Aalayamani

Aalayamani (English title: Temple bell) is a 1962 Tamil language drama film directed by K. Shankar. The film features Sivaji Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran, B. Saroja Devi, C. R. Vijayakumari and M. R. Radha in lead roles. The film, produced by P. S. Veerappa, had musical score by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and was released on 23 November 1962. The film was remade in Telugu as Gudi Gantalu (1964) and in Hindi as Aadmi (1968).

Plot

Aalayamani is a tale of possessiveness and distrust towards one's partner and the eventual redemption by sacrifice. The story is an essential interplay of feelings and the shadows cast upon by darker feelings of one person and the effect it produces on himself and in his immediate circle of friends and family.

The Hero of the story is Thyagarajan (Sivaji Ganesan), a lonely rich bachelor, subjected to a deep seated trauma in the form of witnessing the death of a childhood playmate which is caused by his possessiveness. This is recurring theme in Thyagarajan's life leading to disastrous results.