Thaikkupin Tharam

Thaaikkuppin Thaaram The Mother Before The Wife Tamil is a Tamil language film starring M. G. Ramachandran in the lead role. The film was released onSeptember 1956. It is most notable for Ramachandran or MGR using an older film as a flashback in the film. The story was a simple rural tale of love and valour. One of the box office hits of the year 1956 and ran 100 days in major cities

As the story needed an imposing bull, Devar searched far and wide for a fine specimen. His men came back with reports of a landowner in Periakulam having a majestic bull in his farm. Devar approached the landowner, and managed to buy the bull after much persuasion, paying Rs. 1000 for it.Muthaiyan MGR is the brave son of Ratnam Pillai E. R. Sahadevan and Meenakshi P. Kannamba. They are landed gentry and are highly respected in the village for their noble qualities. Meenakshis brother Doraiswami T. S. Balaiah, on the other hand, is despised by all for his arrogance, cruelty and dishonourable ways. The two families are not in speaking terms ever since Doraiswami tried to usurp Ratnam Pillais traditional rights at the temple festival. Doraiswamis daughter, Sivakami P. Bhanumathi, however, is a goodnatured girl who is in love with Muthaiyan. Muthaiyan too reciprocates her love and they are determined to surmount all hurdles and get married. When Doraiswamis men capture Muthaiyan and keep him a prisoner on the pretext that he had hurled stones at Doraiswamis prized bull when he had caught it grazing on his crops, Sivakami comes to his rescue. ........

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