Aalayam

Aalayam (1967)

ஆலயம்

Ramalingam is an honest, principled man, working as a clerk in a company. He values integrity and discipline as the doctrines of daily life. But his honesty is put to test when his son-in-law Raghu comes to him with a big problem. Raghu has misplaced some money in the bank in which he works, and he requests Ramalingam to give him money so that he could make good the loss.

Date of release
1967-08-11
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
Mahalingam, Thirumalai

Casting

Interesting facts

Aalayam (transl. Temple) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by the duo Thirumalai–Mahalingam and written by A. Bhimsingh. Based on the play Nenje Nee Vaazhga by Pilahari, it stars Major Sundarrajan, with Nagesh, Srikanth and V. K. Ramasamy playing supporting roles.

Production

Aalayam was an adaptation of the stage play Nenje Nee Vaazhga, written by S. Raman, who wrote under the pseudonym Pilahari. Major Sundarrajan played the role of a poor Brahmin clerk, a departure from the roles he was previously known for: zamindars or wealthy, assertive men. Gopu who did the character of typist in the play repeated his character in the film and went on to be known as Typist Gopu. The film's editing was by A.

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