Vijay lives with his mother in a palatial house deep in the jungles in South India where he makes a living trapping animals for circuses, zoos - both nationally and internationally. He meets with beautiful U.S.-returned Nimmi, both fall in love with each other and want to get married. Vijay's mother cautions them both against separating new-born animals from their birth mothers, but both refuse to listen. Then the unexpected happens, a mother lioness, angered at Vijay for taking her cubs, attacks him, and leaves him badly wounded.
Practical Effects
Real lion attacks—no CGI, just actual danger and chaos.
Acting
Nirupa Roy: the eternal suffering mother, perfected.
Production
Genuine jungle locations, not studio sets.
Director
M. A. Thirumugam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dharmendra performed several scenes with untrained lions; insurance reportedly refused coverage.
The film rides 1970s Indian cinema's obsession with 'maa' as sacred ideal—Nirupa Roy starred in so many mother roles she became synonymous with cinematic suffering.
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