Gowri Kalyanam

Gowri Kalyanam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Shankar
Screenplay by	K. Shankar
Story by	Bilahari
Produced by	G. V. Saravanan
Starring	Jaishankar Jayalalithaa Ravichandran Sheela
Cinematography	Thambu
Edited by	K. Narayanan
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Saravana Combines
Distributed by	Sri Jai Maruthy Combines[1]
Release date	11 November 1966 (1966-11-11)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Gowri Kalyanam (transl. The Marriage of Gowri) is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by K. Shankar and produced by G. V. Saravanan. The film stars Jaishankar, Jayalalitha, Ravichandran, Sheela and Nagesh. It was released on 11 November 1966.^[2]

Plot

Cast

• Jaishankar as Raju
• Jayalalithaa as Gowri
• Ravichandran as Ramu
• Sheela as Lakshmi
• Nagesh as School teacher
• Manorama as Ayyakkanu's wife
• Pandari Bai as Kamatchi
• S. N. Lakshmi asr Ramu's aunt
• S. V. Ramadas as Ayyakannu
• V. S. Raghavan as Vedhagiri
• K. Vijayan as Kuthalalingam
• Karikol Raju as Vaithiyar
• Pakoda Kadhar as school student
• Master Prabhakar as Ganaprakasam
• Dhanaraj
• M. A. Ganapathy
• Pasupathy
• Natarajan
• Lakshmi Kumar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[3]

Song	Singers	Lyrics
"Varanum Varanum Maharani"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela	Poovai Senguttuvan
"Thottathu Pole Kanavu Kanden"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
"Vellaikkamalathiley"	Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi	Bharathiyar
"Oruvar Manadhai"	T. M. Soundararajan	Kannadasan
"Thiruppugazhaip Padap Pada"	Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi & P. Suseela	Poovai Senguttuvan

Reception

Kalki said that, had many unnecessary scenes been cut and thereby improving the pacing, the film would have been better.^[4]

References

1. "Gowri Kalyanam". The Indian Express. 9 November 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via Google News Archive.
2. "ஜெயலலிதா நடித்த திரைப்படங்களின் பட்டியல்". Dinamani (in Tamil). 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
3. "Gowri Kalyanam (1966)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
4. "கௌரி கல்யாணம்". Kalki (in Tamil). 18 December 1966. p. 33. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.

External links

• Gowri Kalyanam at IMDb