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Bommalaattam is a film of genre Comedy directed by Muktha Srinivasan with Jaishankar

Bommalaattam (1968)

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Length 2h45
Directed by
Genres Comedy,    Romance
Rating63% 3.18083.18083.18083.18083.1808

Bommalattam (English: Puppetry Dance) is 1968 black-and-white Tamil language comedy film was directed by V. Srinivasan and produced by V. Ramasamy. The film script was written by Cho Ramaswamy. Music by V. Kumar assets to the movie. Starring Jaishankar , Jayalaitha , Nagesh , Major Sundararajan , Cho Ramaswamy and Manorama played lead role in protagonist. V. S. Raghavan , Sachu and O. A. K. Devar was played key role.

Actors

Jaishankar

(Sukumar)Jayalalithaa

(Malathi)Nagesh

(Durai)Aachi Manorama

(Chinna Ponnu)Cho Ramaswamy

(Jambazar Jaggu)
And :
Sachu
Sundarrajan
V.S. Raghavan
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