Sumathi En Sundari () is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by C. V. Rajendran. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. It is a remake of the 1967 Bengali film Nayika Sangbad. The film was released on 14 April 1971.
Plot An actress named Sumathi misses her train and takes shelter at an estate manager's house and is mistaken for his wife. She pretends to be a runaway wife named Sundari, and he pretends to be her husband to maintain the pretense for his colleagues. The two eventually fall in love, but a crisis occurs when the film crew tracks her down to the estate, creating a conflict between her career and her newfound love.
Cast
Production The filming was completely held at Kodaikanal and was also held at Thekkady, Kerala for 20 days. Rajendran wanted two horses for an important scene however after he found one of the two horses to be skinny and rides only in reverse he decided not to change the horse as it would become difficult to obtain the call sheets of Ganesan so he shot the scene with Nagesh riding in skinny horse and Ganesan riding a much healthier horse converting into a humorous scene.
Soundtrack The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. "Pottu Vaitha Mugamo" is the first song that S. P. Balasubrahmanyam sang for a Ganesan film; another man was originally to sing the song, but Viswanathan chose Balasubrahmanyam. That song is based on Valaji raga.
Song Singers Lyrics Length "Oru Alayamagum Mangai Manadhu" P. Susheela Kannadasan 05:24 "Ellorukkum Kaalam Varum" A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari 02:58 "Oh Orayiram" P. Susheela 04:00 "Pottu Vaitha Mugamo" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, B. Vasantha 05:10 "Ye Pille Sachayi" T. M. Soundararajan, A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari 04:32 "Oru Tharam Ore Tharam" T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela Vaali 03:30 "Kalyana Santhaiyile" P. Susheela Kannadasan 02:25
Release and reception Sumathi En Sundari was released on 14 April 1971. T. G. Vaidyanathan of Film World appreciated the film.
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