Missiyamma
This is a real classic old Tamil movie,
charming in its simplicity and quaint humor.
The hero is veteran actor Gemini
Ganesan, a dashing young man, a handsome hero with curly hair and extremely
decent behavior.
It is an extremely simple story where
Actress Savithri plays the role of an educated Christian girl who is looking
for employment. Her name is Mary and
Gemini Ganesan is an educated youngster who is also on the look out for a job.
Savithri is troubled by the amorous advances of M.N.Nambiyar who has lent money
to her poor father and is asking her hand in lieu of the loan paid. Savithri is
desperate to escape his clutches; there is an advertisement in the papers where
a wealthy Zamindar is looking for a married couple to work as teachers in his school.
They have one daughter Jamuna and it is also reported that their eldest daughter
had been lost in a crowd when she was young.
Gemini Ganesan suggests that they
pose as husband and wife and on account of her desperation Savithri agrees and
they travel to the village. The rest of the film is full of scenes where the
rich man and his wife interact with the couple under the assumption that they
are married.Savithri is also forced to act as a Hindu because she is now
married to Gemini Ganesan.They jump to the conclusion she is pregnant and the
old couple fuss over her when she reports to be sick. .Savithri gets totally worked up because the
situation is getting beyond her control.
Slowly she falls in love with Gemini
Ganesan and she repays her father’s debt to M.N.Nambiyar who gets hold of her
present whereabouts and comes after her, troubling her. But he is beaten and
sent away. Finally it also is revealed that Savithri is the long lost daughter who
had been found and brought up by the poor Christian gentleman. All is well and
the film ends on a happy note with the romantic couple getting united.
The
film is an all- time classic and would appeal to all generations. There are few
songs in classical ragas and the situational comedy is something not to be
missed. The scene in which the hero and heroine tell spontaneous lies to each
other with the intention of eliminating competition because they vie for the
same job is hilarious.
The additional frosting is the presence of
K.A.Thangavelu and the audience would be in splits in the scene where Savithri
teaches him music.
Songs are lilting and the song ‘Pazhaga
theriya venum’ in Mohanam is a treat...
It is an extremely humorous song
because it is a counter attack on women
soon after Savithri counsels her student Jamuna about the fickleness of men in
her song ‘therinhdu kollanum pengal’.
Rangarao is the rich man and is majestic
as usual. Thangavelu is his young brother in-law who is also the detective
solving the mystery of the missing daughter.
