Sumadhi En Sundhari (Tamil: சுமதி என் சுந்தரி) is a 1971 Indian Tamil film, directed by C. V. Rajendran and produced by Naga Subramaniam. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, Nagesh and Manorama in lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.
, 2h28 GenresComedy ActorsSivaji Ganesan, Nagesh, Aachi Manorama, Jayalalithaa, Cho Ramaswamy, Jyothi Lakshmi Rating78% Madan (Sivaji Ganesan) and Lalitha (Jayalalitha) are in love with each other. She is the second daughter of a businessman, Dharmalingam (Thangavelu). While seeking her hand in marriage, Dharmalingam lays down a condition that all his daughters’ weddings are to be held simultaneously thereby entrusting Madan with the unenviable task of finding suitable grooms for his other daughters. Madan seeks the help of his friend, Chandran (Nagesh) in his mission. Madan, however, soon realizes that he has a Herculean task ahead of him – the eldest daughter Rathna (Manorama) is averse to getting married. The others have their own tastes and preferences. After encountering a lot of difficulties, they manage to find grooms for all of them.
GenresDrama ActorsSivaji Ganesan, Kommareddy Savitri, Nagesh, Aachi Manorama, Manorama, V K Ramasamy Rating76% The film opens with the narrator explaining that there are nine types of human behaviors (Navarasam) such as Wonder (அற்புதம்), Fear (பயம்), Compassion (கருணை), Anger (கோபம்), Equanimity (சாந்தம்), Disgust (அருவருப்பு), Elegance (சிங்காரம்), Bravery (வீரம்) and Bliss (ஆனந்தம்) and that Sivaji Ganesan's nine roles represents one character per role.
, 2h46 GenresDrama, Musical, Romance ThemesDance films, Musical films ActorsSivaji Ganesan, Padmini Ramachandran, Chittor V. Nagaiah, S. Balaiah, Aachi Manorama, Nagesh Rating74% "Sikkal" Shanmugasundaram (Sundaram) (Sivaji Ganesan) is a devoted Nadaswaram player, but is short-tempered and sensitive. He meets Mohanambal (Mohana) (Padmini), a Bharatnatyam dancer, and they fall in love with each other. Sundaram's ego prevents him from developing his relationship with Mohanambal, who asks him to play a Thillana on his Nadaswaram while she dances. Mohanambal's mother Vadivambal (C. K. Saraswathi), an influential and mercenary woman, wants her daughter to marry a wealthy man so that she can settle down in life properly. Blinded by love, she disobeys her mother, creating a rift between them. Unaware of her feelings, Sundaram decides to leave the country along with Karuppayi (Manorama), a folk dancer whom he considers to be his sister. Mohana calls him a coward and challenges him to stay, which he readily accepts. In a temple, Sundaram plays the Thillana and Mohana dances. Sundaram, impressed with Mohana's performance, crowns her the title "Thillana Mohanambal". Suddenly Nagalingam (E. R. Sahadevan), a landlord who wanted to marry Mohana, turns up to stab Sundaram with a poisoned knife out of jealousy. He came to the temple to kill Mohana.