Underplayed Gems

Mayangukiral Oru Maadhu (1975)

Mayangukiral Oru Maadhu poster
Original title
மயங்குகிறாள் ஒரு மாது
Directed by
S. P. Muthuraman
Genre
drama, romance
Country
India
Runtime
2h 08m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman tries to hide a one-night stand from her husband. A blackmailer demands money to keep the secret.

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What happens

Mayangukiral Oru Maadhu (pronounced [majaŋɡukiraːɭ oɾu maːðuː] transl. A woman falls in love) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and produced by S. Baskar. The film stars Muthuraman and Sujatha, with Thengai Srinivasan, Vijayakumar and Fatafat Jayalaxmi in supporting roles. It revolves around a woman who must try to keep a one-night stand that she had in college a secret from her husband, and thwart a persistent blackmailer's intent on collecting money from her to keep quiet about it. Mayangukiral Oru Maadhu was released on 30 May 1975. The film was remade in Kannada as Baalu Jenu (1976), in Telugu as Yavvanam Katesindi (1976), and in Hindi as Bezubaan (1982). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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