Meanwhile, Vasanthi meets with an accident, but is saved by a wealthy old man who allows her to stay in his house. He searches for Vasanthi all over the city, to no avail. Geetha, having realised that Baskar and Vasanthi loved each other, dies in guilt, leaving Baskar alone to bring up Babu, making him promise that he will find Vasanthi and make her the child's mother. Baskar spends more time with Vasanthi than his own wife, who suspects them of being in a relation, and berates them both. When Geetha falls ill, Vasanthi attends to all the household work. Vasanthi joins Geetha at their Coimbatore house following her mother's death. Heartbroken, Raghu leaves her and resigns from his job. Raghu again meets Vasanthi and proposes to her, but she tells him her past and expresses her inability to respond to his love. Shortly thereafter, Geetha becomes pregnant and returns to her original home where she delivers a son named Babu. Vasanthi writes to Baskar advising him to forget about the past and lead a happy life with Geetha he relents.
Her manager Raghu falls in love with her and expresses his desire to marry her, but she is unable to respond to his feelings.īaskar is unable to lead a happy life as he often thinks about his disappointment in love. Meanwhile, Vasanthi has obtained employment as a typist. Since Geetha was responsible for raising Vasanthi, she is granted her wish, and Vasanthi convinces Baskar to marry Geetha.Īfter Baskar and Geetha marry, they shift to Coimbatore where Baskar has been transferred. She confides her love to Vasanthi who is heartbroken, but decides to sacrifice her love out of respect for her sister. One day when Baskar falls ill, Geetha nurses him and in the process, falls in love with him. Baskar rents the vacant portion of their house. Vasanthi lives with her mother and unmarried elder sister Geetha. Baskar forgives her, and they both fall in love. Vasanthi approaches Baskar and apologises for her earlier act. Baskar later manages to obtain employment at a tea company with the help of his friend Sampath, who also gives him shelter since Baskar is homeless. When Baskar sends a love letter to Vasanthi, she complains to the dean, who dismisses Baskar from college. Sasikumar as Sammanam (1975).īaskar and Vasanthi are college-mates. The film was later remade by Sridhar in Telugu as Pelli Kanuka (1960) and Hindi as Nazrana (1961), and in Malayalam by J. Saroja gained popularity, and was sold separately on audio cassettes and vinyl records. The comedy subplot written by Gopu involving Thangavelu and M.
Its success led to Sridhar launching his own production company Chitralaya Pictures, and set the pattern for his later works in which he repeated the motif of the eternal triangle and unrequited love. Kalyana Parisu emerged a milestone in Tamil cinema, and the breakthrough for Saroja Devi and Rajah. At the 7th National Film Awards, it won the Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film in Tamil. The film was commercially successful, running for over 25 weeks in theatres and thereby becoming a silver jubilee film. It was critically acclaimed, particularly for eschewing formulaic Tamil cinema conventions like long dialogues and fixed-point cinematography in favour of short verses with simple words and camera mobility. Kalyana Parisu was released on 9 April 1959.
Sadagoppan (later known as Chitralaya Gopu) who worked as associate writer, and the debut of A. Kalyana Parisu was the directorial debut of Sridhar, who co-produced it with his partners S. Out of respect, the younger sister decides to sacrifice her love, unknown to the elder sister. A triangular love story, it is about two close sisters whose lives turn upside down when they both fall in love with the same man. Wedding Gift) is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sridhar.