Director: R.C. Sakthi; Producer: Mohan; Cinematographer: Vishwam Nataraj; Cast: Rajesh, Prasanna, Pandian, Laxmi, Ilavarasi, S.S. Chandran, A. Shakuntala, S.N. Parvathi
Summary: The drunken landlord Anthony (Rajesh) rapes
Bhagirathi (Lakshmi), wife of the village
Brahmin priest. When her husband (Prasanna)
rejects her, encouraged by a kindly policeman
she moves in with her rapist and eventually
develops an attachment to him. When he dies
she prefers to be known as the man’s widow
and refuses to rejoin her husband. A parallel
story has a farm-worker (Pandian) courting a
local politician’s daughter (Elavarasi),
providing an opportunity to show the corrupt
relationships between politicians and police.
The story’s impact is diluted by gross comedy,
cabarets, and a fight sequence inserted for boxoffice
reasons. Laxmi gives an accomplished
repeat performance of a rape victim (cf. Sila
Nerangalil Sila Manithargal, 1976). The film
upset Brahmin organisations, which
campaigned against it.
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