Thanga Gopuram

Thanga Gopuram
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by	M. S. Solaimani
Produced by	P. L. Mohanram
Starring	Jayalalitha Major Sundararajan Sreekanth Jaishankar Venniradai Nirmala
Music by	S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
Edited by	S. A. Murugesan
Distributed by	Mohan Productions
Release date	1971
Running time	147 Mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thanga Gopuram (English: Golden Tower) is a Tamil language film released in 1971.It starred Jayalalitha in the lead role and was paired opposite Major Sundarrajan. In this film, Jaishankar played as the elder brother of Jayalalitha and was paired opposite Venniradai Nirmala. The supporting cast included Venniradai Nirmala, Sreekanth, Srividya, Manorama, M.R.Vasu. The film had Jayalalithaa playing the role of Seetha, who is of same age group as Nirmala and Srividya, but marries their father played by Major Sunderrajan and she makes Srividya her step-son Sreekanth's bride. It was a critically acclaimed film and was successful film on its release. In this film Jayalaithaa, also appears as the actress Jayalalitha for a song in the film. This film is considered to be precursor of Moondru Mudichu.

1971 Tamil Nadu State Film Award