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Vaazhkai Alaigal (1978)

Vaazhkai Alaigal poster
Directed by
G. C. Sekar
Genre
drama
Country
India
Rated
U

How it feels

A man enters a marriage he did not want and later struggles to care for a child who is not his own. The story follows his moral choices and personal growth as he deals with the consequences.

dramaticemotionalsentimentalslow-pacedbittersweetseriousretrofamily-oriented

What happens

Jeevana Teeralu is a 1977 Telugu-language film directed by G. C. Sekhar and produced by A. Gopala Krishna (Adusumilli Gopalakrishna). The film stars Krishnam Raju, Vanisri, Jayasudha, Sivaji Ganesan and Jaggayya. The film had musical score by K. Chakravarthy. It is a remake of 1959 Bollywood film Dhool Ka Phool directed by Yash Chopra. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Vaazhkai Alaigal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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