Arangetram 1973 Directed by K. Balachander அரங்கேற்றம்

Lalitha is the eldest daughter of a pious and conservative Brahmin family. She has eight siblings and poverty rules reign. She decides to take up the family mantle and goes to work. Due to family needs and ill fate, she ends up as a prostitute but manages to settle all her brothers and sisters. Her family ditches her when they come to know about her dark side. Thangavelu, a man who was once rejected by her marries her. She loses her sanity in the end.

Country India
Production Country India
Language Tamil
Spoken Language Tamil
Gneres Drama , Family , Romance
Production Company Kalakendra Movies
Release Date 2 February 1973
152 mins
Cast
Prameela Lalitha
S. V. Subbaiah Ramu Shastrigal
Sivakumar Thangavelu
Sasikumar Pasupathy
M. N. Rajam Visalam
Senthamarai Nadesa Udayar
R. Neelakantan Music teacher
Jayachitra Mangalam
Jaishankar Cameo (Himself)
Lakshmi Cameo (Herself)