Sumathi En Sundari

Sumathi En Sundari (1971)

சுமதி என் சுந்தரி

Sumathi, a famous actress longing for a simple life, accidentally gets off a train in a remote hill village while en route to a film shoot. Caught in heavy rain, she seeks shelter at the home of Madhu, the local estate manager, who initially hesitates but eventually takes her in. As she hides her identity, a landslide cuts off train access for a week, forcing her to stay. Mistaken for Madhu’s wife by his boss, Sumathi finds herself drawn to Madhu. Romance blossoms, but complications arise when her film crew tracks her down, leading to confusion and emotional revelations.

Date of release
1971-04-13
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 18m
Genres
Drama
Director
C. V. Rajendran

Casting

Interesting facts

Sumathi En Sundari is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by C. V. Rajendran. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. It is a remake of the 1967 Bengali film Nayika Sangbad. The film was released on 14 April 1971.

Production

The filming was completely held at Kodaikanal and was also held at Thekkady, Kerala for 20 days. Rajendran wanted two horses for an important scene however after he found one of the two horses to be skinny and rides only in reverse he decided not to change the horse as it would become difficult to obtain the call sheets of Ganesan so he shot the scene with Nagesh riding in skinny horse and Ganesan riding a much healthier horse converting into a h…

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