Thirumangalyam


Thirumangalyam is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film directed by A. Vincent. The film stars Jayalalithaa and Muthuraman, and was also the former's 100th film as an actress. It is a remake of the 1973 Telugu film Jeevana Tarangalu. The film was released on 12 January 1974.

Production

The film began production on 20 September 1973 at Vauhini Studios. The film was produced by Ramanaidu. His elder son D. Suresh Babu switched on the camera while his younger son Venkatesh clapped the film.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.
SongSingers
"Ulagam Oru Naal Pirandathu"Jayalalithaa
"Ponnana Manam Engu"P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Thirumangalyam Kollum"P. Susheela
"Thirumangalyam"T. M. Soundararajan
"Ulagam Namadhu Veedendru Sollungal"L. R. Eswari, Saibaba

Reception

Navamani praised the dialogues, cinematography, acting and noted the scenes come and go without any connection till the interval still Vincent directed the film with vigor and concluded calling Lakshmi's acting, Vincent's cinematography and Jayalalitha's 100th film as three knots fallen tightly. According to Sivakumar, the film failed as the concept proved to be unacceptable among Tamil audiences. Nonetheless, Jayalalithaa won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress.