Dowry Kalyanam
Dowry Kalyanam (Tamil: டௌரி கல்யாணம்; English: Dowry Marriage – it is a play on the word Gowry Kalyanam (Gowry's Marriage)) is a 1983 Indian Tamil film, directed by Visu and produced by S. Suseela. The film stars Visu, Vijayakanth, Srividya, S. V. Sekhar and Viji. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.[1] The film was remade in Kannada as Madhuve Madu Tamashe Nodu. It was based on a play by Visu and Kathadi Ramamurthy. The film is a black comedy showing the evils of Dowry.
| Dowry Kalyanam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Visu |
| Produced by | S. Suseela |
| Written by | Visu |
| Screenplay by | Visu |
| Starring | Visu Vijayakanth Srividya Viji S. V. Sekhar |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
Production company | Charuchithra Films |
| Distributed by | Charuchithra Films |
Release date | 31 May 1983 |
Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Ganeshan and Ethiraj are best friends and colleagues. Ethiraj is a widower and an alcoholic while Ganeshan is married and has a sister and a brother. Ganeshan does not earn enough and borrows from Ethiraj and Rowthar, a Muslim man who frequently runs a grocery shop.
A misunderstanding arises when Ethiraj's mother proposes marriage between Ganeshan's sister and Ethiraj leading to a rift in their friendship. He challenges that he would get his sister married in a pompous manner.
However, the groom's family is behind dowry. The mother of the groom runs the family tyrannically. How Ganeshan struggles to make ends meet with many subplots makes it an interesting movie to watch.
In the end, with help from many people, he gets his sister married only for his own sister to ask him about the remainder of the dowry.
Cast
- Visu as Ganesan
- Vijayakanth as Ethiraj
- Srividya as Uma
- S. V. Sekhar as Manggupathi
- Viji as Gowri
- Kishmu as Acharapakkam Raja Kalavai
- Pushpalatha as Arcot Rushyendramani
- M. N. Nambiar as Rowthar
- Manorama as Seetha Latchmi
- Venniradai Moorthy as Kandhasamy
- V. K. Ramasamy as Jalandar Subbudu (Ganesan's uncle)
- V. Gopalakrishnan as Kuselan (Ganesan's maternal uncle)
- Delhi Ganesh as Kuselan
- M. R. Rajamani
- S. R. Janaki as Ganesan's grand mother
Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[2]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Sreeraman Sreedevi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jayaram | Vaali | |
| 2 | "Enthan Kannana Kannatti" | P. Jayachandran, S. P. Sailaja | Vaali | |
| 3 | "Andavane Kanthirandu" | M. S. Viswanathan | Vaali |
Censor Controversies
Visu mentioned that the censor wanted 87 cuts for the film as they were not impressed with the caricatured portrayal of character Rowther (portrayed by M. N. Nambiar). Visu had to come up with the scene where he explains about his portrayal.[3]
References
- "Dowry Kalyanam". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/38902
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tppYz7ZuxU