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Gumasthavin Magal

Gumasthavin Magal
Directed by A. P. Nagarajan
Produced by C. N. Venkatasamy
Written by A. P. Nagarajan
Starring Sivakumar
Aarathi
Kamal Haasan
Usha Shakeela
Nagesh
Music by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Cinematography K. S. Prasad
Edited by T. Vijayarangam
E. Arunachalam
Production
company
C. N. V. Movies
Distributed by C. N. V. Movies
Release date
1974
Running time
138 mins
Country India
Language Tamil

Gumasthavin Magal is a 1974 Tamil language film directed by A. P. Nagarajan, starring Sivakumar and Aarathi in the lead roles. Kamal Hassan appears as a villain throughout the film.

Sivakumar is the son of Pandari Bai, a rich man in the village. V.S Raghavan is a Gumastha who works for Zamindar (kamal Hassan). Pandari Bai arranges a marriage between Sivakumar and Aarathi. Kamal is married to vimala, an innocent girl, but he also has an eye on Aarathi, Gumastha's daughter. He manages to woo her and marry her. In the end she commits suicide in order to escape from the hands of Kamal Hassan.

This was the first film for kannada actress Aarathi in Tamil.

The music composed by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, while lyrics written by 'Poovai' Senguttavan and 'Ulandhurpettai' Shanmugam.



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