Vanambadi(English: Nightingale or Skylark) is a 1963 black-and-white Tamil language Suspense Film was directed by G. R. Nathan and Produced by K. Murugesan. The film script were written by Valampuri Somanathan. Music by K. V. Mahadevan assets to the movie.It stars S. S. Rajendran and Devika in the lead roles with R. Muthuraman, S. V. Sahasranamam, T. R. Rajakumari, T. R. Ramachandran, R. S. Manohar, Pushpalatha and Sheela in supporting roles. Kamal Haasan appears as a child artist in the film. The film was adaptation from Sheesparish Bengali novel.
Synopsis
A young women Meena(Devika) escapes from the clutches of a womenzing Zamindar Marthandam(O. A. K. Devar). She is targeted shoot him and escapes from the place and run away the railway track and she attempts suicide and saved by an elderly couple named as Thanikachalam(S. V. Sahasranamam and his wife Parvathi(T. R. Rajakumari), who adopted her. Because, she was similar to the elder couple own daughter Uma was passed away from two years ago. Meena such as habit of similar to uma, Meena was wrote poet, singing and composing music instruments. They wish her wed their nephew Sekahar(S. S. Rajendran). But he was agree the wedding and started avoiding her. But Meena was falls love with sekhar. Adopted brother Mohan(R. Muthuraman and a friend Nithyanandham(T. R. Ramachandran try to help of meena holding hand of Sekahar. Sekhar was impressed to her and loves with each other. Meena and Sekhar wedding is arranged. But, during the ceremony another man Gopal(R. S. Manohar) shows up claims to meena to be his wife and she's named as Sumathi. Gopal kept at the evidence for their wedding photo and witness of her father Somasundaram(V. S. Raghavan).
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