Movie: sumathi en sundari
Cast: Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalitha, Thangavelu, Nagesh,Chachu, V. Goplalakrishnan, 'Thengai' Srinivasan
Music: M.S.Viswanathan
Director: C.V.Rajendran
Release Year: 1971
Language: Tamil
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Synopsis:
'sumathi en sundari' (1971/Ramkumar Films) was directed by C.V.Rajendran and starred Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalitha, Thangavelu, Nagesh,Chachu, V. Goplalakrishnan, 'Thengai' Srinivasan, Maali and 'Venniraaadai' Moorthy. Based on a Bengali story by Prashanta Deb, the movie had Gopu drafting the screenplay and dialogues. Interspersed with hilariousmoments, the movie was a breezy narration of a film star called Sumathi who is poised at the pinnacle of glory. Fame and fortune are hers, but so is an aching emptiness and loneliness. She longs to lead the simplelife of a normal woman, but society does not permit her these simple pleasures. While traveling to an outdoor shoot, she gets down from thetrain in a smallhillside station to get into another compartment, but the train speeds away before she could clamber in. She seeks refuge inthe house of a surly young estate manager who is a misogynist to boot. Thankfully, he has never watched her movies, has never traveled far fromhis beloved tea gardens, and is unaware of the celebrity status of hissudden guest. Sumathi introduces herself as Sundari, and persuades himto put her up for the night. How she gradually enters his heart andkeeps evading the reach of the film crew form rest of the reels. Sivaji as the ill-tempered estate overseer undergoing a change of heart andJayalalitha as Sumathipretending to be Sundari played their roles withcharacteristic panache. The movie had a successful run of over 100 days in most centers.
'sumathi en sundari' (1971/Ramkumar Films) was directed by C.V.Rajendran and starred Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalitha, Thangavelu, Nagesh,Chachu, V. Goplalakrishnan, 'Thengai' Srinivasan, Maali and 'Venniraaadai' Moorthy. Based on a Bengali story by Prashanta Deb, the movie had Gopu drafting the screenplay and dialogues. Interspersed with hilariousmoments, the movie was a breezy narration of a film star called Sumathi who is poised at the pinnacle of glory. Fame and fortune are hers, but so is an aching emptiness and loneliness. She longs to lead the simplelife of a normal woman, but society does not permit her these simple pleasures. While traveling to an outdoor shoot, she gets down from thetrain in a smallhillside station to get into another compartment, but the train speeds away before she could clamber in. She seeks refuge inthe house of a surly young estate manager who is a misogynist to boot. Thankfully, he has never watched her movies, has never traveled far fromhis beloved tea gardens, and is unaware of the celebrity status of hissudden guest. Sumathi introduces herself as Sundari, and persuades himto put her up for the night. How she gradually enters his heart andkeeps evading the reach of the film crew form rest of the reels. Sivaji as the ill-tempered estate overseer undergoing a change of heart andJayalalitha as Sumathipretending to be Sundari played their roles withcharacteristic panache. The movie had a successful run of over 100 days in most centers.
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