Idhaya Kamalam

<p>Kamala and Vimala are twin sisters. While Kamala leads a normal life and is married to a lawyer studying in London, Vimala joins a band of robbers. Kamala’s husband returns home to find his wife terminally ill. , a remake of the film (1964), was directed by Srikanth and produced by under . The screenplay was written by , cinematography was handled by K. S. Prasad, editing by P. V. Manickam and art direction by Thota. L. V. Prasad also served as supervising director. The film was colourised using . The soundtrack album was composed by while the lyrics were written by . was released on 27 August 1965, and distributed by Prasad Productions in . T. M. Ramachandran of called it a “noteworthy film”, appreciating K. R. Vijaya and saying she gives “The best performance in the film [..] she displays mark her out as a fine actress”. Ramachandran also praised K. V. Mahadevan’s music, calling it “lilting” and “one of the important assets of the film” and also calling K. S. Prasad’s camerawork “praiseworthy”. lauded Prasad’s cinematography, Vijaya’s dual performance and Srikanth’s direction, but felt Ravichandran did not do well enough. The film was a major success; according to historian , this was because of the music and Vijaya’s performance.</p>