truth with all. her aunt wanted to marry her daughter to kamal. Her family ditches her when they come to know about her dark side. Thangavelu, a man who was once rejected by her marries her. She loses her sanity in the end.T. S. B. K. Moulee in an interview in 2014 told that Balachander, who used to watch Moulees plays, wanted him to write a comedy track for the film as he liked Moulees style of writing. Moulee, however, felt that the film did not warrant any separate comedy as it would dilute its seriousness and did not work on the film. ........

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