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Sumathi En Sundari (1971)

Sumathi En Sundari poster
Original title
சுமதி என் சுந்தரி
Directed by
C. V. Rajendran
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
India
Runtime
2h 18m
Rated
U
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A famous actress misses her train and ends up at an estate manager's house. She is mistaken for his wife, so they pretend to be a married couple. They start to fall in love, but her film crew shows up and causes problems.

lightheartedplayfulromanticwhimsicalmistaken-identitycheerfulfun

What happens

Sumathi En Sundari (transl. My beautiful Sumathi) is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by C. V. Rajendran. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. It is a remake of the 1967 Bengali film Nayika Sangbad. The film was released on 14 April 1971. Sumathi En Sundari (1971) - IMDb"Sumathi En Sundari" is a 1971 Tamil romantic comedy film about a famous actress named Sumathi who, after missing her train, takes shelter at an estate manager's house and is mistaken for his wife. She pretends to be a runaway wife named Sundari, and he pretends to be her husband to maintain the pretense for his colleagues. The two eventually fall in love, but a crisis occurs when the film crew tracks her down to the estate, creating a conflict between her career and her newfound love. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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