A man is arrested and appears in court for conning and betraying four women, posing as four different men.
Acting
Gemini Ganesan's smug charisma makes you root against yourself.
Direction
Balachander structures four flashbacks like nesting Russian dolls.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness as manipulation.
Director
K. Balachander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kamal Haasan appears briefly as Appu, a rare early cameo before he became Tamil cinema's biggest star.
The film was remade in 2007 with the same title, but the 1974 original remains sharper on class critique.
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