Aattukara Alamelu

Goatherd Alamelu leads a happy life with her pet goat in a village. Her life changes for the worse when a landlord talks ill of her character and claims to have had an affair with her. Sivakumar said it took him “15 years to do the role in [ ]”. The name of the title character, Alamelu, is a reference to Sripriya’s birth name. Chinnappa Thevar wanted to direct the film; he refused as he felt he was not the right person to do so. The music for this film was composed by , and the lyrics were written by Ma. Ra. was released on 10 November 1977, day. wrote, ” is a fluke; one misses any worthy element that is a box-office draw besides the performance of the goat!”. The film was a . (1990), which also stars Sripriya, was compared by N. Krishnaswamy of to as it also prominently features a goat.