Athaiya Mamiya

Athaiya Mamiya
Athaiya Mamiya
	Title card
Directed by	Chitralaya Gopu
Screenplay by	Chitralaya Gopu
Story by	Vijaya Ganesan
Produced by	N. R. Amudha
Starring	Jaishankar; Ushanandini
Cinematography	K. S. Baskar Rao
Edited by	N. M. Sankar
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production; company	Garuda Films
Release date	16 August 1974[1]
Running time	178 minutes[2]
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Athaiya Mamiya (transl. Aunt or Auntie?) is a 1974 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Chitralaya Gopu, starring Jaishankar and Ushanandini.[3][4][5]

Plot

Shankar (Jaishankar) returns from abroad after successfully completing his higher studies. His parents plan to marry him to one of their relative's daughters. A series of comic incidents ensue while they try to convince Shankar to marry. Things become serious when Shankar reveals to them that he has already met the love of his life, Usha (Ushanandini,) and married her. Angered by this, his father throws him out of his house and Usha joins Shankar to start a new life.

How they succeed in establishing their life is the rest of the movie.

Cast

Jaishankar as Shankar
Ushanandini as Usha
M. N. Rajam as Sumathi
Manorama as Manju
Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Panjabikesan
Nagesh as Balu
Sachu as Malathy
Srikanth as Sarathi
Gandhimathi as Kattankulathaan's wife
Thengai Srinivasan as Kattankulathaan
V. S. Raghavan as Sachinthandham
Sukumari as Lakshmi
M. Bhanumathi as Chandra

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and lyrics were written by Vaali.


Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
Marandhe Pochu	Vaali	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, L. R. Eswari	3:36
Nan Petha Magane Nataraja		T. M. Soundararajan	4:02
Athaiya Mamiya Angaya Ingaya		P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari	3:12

Reception

Athaiya Mamiya ran in cinemas for 10 weeks.[6]

References

"அத்தையா மாமியா / Athaiya Mamiya (1974)". Screen4Screen (in English and Tamil). Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
Dharap, B.V. (1974). Indian Films. Motion Picture Enterprises. p. 217.
Karthikeyan, D. (15 August 2011). "Climax to Thangam Theatre — it's razed down". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
"Curtains come down on Thangam theatre, once Asia's largest". Firstpost. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
எஸ்.வி.எஸ். (8 September 1974). "அத்தையா? மாமியா?". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 37. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
"சி(ரி)த்ராலயா 44: கடத்தப்பட்ட எழுத்தாளர்!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

External links

Athaiya Mamiya at IMDb

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[1] "அத்தையா மாமியா / Athaiya Mamiya (1974)". Screen4Screen (in English and Tamil). Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[2] Dharap, B.V. (1974). Indian Films. Motion Picture Enterprises. p. 217.

[3] Karthikeyan, D. (15 August 2011). "Climax to Thangam Theatre — it's razed down". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[4] "Curtains come down on Thangam theatre, once Asia's largest". Firstpost. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[5] எஸ்.வி.எஸ். (8 September 1974). "அத்தையா? மாமியா?". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 37. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[6] "சி(ரி)த்ராலயா 44: கடத்தப்பட்ட எழுத்தாளர்!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.