Thanga Gopuram
| Thanga Gopuram | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Release Poster | |
| Directed by | M. S. Solaimani |
| Produced by | P. L. Mohanram |
| Starring |
Jayalalitha Major Sundararajan Sreekanth Jaishankar Venniradai Nirmala |
| Music by | S. M. Subbaiah Naidu |
| Edited by | S. A. Murugesan |
| Distributed by | Mohan Productions |
Release dates | 1971 |
Running time | 147 Mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Thanga Gopuram (English: Golden Tower) is a Tamil language film released in 1971.It starred Jayalalitha in the lead role and was paired opposite Major Sundarrajan. In this film, Jaishankar played as the elder brother of Jayalalitha and was paired opposite Venniradai Nirmala. The supporting cast included Venniradai Nirmala, Sreekanth, Srividya, Manorama, M.R.Vasu. The film had Jayalalithaa playing the role of Seetha, who is of same age group as Nirmala and Srividya, but marries their father played by Major Sunderrajan and she makes Srividya her step-son Sreekanth's bride. It was a critically acclaimed film and was successful film on its release. In this film Jayalaithaa, also appears as the actress Jayalalitha for a song in the film. This film is considered to be precursor of Moondru Mudichu.
Cast
- Jayalalitha as Seetha
- Major Sundarrajan
- Sreekanth as Raja
- Venniradai Nirmala
- Jaishankar as Durai
- Srividya
- Manorama
- M. R. R. Vasu
- V. K. Ramasamy
Crew
- Director = M.S. Solaimalai
Award
1971 Tamil Nadu State Film Award