Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Karuthamma

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Jul 3, 2012, 4:39:08 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Karuthamma

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+'''Karuthamma'''
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+1994 153’ col/scope Tamil
+d/sc Bharthirajaa pc Vetrivel Art Creations
+st/dial M. Rathnakumar lyr Vairamuthu
+c B. Kannan m A.R. Rehman
+lp Raja, Rajashree, Periyadhasan, Maheshwari,
+Rajina
+
+
+Remarkable Bharthirajaa melodrama
+addressing the feudal practice of female
+infanticide in parts of Tamil Nadu. The school
+teacher Soosai secretly adopts the third
+daughter of the villager Mokkaiyan
+(Periyadhasan) when he learns that she is to
+die. The two elder daughters, Periyakanni and
+Karuthamma (Rajashree), grow up to a tragic
+fate. Periyakanni is unhappily married and sees
+her own daughter killed at birth. Karuthamma,
+however, gets her sister’s evil husband arrested
+for the act, supported by the progressive
+veterinarian Stephen (Raja). In the end, when
+the evil husband is released from jail,
+Karuthamma kills him. A second plot has
+Karuthamma fall in love with Stephen to the
+envy of his urban girlfriend Rosy (Maheshwari),
+who eventually turns out to be the surviving
+third sister of Karuthamma. The film’s opening
+sets the tone as an ancient nurse sings a lullaby
+in a cracked voice, preparing to feed poisoned
+cactus milk to girls who have to die. The
+director, enhancing his selfmade image of
+social reformer, introduces the film.
+Nevertheless, he occasionally achieves
+surprisingly tragic, primitive realism,
+strengthened by Rehman’s extraordinary song
+Porale ponnu thayi.
+
+[[Film]]