{{Short description|1971 film by C. V. Rajendran}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Sumathi En Sundari | image = Sumathi En Sundari.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = C. V. Rajendran | screenplay = Chithralaya Gopu | story = Prasantha Deb | starring = Sivaji Ganesan<br />Jayalalithaa | music = M. S. Viswanathan | cinematography = Thambu | editing = N. M. Shankar | studio = Ram Kumar Films | released = {{Film date|1971|04|14|df=y}} | runtime = 138 minutes | country = India | language = Tamil }}

'''''Sumathi En Sundari''''' ({{translation|My beautiful Sumathi}}) is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by C. V. Rajendran.<ref name="Classic Pick">{{Cite news |date=19 December 2008 |title=Classic Pick: Sumathi En Sundari |work=The Times of India |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2008/12/19&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar02900 |url-status=dead |access-date=4 July 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180704115045/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2008/12/19&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar02900 |archive-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. It is a remake of the 1967 Bengali film ''Nayika Sangbad''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vamanan |author-link=Vamanan |date=23 April 2018 |title=Tamil cinema's Bong connection |work=The Times of India |url=https://epaper.timesgroup.com/olive/apa/timesofindia/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=TOICH%2F2018%2F04%2F23&id=Ar00819&sk=6633D1AA&viewMode=text |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180708101152/https://epaper.timesgroup.com/olive/apa/timesofindia/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=TOICH/2018/04/23&id=Ar00819&sk=6633D1AA&viewMode=text |archive-date=8 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R. |date=20 November 2005 |title='Chithralaya' Gopu, proprietor of Mannar & Co, Oho Productions |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/20/stories/2005112014160200.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130052502/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/20/stories/2005112014160200.htm |archive-date=30 November 2007}}</ref> The film was released on 14 April 1971.<ref name="nadigarthilagam">{{Cite web |title=141-150 |url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp15.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712070100/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp15.htm |archive-date=12 July 2018 |access-date=25 August 2014 |website=Nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref>

Sumathi En Sundari (1971) - IMDb"Sumathi En Sundari" is a 1971 Tamil romantic comedy film about a famous actress named Sumathi who, after missing her train, takes shelter at an estate manager's house and is mistaken for his wife. She pretends to be a runaway wife named Sundari, and he pretends to be her husband to maintain the pretense for his colleagues. The two eventually fall in love, but a crisis occurs when the film crew tracks her down to the estate, creating a conflict between her career and her newfound love.

== Cast == {{Cast listing| *Sivaji Ganesan as Madhu<ref name="Film World" /> *Jayalalithaa as Sumathi / Sundari<ref name="Classic Pick" /> *V. Gopalakrishnan as Director Chinnasamy *K. A. Thangavelu as Rathnasamy *Nagesh as Mannangatti Sundaram *Sachu as Sachu / Saraswathi *Thengai Srinivasan as Paramanandam *Senthamarai as Railway Station Master *Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Moorthy *Jayakumari as Dancer *Gundu Karuppaiah as Iyer *S. N. Parvathy as Parvathi *Gemini Maali as the film producer }}

==Production== The filming was completely held at Kodaikanal and was also held at Thekkady, Kerala for 20 days.<ref name=kal /><ref name=raj>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2011 |title=சிவாஜி இல்லையென்றால்...&nbsp;– இயக்குனர் சி.வி. ராஜேந்திரன் பேட்டி |trans-title=If there is no Sivaji...&nbsp;– Director C. V. Rajendran interview |url=https://www.dinamalar.com/malarkal/vara-malar-weekly-magazine/if-not-shivaji---director-cv-rajendran-interview/7148 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018042347/https://www.dinamalar.com/supplementary_detail.asp?id=7148&cat=2&Print=1 |archive-date=18 October 2022 |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=Dinamalar |language=ta}}</ref> Rajendran wanted two horses for an important scene however after he found one of the two horses to be skinny and rides only in reverse he decided not to change the horse as it would become difficult to obtain the call sheets of Ganesan so he shot the scene with Nagesh riding in skinny horse and Ganesan riding a much healthier horse converting into a humorous scene.<ref name=kal>{{Cite magazine |date=4 February 1979 |title=நகைச்சுவை காட்சியில் ஒரு சோகக்கதை - ஸி.வி.ராஜேந்திரன் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1979-02-04/page/n27/mode/2up? |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231108050753/https://archive.org/details/kalki1979-02-04/page/n27/mode/2up? |archive-date=8 November 2023 |access-date=8 November 2023 |magazine=Kalki |pages=26–27 |language=Ta |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

== Soundtrack == The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sumathi En Sundari Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan |url=https://macsendisk.com/product/sumathi-en-sundari-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023171817/https://macsendisk.com/product/sumathi-en-sundari-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ |archive-date=2022-10-23 |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Macsendisk}}</ref> "Pottu Vaitha Mugamo" is the first song that S. P. Balasubrahmanyam sang for a Ganesan film; another man was originally to sing the song, but Viswanathan chose Balasubrahmanyam.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2014 |title={{sic|nolink=y|சிவாஜpக்கு எஸ்.பி.}} பாடிய முதல் பாட்டு |url=http://archives.thinakaran.lk/2014/05/27/?fn=f1405276 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021110248/http://archives.thinakaran.lk/2014/05/27/?fn=f1405276 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |website=Thinakaran |language=ta}}</ref> That song is based on Valaji raga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ஏழிசை எம்எஸ்வி {{!}} பயோகிராபி |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/msv/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626130400/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/msv/ |archive-date=26 June 2020 |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=Dinamalar |language=Ta}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length |- | "Oru Alayamagum Mangai Manadhu" || P. Susheela || rowspan=5|Kannadasan || 05:24 |- | "Ellorukkum Kaalam Varum" || A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari || 02:58 |- | "Oh Orayiram" || P. Susheela || 04:00 |- | "Pottu Vaitha Mugamo"|| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, B. Vasantha || 05:10 |- | "Ye Pille Sachayi" || T. M. Soundararajan, A. L. Raghavan, L. R. Eswari || 04:32 |- | "Oru Tharam Ore Tharam" || T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela || Vaali || 03:30 |- | "Kalyana Santhaiyile" || P. Susheela || Kannadasan || 02:25 |}

== Release and reception == ''Sumathi En Sundari'' was released on 14 April 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 December 2016 |title=ஜெயலலிதா நடித்த திரைப்படங்களின் பட்டியல் |language=ta |work=Dinamani |url=https://www.dinamani.com/cm-jayalalitha/2016/dec/06/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-2610816.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200624160449/https://www.dinamani.com/cm-jayalalitha/2016/dec/06/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-2610816.html |archive-date=24 June 2020}}</ref> T. G. Vaidyanathan of ''Film World'' appreciated the film.<ref name="Film World">{{Cite magazine |last=Vaidyanathan |first=T. G. |date=1971 |title=Tamil Nadu's Opium |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ndTAAAAYAAJ&q=sivaji |url-status=live |magazine=Film World |volume=7 |page=59 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622044221/https://books.google.com/books?id=5ndTAAAAYAAJ&q=sivaji |archive-date=22 June 2022 |access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref>

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Category:1971 Indian films Category:1971 Tamil-language films Category:1971 films Category:1971 romantic comedy films Category:Films directed by C. V. Rajendran Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Category:Films with screenplays by Chithralaya Gopu Category:Indian romantic comedy films Category:Tamil remakes of Bengali films Category:Tamil-language Indian films