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.
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Arangetram Cast
Name |
Character |
Senthamarai
He was 38, 57 years old when he died
|
as Nadesa Udayar |
Kamal Haasan
He was 18, now 70 years old
|
as Thyagu |
Jaishankar
He was 34, 61 years old when he died
|
as Cameo (Himself) |
M. N. Rajam
She was 32, now 84 years old
|
as Visalam |
S. V. Subbaiah Bagavathar
He was 53, 60 years old when he died
|
as Ramu Shastrigal |
Jayasudha
was 14, now 65 years old
|
as Devi |
Lakshmi
She was 20, now 71 years old
|
as Cameo (Herself) |
Jayachitra
She was 17, now 68 years old
|
as Mangalam |
Sivakumar
He was 31, now 83 years old
|
as Thangavelu |
Arangetram Crew