Gumasthavin Magal
Directed byA. P. Nagarajan
Screenplay byA. P. Nagarajan
Produced byC. N. Venkatasamy
StarringSivakumar
Kamal Haasan
Aarathi
Usha
Nagesh
CinematographyK. S. Prasad
Edited byT. Vijayarangam
E. Arunachalam
Music byKunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Production
company
C. N. V. Movies
Release date
  • 27 April 1974 (1974-04-27)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Gumasthavin Magal (transl. The clerk's daughter) is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film,[1] directed by A. P. Nagarajan, starring Sivakumar and Aarathi. Kamal Haasan appears as a villain in the film and then finally changes into a good man. The film is an adaptation of the play of the same name, previously filmed in Tamil as Gumasthavin Penn in 1941. It was released on 27 April 1974.[2]

Plot

Seetha and Sarasa are sisters. Their father Ramaswami who works as a clerk under a rich philanderer Mani. Mani is married to Vimala. Ramu is another rich man in the village. Ramu's mother wishes to get him married to Seetha. But Ramu refuses, and the desperate father gets her married to a doddering old man.

The poor woman becomes a widow even before the wedding ceremony is completely over. Her father too dies in shock. Mani offers cash to Seetha and asks her to be his concubine, but Seetha rejects having lost all faith in men and commits suicide. Ramu feels he is responsible for her tragic end, and comes forward to arrange Sarasa's marriage with the now-reformed Mani also willing to help the family. When the bridegroom and his family walk out over an argument over dowry which Ramu is willing to give, Mani steps in to say that the family is only after money which will ruin Sarasa's life. He insists that Ramu marry Sarasa to redeem him for ruining Seetha's life as he had done by arranging this marriage.

Cast

Production

Gumasthavin Magal is an adaptation of play of same name, itself based on Nirupama Devi's Bengali novel Annapurnaar Mandir.[5][6] It was previously filmed in Tamil as Gumasthavin Penn in 1941.[7] Nagarajan who acted in the play portraying female character was the director of this adaptation.[8]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, while the lyrics were written by "Poovai" Senguttavan and "Ulandhurpettai" Shanmugam.[9]

Song Singers
"Ennai Paarthu" Sirkazhi Govindarajan
"Ezhudhi Ezhudhi" Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, M. R. Vijaya
"Kaalam Seiyum" Malaysia Vasudevan
"Therodum Veedhiyile" Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki praised the story and cast performances.[10]

References

  1. ^ "1974-ல் வெளியான படப்பட்டியல் - தயாரிப்பாளர்கள்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Chennai. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  2. ^ "கமல்ஹாசன் படங்களின் பட்டியல்" [List of Kamal Haasan films]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Kamal Haasan's filmography: How the actor rose to superstardom". Zee News. 21 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Remembering Malaysia Vasudevan, the singer with a unique voice". The Hindu. 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ^ "ஜெயலலிதாவும் கமலும் இணைந்து நடித்த ஒரே படம்" [The only film where Jayalalithaa and Kamal acted together]. Dinakaran (in Tamil). 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ^ Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's Bong connection". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  7. ^ Guy, Randor (15 October 2009). "Gumasthavin Penn (1941)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  8. ^ Raman, Mohan V. (20 September 2014). "The man who started the trend". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Gumasthavin Magal". Wynk Music. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  10. ^ காந்தன் (12 May 1974). "குமாஸ்தாவின் மகள்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 29. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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