Karpagam is a 1963

1963 in film

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 Tamil film starring Gemini Ganesan, Savithri, Muthuraman, and K.R. Vijaya. Directed by K.S. Gopalakrishnan, the film depicts the life of a young girl, Karpagam (played by K.R. Vijaya) and shows tragedies, difficulties, and love. It was released on November 15, 1963. Amar Jothi Movies produced the film.
The film is a box office hit and the producer built a studio named Karpagam Studios from the profit he earned in this movie.

Cast

• K. R. Vijaya
  K. R. Vijaya
  K. R. Vijaya is a popular Indian actress who has starred in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She started her career in the 1960s. She has been acting for more than four decades now in South Indian cinema. K. R...
  
   as Karpagam
• Gemini Ganesan
  Gemini Ganesan
  Ramaswami Ganesan , popularly known as Gemini Ganesan , was an Indian actor. He was nicknamed "Kadhal Mannan" of Tamil cinema for the romantic roles he played in movies....
  
   as Sundaram
• Muthuraman
  Muthuraman
  Muthuraman may refer to:Indian people:* S. P. Muthuraman , director* B. Muthuraman , business manager* R. Muthuraman , actor* Karthik Muthuraman , actor...
  
   as Karpagam's brother
• Savithri as Amutha
• S. V. Ranga Rao
  S. V. Ranga Rao
  Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao Popularly Known as S.V.R. was an Indian Theater actor, Tollywood actor, director and producer...
  
  

Plot

Mr. Nallasivam is a generous farmer who builds orphanages, schools, and hospitals and does anything he can to help people. He can be stubborn and fierce at times. He has a young daughter, Karpagam, and a son, Rajanagam. The film begins at a gathering to open a building. Sundaram, a hard-working farmer, always receives prizes for toiling hard and long at his work. After the ceremony is finished, Mr. Nallasivam invites his childhood friend, who has a daughter, Amutha, to have lunch at his house. The friend refused and said he had a lot of work to do, and jokingly called Mr. Nallasivam "country fellow".