Kuzhandai Ullam

A rich painter meets a tribal girl at a forest and falls in love with her. He finds himself married to her without knowing it, spends a night with her blissfully and then is forced into marrying a city girl to satisfy his mother. His emotional involvement with the tribal girl, whom he just cannot erase from his memory complicates things. Ultimately, thanks to two children, the broken hearts are united. Though Telugu film (1968) was a , it received critical acclaim; this prompted her to remake it in Tamil as . Savitri, in addition to directing, produced it under Sri Savitri Productions, and wrote the screenplay while M. Lakshmanan wrote the dialogues. Singh and Sekhar, the cinematographers of the original, returned in their positions, and editing was handled by M. S. N. Murthy. The film marked the debut of art director Mohana. The soundtrack was composed by , and the lyrics were written by . was released on 14 January 1969, during . wrote on 25 January, “[Savitri] has on the whole weaved a fairly appealing product though old-fashioned in style and treatment.” The film was an average success.