Karaikkal Ammaiyar (1973)

Directed by

A. P. Nagarajan

Genre

musical film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 30m

Rated

U

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film about Karaikkal Ammaiyar, a saint from Tamil literature who is one of the 63 Nayanmars. It shows her life from young womanhood to old age as a devotee of Shiva.

devotionalspiritualreverentslow-pacedtraditionalmythologicalseriousmusical

What happens

Karaikkal Ammaiyar (transl. Mother Karaikal) is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language devotional film, written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan and produced by Eveeyaar Films. The film stars Lakshmi, who played the younger-age Punithavathi role, and K. B. Sundarambal, who played the old-age role—as the title characters, with R. Muthuraman, Manorama, Suruli Rajan, V. S. Raghavan, S. V. Sahasranamam, Sivakumar and Srividya playing supporting roles. Karaikkal Ammaiyar is one of the three women saints among the 63 Nayanmars and is considered one of the greatest figures of Tamil literature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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