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Idhu Namma Aalu (1988)

Directed by Balakumaran

Overview

Gopalsamy, a poor graduate, travels to Madras to financially provide for his mother’s eye surgery. Struggling to earn money, he encounters a Brahmin priest who coaxes him to impersonate a Brahmin to sell food in the neighboring agraharam. Being a non-Brahmin from a backward caste, Gopal finds it morally reprehensible to wear the sacred thread, but with no other options in sight, he sets off to perform Ganapati homam with three other priests…

Length 145 minutes

Actors

K. Bhagyaraj | Shobana Chandrakumar | Manorama | Somayajulu J V | Kumarimuthu