Poova Thalaiya (1969)
பூவா தலைய
Ganesan is a widower and Paruvathamma is his mother in law. Shankar is the younger brother of Ganesan and he falls in love with Paruvathamma . A healthy competition takes place between evil minded S. Paruvathamma and Shankar so as to overthrow one another.
- Date of release
- 1969-05-01
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- K. Balachander
Casting
- Gemini Ganesan — Ganesan
- Jaishankar — Shankar
- Nagesh — Nagesh
- S. Varalakshmi — Paruvathamma
- Rajasree — Raji
- Srikanth — House Guest
- Vennira Aadai Nirmala — Nirmala
- Manorama — Indra
- S. Rama Rao — Indra's Father
- J. Balayya
- Sachu — Saraswathy
- M. R. R. Vasu — Hotel Manager
Interesting facts
Poova Thalaiya is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by K. Balachander, and produced by Rama. Arangakannal. The film stars Gemini Ganesh, Jaishankar, Nagesh, S. Varalakshmi, Rajasree and Vennira Aadai Nirmala. It was released on 10 May 1969. The film was remade in Telugu in 1971 as Bomma Borusa, in Malayalam in 1978 as Balapareekshanam and in Kannada in 1985 as Balondu Uyyale. It was also an influence on the 2000 Tamil film Kandha Kadamba Kathir Vela.
Production
The film was primarily shot at AVM Studios, and the three lead actors' characters were named after themselves.
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