Overview
Nandu is a 1981 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Mahendran. The film stars Ashwini and newcomer Suresh. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Sivasankari. The film was released on 17 April 1981 and failed commercially.
Plot
Ramkumar Sharma is a sickly engineer living in Lucknow in a large family. He suffers from asthma and does not like the behaviour of his autocratic father, but is deeply attached to his loving mother. Unable to get along with his father who compels him to marry a girl of his choice, Sharma leaves for Madras. He finds a job there and meets Seetha. Once settled, he goes around looking for a house with the help of house broker. Incidentally, he finds Seetha residing as a tenant in a portion under the very same house. He likes the portion and agrees to start living there. The lives of the girls who live in portions of the large house are brightened by the appearance of the engineer from Lucknow. Of them, two of them try to impress Sharma. One of them is the house owner's daughter, while the other is Seetha. Eventually, he ends up marrying Seetha.
Cast
Ashwini as Seetha
Suresh as Ramkumar Sharma
Samikannu as Arunachalam
Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Singa Muth
Beena Halsi as Ramkumar Sharma's mother
Vanitha Krishnachandran as Uma
Kutty Padmini as Lakshmi
S. N. Parvathy as Uma's mother
Kumarimuthu as the house broker
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