Lalitha (film)

Lalitha is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Valampuri Somanathan.[1][2][3] Starring Sujatha in the eponymous role, the film has Gemini Ganesan and Kamal Haasan and Sumithra playing other pivotal roles.[4] The film was a remake of Bengali film Saat Pake Bandha.[5]

Lalitha (film)
Poster
Directed byValampuri Somanathan
Produced byS. P. Rao
Valampuri Somanathan
Written byValampuri Somanathan
Story byAsutosh Mukherjee
Starring
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
CinematographyN. Balakrishnan
Edited byM. Babu
Production
company
Girnar Films
Release date
  • 10 December 1976 (1976-12-10)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

A rich woman named Lalitha loves and marries a professor Shankar. Since he is at a very low status compared to her family, Lalitha's mother continuously humiliates them on various occasions.

Lalitha, on a day, separates from her husband, following an argument about her mother's deeds. Days after, when she decides to reunite with her husband, he has moved far away from there.

The rest of the story deals with how they both reunite after a long period.

Cast

Soundtrack

All the lyrics were penned by Kannadasan and music was scored by M. S. Viswanathan.[8][9]

Track NumberTrack TitleSingers
1"Sorgathile Mudivaanadhu"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam
2"Mannil Nalla"K. Veeramani, Lalgudi Swaminathan, V. Sreepathy
3"Kalyaaname Pennoduthan"Vani Jairam
4"Ennamma"L. R. Eswari, T. M. Soundararajan
5"Vasanthangal Varum Munbe"P. Susheela, M. S. Viswanathan

References
  1. "Veteran movie man passes on". The Hindu. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. "'வசன வல்லுநர்' வலம்புரி சோமநாதன்!". Dinamani (in Tamil). 20 September 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. "நினைவு நாடாக்கள் ஒரு rewind". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. "Lalitha full movie". Fun movies. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2020 – via YouTube.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul, eds. (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 98. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul, eds. (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 116. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  8. "Lalitha". discogs.com.
  9. "Lalitha Tamil film EP Vinyl Record by M.S.Viswanathan". mossymart.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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