Thillana Mohanambal 1968

Thillana Mohanambal is a 1968 Indian Tamil costume drama film released on Jul 27, 1968. The film is directed by A P Nagarajan.
Sikkal Shanmuga Sundaram (Sivaji Ganesan) is a devoted Nadeswaram player but a short tempered sensitive character. He meets Mohanambal (Padmini) a Bharatnatyam dancer and they both fall in love with each other. However Sundaram's ego prevents him to move further with his love when she challenges him to play a Thillana on his Nadeswaram while she will dance for it. Mohana's mother, an influential and mercenary woman wants her daughter to marry a rich man so that she can be richly settled. But Mohana who is in love with Sundaram does not obey her mother, and this creates a rift between them both. Sundaram does not understand that Mohana loves him, and not knowing she has a great devotion and love for him and his talent, he decides to leave the country along with Jil Jil Ramamani(Manorama), a folk dancer whom he considers his sister. But Mohana provokes him, saying that he is a coward and not confident about his talent, and hence he has decided to go away. But Mohana's intention is to stop him and make him drop his decision so that she can prove her love for him and as expected Sundaram accepts the challenge and stays.In a temple, Sundaram plays the Thillana and Mohana dances for it. Since both performed at their best there was neither defeat nor success for both. Sundaram crowns Mohana "Thillana Mohanambal". Both Sundaram and Mohana come close because of this incident but Sundaram is stabbed with a poisonous knife by a man who is behind Mohana.
Sikkal Shanmuga Sundaram (Sivaji Ganesan) is a devoted Nadeswaram player but a short tempered sensitive character. He meets Mohanambal (Padmini) a Bharatnatyam dancer and they both fall in love with each other. However Sundaram's ego prevents him to move further with his love when she challenges him to play a Thillana on his Nadeswaram while she will dance for it. Mohana's mother, an influential and mercenary woman wants her daughter to marry a rich man so that she can be richly settled. But Mohana who is in love with Sundaram does not obey her mother, and this creates a rift between them both. Sundaram does not understand that Mohana loves him, and not knowing she has a great devotion and love for him and his talent, he decides to leave the country along with Jil Jil Ramamani(Manorama), a folk dancer whom he considers his sister. But Mohana provokes him, saying that he is a coward and not confident about his talent, and hence he has decided to go away. But Mohana's intention is to stop him and make him drop his decision so that she can prove her love for him and as expected Sundaram accepts the challenge and stays.In a temple, Sundaram plays the Thillana and Mohana dances for it. Since both performed at their best there was neither defeat nor success for both. Sundaram crowns Mohana "Thillana Mohanambal". Both Sundaram and Mohana come close because of this incident but Sundaram is stabbed with a poisonous knife by a man who is behind Mohana.
Sikkal Shanmuga Sundaram (Sivaji Ganesan) is a devoted Nadeswaram player but a short tempered sensitive character. He meets Mohanambal (Padmini) a Bharatnatyam dancer and they both fall in love with each other. However Sundaram's ego prevents him to move further with his love when she challenges him to play a Thillana on his Nadeswaram while she will dance for it. Mohana's mother, an influential and mercenary woman wants her daughter to marry a rich man so that she can be richly settled. But Mohana who is in love with Sundaram does not obey her mother, and this creates a rift between them both. Sundaram does not understand that Mohana loves him, and not knowing she has a great devotion and love for him and his talent, he decides to leave the country along with Jil Jil Ramamani(Manorama), a folk dancer whom he considers his sister. But Mohana provokes him, saying that he is a coward and not confident about his talent, and hence he has decided to go away. But Mohana's intention is to stop him and make him drop his decision so that she can prove her love for him and as expected Sundaram accepts the challenge and stays.In a temple, Sundaram plays the Thillana and Mohana dances for it. Since both performed at their best there was neither defeat nor success for both. Sundaram crowns Mohana "Thillana Mohanambal". Both Sundaram and Mohana come close because of this incident but Sundaram is stabbed with a poisonous knife by a man who is behind Mohana. Check out this page for more updates on Thillana Mohanambal.