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Country
  
India

Director
  
Srikanth

Language
  
Tamil

Idhayak Kamalam movie poster

Release date
  
August 27, 1965

Unnai kanatha idhaya kamalam


Idhaya Kamalam (English: Lotus of the Heart) is a 1965 Indian Tamil film, directed by Srikanth. Produced by L. V. Prasad under Prasad Productions, the film stars Ravichandran, K. R. Vijaya and Sheela in the lead. This film was run for 100 days and hit at the office box. The film was written by noted Marathi writer Jayanth Dehle, it was made in Marathi as Pathlaag in 1964 and Hindi as Mera Saaya in 1966 with Sunil Dutt and Sadhana played lead. While the Hindi version celebrated Silver Jubilee.

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Nee pogumidamellam idhaya kamalam


Plot

The film’s a story of twins — one turns out to be a good girl Kamala (Vijaya) and the other, a wayward woman Vimala (Vijaya again). The mother, on her deathbed, wants the well-behaved girl to forget about her sister who abandons home and becomes involved with a gang of robbers. Kamala’s husband (Ravichandran) is in London studying Law. When she falls ill, the husband is sent for, and she dies in his arms! He erects a memorial for her in his house.

Meanwhile, police inspector (Balajee) arrests a robber’s mistress. She claims to be the wife of the lawyer and the matter goes to court. The lawyer denies she is his wife. But, it turns out she is, in deed, Kamala and that the one who died in his arms was Vimala. The truth comes out and both live happily thereafter.

Cast

  • K. R. Vijaya as Kamala and Vimala
  • Sheela
  • Kumari Rukmini
  • C. R. Lakshmi
  • Ravichandran
  • T. S. Balaiah
  • S. V. Sahasranamam
  • R. S. Manohar
  • K. Balaji
  • Sriram
  • ‘Jayakodi’ Natarajan
  • Prabhakar
  • S. R. Dakshinamurthi
  • Arni Ramasami

    • Soundtrack

    The soundtrack album was composed by maestro K. V. Mahadevan while the lyrics were written by Kaviarasu Kannadasan.

    Tracklist

    All lyrics written by Kannadasan.

    Reception

    Film critic and historian Randor Guy reviewed that the film will be "remembered for the interesting storyline, excellent on-screen narration, brilliant performance by Vijaya, impressive acting by Ravichandran, Kumari Rukmini, Balaiah and the melodious music of Mahadevan".

    Remakes

    This film was remade in Hindi as Mera Saaya in 1966 which starred Sunil Dutt and Sadhana.

    References

    Idhaya Kamalam Wikipedia
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