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== Release and reception == |
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”Vandhaale Magaraasi” was released on 16 March 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=14 March 2023 |title=ஜெயலலிதாவை வரவேற்ற ‘வந்தாளே மகராசி!’ |url=https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/cinema/vantale-maharasi-to-welcome-jayalalithaa-in-the-50th-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314140108/https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/cinema/vantale-maharasi-to-welcome-jayalalithaa-in-the-50th-year |archive-date=14 March 2023 |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=[[Kamadenu magazine|Kamadenu]] |language=ta}}</ref> For her performance, Jayalalithaa won the Tamil Nadu Cinema Fan Award for Best Actress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Lata |date=6 December 2016 |title=Ten films to remember Jayalalithaa by |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/HBRowwXn0V9dbNFA10vNfL/Ten-films-to-remember-Jayalalithaa-by.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911045023/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/HBRowwXn0V9dbNFA10vNfL/Ten-films-to-remember-Jayalalithaa-by.html |archive-date=11 September 2018 |access-date=10 February 2020 |website=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]}}</ref> |
”Vandhaale Magaraasi” was released on 16 March 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ராம்ஜி |first=வி. |date=14 March 2023 |title=ஜெயலலிதாவை வரவேற்ற ‘வந்தாளே மகராசி!’ |url=https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/cinema/vantale-maharasi-to-welcome-jayalalithaa-in-the-50th-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314140108/https://kamadenu.hindutamil.in/cinema/vantale-maharasi-to-welcome-jayalalithaa-in-the-50th-year |archive-date=14 March 2023 |access-date=20 March 2023 |website=[[Kamadenu magazine|Kamadenu]] |language=ta}}</ref> For her performance, Jayalalithaa won the Tamil Nadu Cinema Fan Award for Best Actress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Lata |date=6 December 2016 |title=Ten films to remember Jayalalithaa by |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/HBRowwXn0V9dbNFA10vNfL/Ten-films-to-remember-Jayalalithaa-by.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911045023/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/HBRowwXn0V9dbNFA10vNfL/Ten-films-to-remember-Jayalalithaa-by.html |archive-date=11 September 2018 |access-date=10 February 2020 |website=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]}}</ref> |
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1973 Indian film
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| Directed by | K. S. Gopalakrishnan |
| Screenplay by | K. S. Gopalakrishnan |
| Story by | C. G. Ranganathan |
| Starring | Jaishankar Jayalalithaa |
| Cinematography | M. R. Ravindran |
| Edited by | R. Devarajan |
| Music by | Shankar–Ganesh |
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Ashok Pictures |
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Running time |
171 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Vandhaale Magaraasi is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan and produced by Ashok Pictures. The screenplay was written by Gopalakrishnan, the film was shot at his own studio, Karpagam Studios. Music was by Shankar–Ganesh. The film stars Jayalalithaa (in dual role) and M. N. Rajam, playing lead role, with Jaishankar, V. S. Raghavan, Cho Ramaswamy Pushpalatha and Bhagavathy in supporting roles. It was released on 16 March 1973.
Sundaram, a doctor by profession and an orphan comes to his village, to serve the villagers. He is stunned to see the inhuman behaviour meted out by his landlady Mangamma and her mother towards the other members of the house. The landlady’s husband is Sivalingam, her brother and her mother-in-law. The widow’s step-daughter Uma and her children undergo many miseries at their hands. To add to this, Lakshmi a simple village teacher, married the landlady Mangamma’s brother. She was physically and mentally abused. Sundaram chances upon a look-like of Lakshmi, Rani and requests her to impersonate Lakshmi and teach Mangamma and her mother a lesson. Does Rani accept this proposal?
Music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh and lyrics were written by Vaali.[4] Jayalalithaa sang “Kankalil Aayiram”, rather than use a playback singer.[5]
Release and reception
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Vandhaale Magaraasi was released on 16 March 1973.[6] Navamani praised acting, humour and direction.[7] For her performance, Jayalalithaa won the Tamil Nadu Cinema Fan Award for Best Actress.[8]
