Best Child Artist - Kalathur Kannamma
The film tells a story of a young couple,a wealthy zamindar’s(landlord) son and a farmer’s daughter who are separated by unfortunate circumstances while their innocent son grows up in a orphanage.
Gemini Ganesan as Rajalingam, Savithri as Kannamma, Kamal Haasan as Selvam, T. S. Balaiah as Ramalingam, S. V. Subbaiah as Murugan, Devika as Maduram, Javar Seetharaman as Singaram, Manorama as Amalu, ‘Kuladeivam’ Rajagopal as Rathnam