Idhaya Malar

<p>Krishnan, an elderly person with his wife Rajam are childless and bring up Radha, who is Krishnan’s sister as their daughter. Mohan, a tennis player, falls in love with Radha. Krishnan accepts to their proposal to marry but Rajam avoids the marriage by revealing a bitter truth to Radha. Radha had married Sridhar at the age of five. She avoids Mohan who is actually the brother of Sridhar. She goes in search of Sridhar but finds out he is married . She returns home and avoids her family and lives alone. Mohan’s neighbour is very possessive of and has a crush on him. The film ends with Mohan marrying his neighbour and Radha sacrificing her love. is the directorial debut of Gemini Ganesan, and the only film he directed in his life. After directing some scenes, he left due to differences with the producer, resulting in Thamarai Manaalan taking over. However, both men retained director’s credit. This film was shot in black-and-white. It was given a by the after three cuts. The final length of the film was 3,931.30 metres (12,898.0 ft). Soundtrack was composed by . All lyrics written by . A critic from appreciated the film for the performances of most of the cast.</p>