Bommalattam (1968 film)


Bommalattam is 1968 Indian Tamil language comedy film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by V. Ramasamy. The script was written by Cho Ramaswamy. Music was by V. Kumar. It stars Jaishankar, Jayalalithaa, Nagesh, Major Sundararajan, Cho Ramaswamy and Manorama playing lead roles. V. S. Raghavan, Sachu and O. A. K. Devar played key roles.

Cast

Music was composed by V. Kumar and lyrics were written by Vaali, Alangudi Somu, Na. Pandurangan and Avinasi Mani. For the song "Vaa Vathiyare", Srinivasan wanted the usage of Madras Bashai, but Vaali felt it was hard for him, so M. L. Govind was hired to "provide the apt words to go with it", leading to the birth of lines in the song like "Jambaar Jakku, Na Saidapetta Kokku". That also became Tamil cinema's first gaana song.