Mogam Muppadhu Varusham

1976 film by S. P. Muthuraman

Kamal Haasan
Vijayakumar
Sumithra
Fatafat Jayalaxmi
Sripriya

CinematographyBabuEdited byR. Vittal
N. DamodaranMusic byVijaya Bhaskar

Production
company

Sornambika Productions

Release date

27 November 1976 (1976-11-27)

Running time

118 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Mogam Muppadhu Varusham (transl. Thirty years of admiration) is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Mahendran. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Vijayakumar, Sumithra, Fatafat Jayalaxmi and Sripriya. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Maniyan and serialised in the magazine Ananda Vikatan. The film was released on 27 November 1976, and became a commercial success.

Plot

Ramesh, a city bred man is married to Kasthuri, a village girl. On the other hand, Ravishankar, a village lad and Menaka, a modern woman are married. Menaka hates living with Ravishankar as he does not show interest in sex life. Meanwhile, Bhama, a young girl wants at least to have a child with Ramesh, and is attracted by him even if he does not marry her. The film ends with these people overcoming all their issues and living happily, except Bhama, who commits suicide.

Cast

Kamal Haasan as Ramesh
Vijayakumar as Ravishankar^[1]
Major Sundarrajan
Sumithra as Kasthuri
Sukumari as Kamala
Fatafat Jayalaxmi as Menaka
Sripriya as Bama^[2]
Manorama as Raji
Kathadi Ramamurthy as Shankaran
Peeli Sivam as Vimala's Husband
S. N. Lakshmi as Kasthuri's Mami
S. R. Veeraraghavan as Krishnamurthy

Production

Mogam Muppadhu Varusham is based on the novel of the same name, written by Maniyan and serialised in the magazine Ananda Vikatan.^[3] The screenplay for the film adaptation was written by Mahendran.^[4] The film was produced under the production banner Swarnambika Productions and shot in black-and-white. It was given an "A" (adults only) certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification with no cuts. The final length of the film was 3,975.20 metres (13,042.0 ft).^[5]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vijaya Bhaskar.^[6]

Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics
"Enathu Vazhkai Paathaiyil"	K. J. Yesudas	Kannadasan
"Sangeetham Ragangal"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Pulamaipithan
"Irubadhu Vayadhennum"	Vani Jairam
"Mogam Muppadhu Varusham"	P. Susheela

Release and reception

Mogam Muppadhu Varusham was released on 27 November 1976,^[4]^[7] and became a commercial success.^[8] Kanthan of Kalki appreciated the director for properly adapting the source material to the screen, and the dialogues.^[9]

References

^ "பிரபல டைரக்டர்கள் பற்றி விஜயகுமார்". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 5 December 2020. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ "அவன் அவள் அது - படத்தில் வாடகைத்தாய் வேடத்தில் ஸ்ரீபிரியா". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
^ முத்துராமன், எஸ்.பி. (20 January 2016). "சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 42: ஆடு புலி ஆட்டம்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b Mahendran 2013, p. 344.
^ "'Moham Muppathu Varusham' (Tamil) (35 mm) (B&W) India". The Gazette of India. 22 October 1977. p. 1749. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Mogam Muppathu Varusham Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Vijayabhaskar". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "எக்காலத்திற்குமான திரைப்படம் 'மோகம் முப்பது வருஷம்' - ஒரு மீள்ப்பார்வை!". News18 (in Tamil). 29 November 2022. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ Ramachandran 2014, p. 63.
^ காந்தன் (12 December 1976). "மோகம் முப்பது வருஷம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 59. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.

Bibliography

Mahendran (2013) [2004]. சினிமாவும் நானும் [Cinema and I] (in Tamil). Karpagam Publications. OCLC 54777094.
Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.