Bama Vijayam

Bama Vijayam
Theatrical release poster
Tamil	பாமா விஜயம்
Directed by	K. Balachander
Produced by	M. S. Kasi
Written by	K. Balachander
Starring	Sowcar Janaki Rajasree Kanchana Jayanthi Sachu R. Muthuraman Nagesh Major Sundarrajan Srikanth T. S. Balaiah
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography	P. N. Sundaram
Edited by	N. R. Kittu
Production company	Manohar Pictures
Distributed by	Manohar Pictures
Release date	24 February 1967
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Bama Vijayam (English: Bama's Visit) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. Balachander. The film features an ensemble cast including Sowcar Janaki, Rajasree, Kanchana, Jayanthi, Sachu, R. Muthuraman, Nagesh, Major Sundarrajan, Srikanth and T. S. Balaiah. Music is by M. S. Viswanathan.

A middle-class joint family is living happily run by the responsible father Ethiraj, a retired headmaster. He has three sons – Maheshwaran, Raman, and Krishnan. Maheswaran is a Hindi professor, married to Parvathi and they have 5 children. Raman, a clerk in high-court is married to Sita and they have two children. Krishnan, a medical representative is married to Rukmani. Apart from them, Sumathi, the younger sister of Sita also stays in the same house, as she is pursuing higher studies in the same city. Though it’s a joint family, the father has set up his three sons in three different portions in the same house, and takes turns to eat in each of his son’s house, to avoid any possibility of problems between them. The sons give their salaries to their father, and all the financial matters are dealt by him efficiently. He is respected and feared by everyone in the family. Wrong-doers in the household are made to stand on a bench by him as punishment.

Meanwhile, a popular film actress Bama moves into the bungalow next to their house. The three daughters-in-law & the sons meet her while they’re all in the terrace, and try to make friends with her. Bama is very polite, and accepts their invitation to come to their house on 16th of that month. Now, the three ladies in the house start making fuss about the condition of their house, saying that they do not have enough facilities in their house to show to Bama that there are well-off. The husbands try to convince them but they force their husbands to agree to whatever they ask. Eventually the men give in and start buying things for their own houses. They paint the house, get stuff like radio, fan, sofa, for their own portions.