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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Vatathukkul Chadhuram<br />
| image =<br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]<br />
| producer = N. S. Mani<br />
| writer = [[Panchu Arunachalam]] (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]<br />
| story = [[Maharishi (writer)|Maharishi]]<br />
| starring = [[Latha (actress)|Latha]]<br>[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]<br>[[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]]<br>[[Sarath Babu]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = Babu<br />
| editing = R. Vittal<br>N. Dhamodharan<br />
| studio = M. A. M. Films<br />
| distributor = M. A. M. Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|1978|7|3|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 130 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Vatathukkul Chadhuram''''' is a [[Tamil films of 1978|1978]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film, directed by [[S. P. Muthuraman]] and produced by N. S. Mani. The film is based on the novel written by [[Maharishi (writer)|Maharishi]]. The film stars [[Latha (actress)|Latha]], [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]], [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]] and [[Sarath Babu]] in lead roles. The film had musical score by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. The story depicts the depth of friendship shared between the characters Anu and Malathy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/movie/vatathukkul-sathuram-stills/|title=Vatathukkul Chadhuram|access-date=2015-01-07|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/vatathukul-sadhuram-movie/10212|title=Vatathukkul Chadhuram|access-date=2014-01-07|publisher=.gomolo.com}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The movie name, meaning a square inside a circle, symbolizes the situation of the character Anu's ([[Latha (actress)|Latha]]) life. Anu falls in love with Karthik ([[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]]), the brother of her best friend Malathy ([[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]]) from childhood. Kartik doesn't like her, since she was born out of wedlock. Malathy has always done well in school and wishes to continue studying further. Kartik and Malathy's mother tries to get her married. Anu suggests that she could take her along to Chennai, where she could continue studying while Anu pursues a dancing career. Anu has to compromise and get along with her hotel managers to get a dancing contract to earn money to educate Malathy. Meanwhile, Malathy's fiancée doesn't approve of her friendship with a club dancer, and asks Malathy to cut Anu out of her life. Though Malathy doesn't approve of her friend's way of earning a living, she cannot throw away 15 years of friendship. Malathy decides to cancel the marriage proposal in order to save her friendship. Anu goes to extreme measures to save her friend's love life.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
*[[Latha (actress)|Latha]] as Anu<br />
*[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] as Malathy<br />
*[[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]] as Karthik<br />
*[[Sarath Babu]]<br />
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]]<br />
*V. Gopalakrishnan<br />
*[[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]<br />
*[[C. K. Saraswathi]]<br />
*Udayalakshmi<br />
*[[Sumathi (actress)|Baby Sumathi]]<br />
*[[Baby Indira]]<br />
*Master Sunil Kumar<br />
*Karuppiah<br />
*Ceylon Manohar<br />
*Narayanan<br />
*Natarajan<br />
*Jothi Shanmugam<br />
*Rajaram<br />
*Panikkar<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/vattathukkul-chadhuram-T0001882|title=Vattathukkul Chadhuram Songs|access-date=2015-01-07|publisher=raaga.com}}</ref> <br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
|- <br />
| 1 || "Idho Idho En Nenjile" || [[S. Janaki]], [[B. S. Sasirekha]], Uma Devi ||[[Panchu Arunachalam]] || 05:13 <br />
|- <br />
| 2 || "Perazhagu Meni" || S. Janaki || Panchu Arunachalam || 03:15 <br />
|- <br />
| 3 || "Kaadhal Ennum Kaaviyam" || [[Jikki]] || Panchu Arunachalam || 04:35 <br />
|- <br />
| 4 || "Aadachonnare" || [[Jency]] || Panchu Arunachalam || 03:23 <br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{YouTube|id=Zq-ZaCKIBts|title=Vatathukkul Chadhuram}}<br />
{{S. P. Muthuraman}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1978 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam]]</div>
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