Arangetram

2h 32min

Romance

Drama

Family

Lalitha is the eldest daughter of a pious and conservative Brahmin family. She has eight siblings and poverty rules reign. She decides to take up the family mantle and goes to work. Due to family needs and ill fate, she ends up as a prostitute but manages to settle all her brothers and sisters. Her family ditches her when they come to know about her dark side. Thangavelu, a man who was once rejected by her marries her. She loses her sanity in the end.

Cast

Prameela

Prameela

Lalitha
S. V. Subbaiah

S. V. Subbaiah

Ramu Shastrigal
Sivakumar

Sivakumar

Thangavelu
Sasikumar

Sasikumar

Pasupathy
Senthamarai

Senthamarai

Nadesa Udayar
R. Neelakantan

R. Neelakantan

Music teacher
Jayachitra

Jayachitra

Mangalam
Jaishankar

Jaishankar

Cameo (Himself)
Lakshmi

Lakshmi

Cameo (Herself)

Release date

2nd Feb 1973

Status

Released

Spoken languages

தமிழ்