Thilakam

<p>Saraswathi is a woman separated from her husband. She and her daughter Thilakam take refuge in her sister’s family in . Saraswathi wants her daughter Thilakam to be married to her brother Sekhar. But her uncle Sambasivam wants to marry Thilakam to a rich but old man in . Sambasivam’s son Gunasekharan is against this plan and wants Thilakam to be married to Sekhar. Whether he succeeds in this, forms the plot of the story. The details are adapted from review article. was a popular stage play written by K. M. Narayanasami. , the founder and then-owner of , bought the film rights to the play and produced the film. His son started his film production career with this film working as a “production executive”. Narayanasami wrote the film’s dialogues. Music was composed by and the lyrics were penned by , , , S. Rajagopal and V. Seetharaman. The song “B-o-y Boy, Boyinna Paiyan, G – i – r – l Girl, Girlinna Ponnu” (based on the song “Cat Maane Billi” from the film ), sung by S. C. Krishnan and Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi was a hit. was released on 11 November 1960. appreciated the plot, performances and cinematography. Kanthan of appreciated the dialogues, but criticised the story, performances and songs. The film was a commercial failure.</p>