A classical bharathanatyam dancer and a nathaswaram player fall in love against the wishes of her family.
Genres:
Sivaji Ganesan as Nadaswara Chakravarthi "Sikkal" Shanmugasundaram
Padmini as Mohanambal
T. S. Balaiah as Muthurakku
Manorama as "Jil Jil" Ramamani
A. V. M. Rajan as Thangarathnam
Ambika Sukumaran as Maragatham
C. K. Saraswathi as Vadivambal
K. Balaji as "Singapuram Minor" Chelladurai
M. N. Nambiar as Maharaja of Madhanpur
M. Saroja as Abaranji Vethalai Petti
Nagesh as "Savadal" Vaithi
Udaya Chandrika as Singaram's wife
K. A. Thangavelu as Nattuvanar Muthukumara Swamy
M. Bhanumathi as Mary
T. R. Ramachandran as Varathan
Chittoor V. Nagayya as Sundaram's Nadaswaram teacher
Shanmugasundari as Veena player in Mohana's troupe
S. V. Sahasranamam as Saint living in Thiruvarur
K. Sarangapani as Sakthivel
E. R. Sahadevan as 'Minor' Nagalingam
A. Karunanidhi as Sudalai
P. D. Sambandam as Thaalam player in Sundaram's troupe
Senthamarai as Kadambavanam
S. Rama Rao as
Kallapart Natarajan as
T. N. Sivathanu as
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