Aattukara Alamelu (1977)

ஆட்டுக்கார அலமேலு

Alamelu, a young woman, leads a happy life with her pet goat in a village. Her life changes for the worse when an evil landlord talks ill of her character and claims to have had an affair with her.

Date of release
1977-11-10
Runtime
2h 29m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
R. Thyagarajan

Casting

Interesting facts

Aattukara Alamelu is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Thyagarajan and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar. The film stars Sivakumar and Sripriya. It was released on 10 November 1977 and became a silver jubilee hit. The film was remade in Telugu as Pottelu Punnamma and in Hindi as Mera Rakshak.

Production

Sivakumar said it took him "15 years to do the role in [Aattukara Alamelu]". The name of the title character, Alamelu, is a reference to Sripriya's birth name. Chinnappa Thevar wanted Nagesh to direct the film; he refused as he felt he was not the right person to do so.

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