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Arangetram

1973

152 minutes

RomanceDramaFamily

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Prameela headshot

Prameela

Lalitha

S. V. Subbaiah headshot

S. V. Subbaiah

Ramu Shastrigal

Sivakumar headshot

Sivakumar

Thangavelu

Kamal Haasan headshot

Kamal Haasan

Thyagu

Sasikumar headshot

Sasikumar

Pasupathy

M. N. Rajam headshot

M. N. Rajam

Visalam

M. S. Sundari Bai headshot

M. S. Sundari Bai

Janaki

Senthamarai headshot

Senthamarai

Nadesa Udayar

R. Neelakantan headshot

R. Neelakantan

Music teacher

Jayachitra headshot

Jayachitra

Mangalam

Jayasudha headshot

Jayasudha

Devi

Jaishankar headshot

Jaishankar

Cameo (Himself)

Lakshmi headshot

Lakshmi

Cameo (Herself)