Gruhapravesam
Poster
Directed byD. Yoganand
Written byNannu Chandra
Vietnam Veedu Sundaram (dialogues)
Produced byT. S. Muthu Swamy
D. Yoganand
StarringSivaji Ganesan
K. R. Vijaya
Sivakumar
Jaya
CinematographyP. Bhaskar Rao
Edited byR. Vittal
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Prosperity Pictures
Release date
  • 10 April 1976 (1976-04-10)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Gruhapravesam (transl. Housewarming) is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language drama film, co-produced and directed by D. Yoganand. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Sivakumar and Jaya.[1] It was released on 10 April 1976.[2]

Plot

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Raju and Lakshmi live with Ravi, Raju's brother in the same house. They both sacrifice everything make Raju successful in his education and career going so far as to no have children even. Ravi too loves and looks up to them. Ravi comes back after completing his education but with Uma introducing her as her lover. Though initially taken aback, seeing Uma is a good girl and a rich girl, they accede and all seems to go well until one day when they realise that Uma has bi-polar disorder and she swings between extremes. How they handle Uma without breaking up the family forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Sivakumar who played Ganesan's son in earlier films enacted the role of his younger brother in this film.[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, and lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[4]

Song Singers Length
"Ulagam Perithu" T. M. Soundararajan 04:11
"Aiothi Arasalum" T. M. Soundararajan, Kovai Soundararajan, Sasirekha 06:58
"Enga Veettu Rani" T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela 04:16
"Sathiyathin Sothanaikku" T. M. Soundararajan 04:10
"Kandru Theadi Varum" T. M. Soundararajan 03:20

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki likened the film to old wine in new bottle.[5]

References

  1. ^ "181–190". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. ^ "நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அவர்கள் நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ "சிவகுமார் 101 | 61–70". Kalki (in Tamil). 26 August 1979. pp. 58–59. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Grahapravesam – Avan Oru Sarithiram Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ காந்தன் (25 April 1976). "கிரஹப்பிரவேசம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 55. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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Films directed by D. Yoganand
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