Bommalattam (1968 film)

Bommalattam (transl. Puppet Show) is 1968 Indian Tamil language comedy film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by V. Ramasamy. The script was written by Cho Ramaswamy. Music was by V. Kumar. It stars Jaishankar, Jayalalithaa, Nagesh, Major Sundararajan, Cho Ramaswamy and Manorama playing lead roles. V. S. Raghavan, Sachu and O. A. K. Devar played key roles.

Bommalattam
Poster
Directed byMuktha Srinivasan
Produced byV. Ramasamy
Screenplay byCho Ramaswamy
Story by"Madurai" Thirumaran
StarringJaishankar
Jayalalithaa
Music byV. Kumar
CinematographyT. M. Sundarababu B. A.
Edited byL. Balu
Production
company
Release date
31 May 1968
Running time
165 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by V. Kumar and lyrics were written by Vaali, Alangudi Somu, Na. Pandurangan and Avinasi Mani.[2][3] For the song "Vaa Vathiyare", Srinivasan wanted the usage of Madras Bashai, but Vaali felt it was hard for him, so M. L. Govind was hired to "provide the apt words to go with it", leading to the birth of lines in the song like "Jambaar Jakku, Na Saidapetta Kokku".[4] That also became Tamil cinema's first gaana song.[5]

No.SongSinger(s)Length
1"Mayakkathai"P. Susheela3:55
2"Nee Aada Aada Azhagu"T. M. Soundararajan3:20
3"Nalla Naal Parkkavo"T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela4:11
4"Va Vathyare" (Jambajar Jakku)Manorama3:51
5"Poonai Kannai Kattinal"Tharapuram Sundararajan & S. Sarala3:10

References
  1. Cowie, Peter (1977). World Filmography. Tantivy Press. p. 266.
  2. "bommalattam 1968". tunes.desibantu. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. "jeyasankar hits 101 songs". tamiltunes. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. Ramanujam, Srinivasa (28 August 2016). "The vathyaar dialect". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  5. Vijayakumar, Sindhu (15 May 2017). "Gana is the voice and language of people who are outcasts". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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