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{{Short description|1971 film by C. V. Rajendran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Sumathi En Sundari
| image = Sumathi En Sundari.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[C. V. Rajendran]]
| producer =
| screenplay = [[Chitralaya Gopu]]
| story = Prasantha Deb
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[Jayalalithaa]]
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = Thambu
| editing = N. M. Shankar
| studio = Ram Kumar Films
| released = {{Film date|1971|04|14|df=y}}
| runtime = 138 Minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Sumathi En Sundari''''' ({{translation|My beautiful Sumathi}}) is a 1971 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[romantic comedy]] film, directed by [[C. V. Rajendran]].<ref name="Classic Pick">{{Cite news |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2008/12/19&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar02900 |title=Classic Pick: Sumathi En Sundari |date=19 December 2008 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=4 July 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180704115045/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2008/12/19&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar02900 |archive-date=4 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and [[Jayalalithaa]]. The film had musical score by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref name="nadigarthilagam">{{Cite web |url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp15.htm |title=Sumathi En Sundari |website=Nadigarthilagam.com |access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref> It is a remake of the 1967 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''[[Nayika Sangbad]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://epaper.timesgroup.com/olive/apa/timesofindia/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=TOICH%2F2018%2F04%2F23&id=Ar00819&sk=6633D1AA&viewMode=text |title=Tamil cinema's Bong connection |last=Vamanan |date=23 April 2018 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180708101152/https://epaper.timesgroup.com/olive/apa/timesofindia/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=TOICH/2018/04/23&id=Ar00819&sk=6633D1AA&viewMode=text |archive-date=8 July 2018 |url-status=live |author-link=Vamanan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/20/stories/2005112014160200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130052502/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/20/stories/2005112014160200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 November 2007 |title='Chithralaya' Gopu, proprietor of Mannar & Co, Oho Productions |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R. |date=20 November 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref> The film was shot at Periyar Connemara estate.

== Cast ==
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Madhu<ref name="Film World" />
*[[Jayalalithaa]] as Sumathi / Sundari<ref name="Classic Pick" />
*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as Director Chinnasamy
*[[K. A. Thangavelu]] as Rathnasamy
*[[Nagesh]] as Mannangatti Sundaram
*[[Sachu]] as Sachu / Saraswathi
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Paramanandam (Production Manager)
*[[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as Railway Station Master
*[[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Moorthy (Sumathi's Manager )
*[[Jayakumari]] as Dancer
*[[R. N. Sudarshan|Sudarshan]] as (Acting Guest Role)
*Gundu Karuppaiah as Iyer
*[[S. N. Parvathy]] as Parvathi (Rathnasamy Wife, Sachu Step Mother)
*B. Vasantha
*Gemini Maali as Cinema producer

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Oru Alayamagum Mangai Manadhu" || [[P. Susheela]] || rowspan=5|[[Kannadasan]] || 05:24
|-
| 2 || "Ellorukkum Kaalam Varum" || [[A. L. Raghavan]], [[L. R. Eswari]] || 02:58
|-
| 3 || "Oh Orayiram" || P. Susheela || 04:00
|-
| 4 || "Pottu Vaitha Mugamo"|| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[B. Vasantha]] || 05:10
|-
| 5 || "Ye Pille Sachayi" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]], A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari || 04:32
|-
| 6 || "Oru Tharam Ore Tharam" || T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 03:30
|-
| 7 || "Kalyana Santhaiyile" || P. Susheela || Kannadasan || 02:25
|-
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Sumathi En Sundari'' was released on 14 April 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dinamani.com/cm-jayalalitha/2016/dec/06/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-2610816.html |title=ஜெயலலிதா நடித்த திரைப்படங்களின் பட்டியல் |date=6 December 2016 |work=[[Dinamani]] |access-date=22 September 2018 |language=ta}}</ref> T. G. Vaidyanathan of ''Film World'' appreciated the film.<ref name="Film World">{{Cite magazine |last=Vaidyanathan |first=T. G. |date=1971 |title=Tamil Nadu's Opium |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ndTAAAAYAAJ&q=sivaji |magazine=Film World |volume=7 |page=59}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|1427112}}
* {{YouTube|id=dTuD7n39ieA|title=Sumadhi En Sundhari}}

{{C. V. Rajendran}}

[[Category:1971 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1970s romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Bengali films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Chitralaya Gopu]]
[[Category:Films directed by C. V. Rajendran]]

Sumathi En Sundari - Revision history

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