Miss Malini created at least one immortal character ‘Sampath’. Life is a constant struggle for Malini, a poor young woman with an ailing father.She reluctantly accepts stage actor-friend Sundari’s suggestion to go on stage, and joins her theatre group, Kala Mandhiram.Success smiles on her and she soon becomes an idol of the masses. Sampath, a suave swindler, befriends Malini and takes control of her life. He persuades her to start her own theatre company. A puppet in his hands, Malini severs ties with those who have helped her in the past such as Sundari.Soon she is in debt and back at the bottom of the ladder. Sampath abandons her. Sundari and others come to her rescue and Malini goes back to Kala Mandhiram and begins her life anew, sadder but certainly wiser!
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Kothamangalam Subbu
Sampath
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Nandanar
Anaadhai Penn
Pushpavalli
Malini
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Vara Vikrayam
Paduka Pattabhishekham
Sundari Bai
Sundari
Saluri Rajeswara Rao
RK Narayan
R M Ramanthan
Gemini Ganesan
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Avvai Shanmugi
Rudraveena
R. M. Ramanthan
Javar Seetharaman
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Andha Naal
Karnan
S. Varalakshmi
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Veerapandiya Kattabomman
Sri Venkateswara Mahatmyam
M. S. Sundari Bai
Sundari
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Chandralekha
Deiva Piravi
V. Gopalakrishnan
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Neerkumizhi
Johnny
Kothamangalam Subbu Director · R.K. Narayan Story
First release September 26, 1947 · Produced in India
Production
Gemini Studios
Production
India
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Original language
Tamil
Spoken on screen
Tamil
Release dates
India · September 26, 1947
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