Thillana Mohanambal 1968
A classical bharathanatyam dancer and a nathaswaram player fall in love against the wishes of her family.
A classical bharathanatyam dancer and a nathaswaram player fall in love against the wishes of her family.
After a fight with her father on who her future husband should be, Nalina leaves home on the first night of Navaratri. For the next nine days, she experiences nine types of human behaviour.
The Hindu god Shiva gives a sacred mango fruit, brought by the sage Narada, to his elder son Vinayaka as a prize for outsmarting his younger brother Muruga in a competition. Angry with his father, Muruga (dressed as a hermit) goes to Palani. He meets Avvaiyar, one of his devotees, along the way. Despite her attempts to convince Muruga to return to Mount Kailash, he remains adamant about his decision to leave his family. His mother, the goddess Parvati, arrives there and tells the stories of four of Shiva's divine games to calm Muruga.
Ten to twelve families from different walks of life, different age groups and different languages get together for a pilgrimage tour, starting from Tirupati and extending till Kanyakumari. The movie captures their experiences in the trip and how they develop oneness, with the common thread of religious bonding among them. The movie also highlights small anecdotes from mythology, thereby giving the movie a spiritual fervor.