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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Dowry Kalyanam
| name          = Dowry Kalyanam
| image          =
| image          = Dowry Kalyanam.jpg
| image_size    =
| caption        = Title card
| caption        =
| director      = [[Visu]]
| director      = [[Visu]]
| writer        = Visu
| based_on      = {{based on|''Dowry Kalyana Vaibhogame''|Visu}}
| producer      = S. Suseela
| producer      = S. Suseela
| writer        = Visu
| starring      = Visu<br />[[Vijayakanth]]<br />[[Srividya]]<br />[[M. N. Nambiar]]<br />[[Viji]]<br />[[S. Ve. Shekher]]
| starring      = Visu<br />[[Vijayakanth]]<br />[[Srividya]]<br />[[Viji]]<br />[[S. V. Sekhar]]
| music          = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| music          = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography =
| editing        =
| studio        = Charuchithra Films
| studio        = Charuchithra Films
| distributor    =
| released      = {{film date|1983|5|31|df=y|ref1=<ref>{{Cite web |title=டௌரி கல்யாணம் / Dowry Kalyanam (1983) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1983/dowry-kalyanam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608045807/https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1983/dowry-kalyanam |archive-date=8 June 2021 |access-date=27 November 2021 |website=Screen4Screen |language=en, ta}}</ref>}}
| released      = 31 May 1983<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1983/dowry-kalyanam|title = டௌரி கல்யாணம் / Dowry Kalyanam (1983) Screen4Screen}}</ref>
| runtime        = 138 minutes
| runtime        = 138 minutes
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Tamil
| language      = Tamil
}}
}}
'''''Dowry Kalyanam''''' ({{translation|Dowry Marriage}}) is a 1983 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[black comedy]] film, directed by [[Visu]] and produced by S. Suseela. The film stars [[Visu]], [[Vijayakanth]], [[Srividya]], [[S. V. Sekhar]] and [[Viji]]. The film had musical score by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. The film was remade in Kannada as ''[[Madhuve Madu Tamashe Nodu]]''. It was based on a play by Visu and [[Kathadi Ramamurthy]].
'''''Dowry Kalyanam''''' ({{translation|Dowry Marriage}}) is a 1983 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[black comedy]] film, directed by [[Visu]] and produced by S. Suseela. The film stars Visu, [[Vijayakanth]], [[Srividya]], [[S. Ve. Shekher]] and [[Viji]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=24 July 1983 |title=டௌரி கல்யாணம் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1983/jul/24-07-1983/p42.jpg |url-status=live |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=42 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127054331/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1983/jul/24-07-1983/p42.jpg |archive-date=27 November 2021 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref> The film had musical score by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. It is based on Visu's play ''Dowry Kalyana Vaibhogame''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhatt |first=Karthik |date=12 April 2016 |title=Pattinapravesam : From Stage to Celluloid |url=https://tcrcindia.com/2016/04/12/pattinapravesam-from-stage-to-celluloid/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185111/https://tcrcindia.com/2016/04/12/pattinapravesam-from-stage-to-celluloid/ |archive-date=26 January 2018 |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=The Cinema Resource Centre}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
 
{{more plot|date=March 2022}}
Ganeshan and Ethiraj are best friends and colleagues. Ethiraj is a widower and an alcoholic while Ganeshan is married and has a sister and a brother. Ganeshan does not earn enough and borrows from Ethiraj and Rowthar, a Muslim man who runs a grocery shop, frequently.
Ganeshan and Ethiraj are best friends and colleagues. Ethiraj is a widower and an alcoholic while Ganeshan is married and has a sister and a brother. Ganeshan does not earn enough and borrows from Ethiraj and Rowthar, a Muslim man who runs a grocery shop, frequently.


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*[[Vijayakanth]] as Ethiraj
*[[Vijayakanth]] as Ethiraj
*[[Srividya]] as Uma
*[[Srividya]] as Uma
*[[S. V. Sekhar]] as Manggupathi
*[[S. Ve. Shekher]] as Manggupathi
*[[Viji]] as Gowri
*[[Viji]] as Gowri
*[[Kishmu]] as Acharapakkam Raja Kalavai
*[[Kishmu]] as Acharapakkam Raja Kalavai
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*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as Kuselan (Ganesan's maternal uncle)
*[[V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)|V. Gopalakrishnan]] as Kuselan (Ganesan's maternal uncle)
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Kuselan
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Kuselan
*M. R. Rajamani
*M. R. Rajamani as Sastrigal
*S. R. Janaki as Ganesan's grand mother
*S. R. Janaki as Ganesan's grandmother
{{Colend}}
{{Colend}}


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/38902|title = Tamil Songs Lyrics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mossymart.com/product/dowry-kalyanam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/|title = Dowry Kalyanam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan}}</ref>
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]], with lyrics by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dowry Kalyanam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan |url=https://mossymart.com/product/dowry-kalyanam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608051007/https://mossymart.com/product/dowry-kalyanam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |archive-date=8 June 2021 |access-date=27 November 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>
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| 1 || "Sreeraman Sreedevi"|| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] ||
| extra_column = Singer(s)
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| title1 = Sreeraman Sreedevi
| 2 || "Enthan Kannana Kannatti" || [[P. Jayachandran]], [[S. P. Sailaja]] || Vaali ||
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| 3 || "Andavane Kanthirandu" || [[M. S. Viswanathan]] || Vaali ||
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| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]]
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| extra2 = [[P. Jayachandran]], [[S. P. Sailaja]]
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| title3 = Andavane Kanthirandu
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| extra3 = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
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== Censor controversies ==
== Censorship controversies ==
Visu mentioned that the censor wanted 87 cuts for the film as they were not impressed with the caricatured portrayal of character Rowther (portrayed by M. N. Nambiar). Visu had to come up with the scene where he explains about his portrayal.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tppYz7ZuxU</ref>
Visu mentioned that the [[central Board of Film Certification|censor board]] wanted 87 cuts for the film as they were not impressed with the portrayal of the character Rowther ([[M. N. Nambiar]]) speaking in [[Hindi]] mixed with Tamil because [[Rowther]]s speak pure Tamil. Visu had to come up with the scene where he explains about his portrayal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2016 |title=Director Visu Interview : Censor asked me to make 87 cuts for my film |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/actor-script-writer-anchor-visu-interview-transcription-tamil-news-162536.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101045151/http://www.indiaglitz.com/actor-script-writer-anchor-visu-interview-transcription-tamil-news-162536.html |archive-date=1 January 2017 |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=IndiaGlitz}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Indian black comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian black comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]

Latest revision as of 16:10, 16 March 2022

Dowry Kalyanam
Title card
Directed byVisu
Produced byS. Suseela
Written byVisu
Based onDowry Kalyana Vaibhogame
by Visu
StarringVisu
Vijayakanth
Srividya
M. N. Nambiar
Viji
S. Ve. Shekher
Music byM. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Charuchithra Films
Release date
  • 31 May 1983 (1983-05-31)[1]
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Dowry Kalyanam (transl. Dowry Marriage) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film, directed by Visu and produced by S. Suseela. The film stars Visu, Vijayakanth, Srividya, S. Ve. Shekher and Viji.[2] The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It is based on Visu's play Dowry Kalyana Vaibhogame.[3]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Ganeshan and Ethiraj are best friends and colleagues. Ethiraj is a widower and an alcoholic while Ganeshan is married and has a sister and a brother. Ganeshan does not earn enough and borrows from Ethiraj and Rowthar, a Muslim man who runs a grocery shop, frequently.

A misunderstanding arises when Ethiraj's mother proposes marriage between Ganeshan's sister and Ethiraj leading to a rift in their friendship. He challenges that he would get his sister married in a pompous manner.

However, the groom's family is behind dowry. The mother of the groom runs the family tyrannically. How Ganeshan struggles to make ends meet with many subplots makes it an interesting movie to watch.

In the end, with help from many people, he gets his sister married only for his own sister to ask him about the remainder of the dowry.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Vaali.[4]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Sreeraman Sreedevi"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam 
2."Enthan Kannana Kannatti"P. Jayachandran, S. P. Sailaja 
3."Andavane Kanthirandu"M. S. Viswanathan 

Censorship controversies[edit | edit source]

Visu mentioned that the censor board wanted 87 cuts for the film as they were not impressed with the portrayal of the character Rowther (M. N. Nambiar) speaking in Hindi mixed with Tamil because Rowthers speak pure Tamil. Visu had to come up with the scene where he explains about his portrayal.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "டௌரி கல்யாணம் / Dowry Kalyanam (1983)". Screen4Screen (in English and தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "டௌரி கல்யாணம்". Kalki (in தமிழ்). 24 July 1983. p. 42. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Bhatt, Karthik (12 April 2016). "Pattinapravesam : From Stage to Celluloid". The Cinema Resource Centre. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dowry Kalyanam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Director Visu Interview : Censor asked me to make 87 cuts for my film". IndiaGlitz. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

External links[edit | edit source]

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