Sivagamiyin Selvan

Indian Air Force pilot Flight Lieutenant Ashok (Sivaji Ganesan) is in love with Sivakami (Vanisri). They have an affair and Sivakami becomes pregnant. Ashok dies in a plane crash. Sivakami tells her father about her pregnancy. But soon he dies too. Sivakami is now on her own with her newborn child, whom she gives to a rich family to look after. She works there as a servant and she tells the rich person about her past. She emphasizes that this must not be told to his wife, who is fond of the child. He promises her that he wouldn't. Meanwhile, the wife's brother (R. S. Manohar) sees Sivakami and wants to marry her. When she rejects his proposal, he tries to rape her. Her son kills him with a knife. The child runs away leaving Sivakami with the knife. Sivakami goes to prison as she confesses to the murder. She is released twenty years later. Meanwhile, the rich man's wife finds out about Sivakami's history from her husband. She is shocked and wants her to be immediately released from prison. Sivakami returns to their home. A girl living there, Kavitha (Latha) sees Sivakami. They get along well. She takes Sivakami to the airport to meet her fiancé who turns out to be Sivakami's son. However he doesn't recognise her as he was much younger when he saw her last time. One day he finds a diary and sees pictures of his father, his mother and himself with his mother. Then he remembers Sivakami and asks her to come to his awards ceremony. During the ceremony, he asks his mother to present him the award to which she obliges. The film ends with both Sivakami and her son on the stage.

• Sivaji Ganesan as Ashok and Ananth (dual role)
• Vanisri as Sivakami (Ashok's Wife)
• Latha as Kavitha (Ananth Lover)
• A. V. M. Rajan as Wing Commander Raghu, Ashok's Friend
• S. V. Ranga Rao as Chakravarthi (Head Air Commodore)
• S. V. Sahasranamam as Dr. Ramanathan (Sivakami's father)
• T. K. Bhagavathi as Sankar (Ananth's guardian father)
• M. N. Rajam as Parvathi (Ananth's guardian mother)
• R. S. Manohar as Singapur Mama (Parvathi Brother, Enemy Role)
• V. S. Raghavan as Police Officer (Kavitha's father)
• Srikanth as Ravi (Ananth Friend)
• Cho as Sigamani (Sivakami's Home Servant)
• V. Nagaiah as Church Father (guest role)
• Senthamarai as (Climax Lawyer)
• S. N. Parvathy as Eswari (Ashok Unty)
• A. K. Veerasami as (Ashok Ungel)
• "Master" Srikumar as (Young Ananth)

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[4][5]

• Sivaji Ganesan filmography

• Sivagamiyin Selvan at IMDb