Dowry Kalyanam

Dowry Kalyanam
Directed by	Visu
Produced by	S. Suseela
Written by	Visu
Screenplay by	Visu
Starring	Visu Srividya Vijayakanth Viji S. V. Sekhar
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Charuchithra Films
Distributed by	Charuchithra Films
Release date	31 May 1983
Running time	139 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Dowry Kalyanam (Tamil: டௌரி கல்யாணம்) is a 1983 Indian Tamil film, directed by Visu and produced by S. Suseela. The film stars Visu, Vijayakanth, Srividya, S. V. Sekhar and Viji. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. The film was remade in Kannada as Madhuve Madu Tamashe Nodu. It was based on a play by Visu and Kathadi Ramamurthy . The film is a black comedy showing the evils of Dowry

Ganeshan and Ethiraj are best friends and colleagues. Ethiraj is a widower and a alcoholic while Ganeshan is married and has a sister. Ganeshan does not earn enough and borrows from Ethiraj and Rowthar frequently.

A misunderstanding arises when Ethiraj's mother proposes marriage between Ganeshan's sister and Ethiraj leading to a rift in their friendship. He challenges that he would get his sister married in a pompous manner.

However, the groom's family is behind dowry. The mother of the groom runs the family tyrannically. How Ganeshan struggles to make ends meet with lot of sub plots makes it an interesting movie to watch.

In the end, with help from lots of people, he gets his sister married only for his own sister to ask him about the remaining of the dowry.

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