Melnaattu Marumagal is a 1975 Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film starring Sivakumar

Sivakumar

Sivakumar is a Tamil cinema actor who has portrayed a wide range of character roles onscreen. Sivakumar was introduced in the Tamil movie Kaakum karangal which was produced by AVM Productions....

, Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...

 and Jayasudha

Jayasudha

Jayasudha is an Indian film actress-turned-MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She was a famous South Indian actress from the 1970s and 1980s, with most of her films being Telugu films. She has also worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and three Hindi films....

 in the lead roles. Kamal Haasan plays the role of younger brother of Sivakumar. Jayasudha was Kamal Haasan's pair. Vani Ganapathy, a danseuse appeared only for a dance sequence along side Kamal Haasan whom she later married in 1978.

Plot

The film is about two brothers, Sivakumar and Kamal Haasan getting married to two women of different attitude. Sivakumar marries a foreign girl who loves Tamil culture and tradition while Kamal marries a Tamil girl who is attracted by the western culture.

Cast

• Sivakumar
  Sivakumar
  Sivakumar is a Tamil cinema actor who has portrayed a wide range of character roles onscreen. Sivakumar was introduced in the Tamil movie Kaakum karangal which was produced by AVM Productions....
  
  
• Kamal Haasan
  Kamal Haasan
  Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...
  
   as Raja
• Jayasudha
  Jayasudha
  Jayasudha is an Indian film actress-turned-MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She was a famous South Indian actress from the 1970s and 1980s, with most of her films being Telugu films. She has also worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and three Hindi films....
  
   as Sudha
• Poornam Viswanathan
• Jr. Balaiah
• Gandhimathi