Aval Sumangalithan (; ) is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Visu. Based on his play of the same name, the film stars Karthik and Ilavarasi. It was released on 19 July 1985. The film was remade in Telugu as Punyasthree (1986). Plot Arumugam, a poor father, seeks a groom for his daughter Uma. For Arumugam, the perfect bridegroom seems to be Bhaskaran. Bhaskaran then marries Uma. Bhaskaran understands his in-laws' financial problems, thus he helps them. He is always shown to be the perfect son rather than a son-in-law always accommodating the weird quirks of Arumugam and his wife. Even the exceptional inter-religious friendship between Bhaskaran and Kuriakose and Nisha, does not seem to cause any trouble either between the orthodox Arumugam and his wife or Uma and her husband. When everything seems to go perfect, fate throws in a wrench. Later, Bhaskaran suffers from a brain tumour and will die soon. Before Uma realises this, she kills herself and Bhaskaran is cured of the tumour. Cast Karthik as Bhaskaran Ilavarasi as Uma Visu as Arumugam K. R. Vijaya as Mangalam Chandrasekhar as Kuriakose Nisha Noor as Stella Master Haja Sheriff as Mani T. P. Gajendran as Fernandes Kishmu as a doctor Kasthuri Raja as compounder Soundtrack The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics written by Pulamaipithan, Muthulingam, N. Kamarasan, Idhayachandran and Jothi Pandian. Reception Jayamanmadhan of Kalki wrote Visu is stunning in the comedy, the compelling knotted story, the gripping characters and the heart-wrenching sadness at the end, all of which are underpinned by his dialogues. References External links 1980s Tamil-language films 1985 drama films 1985 films Films directed by Visu Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films with screenplays by Visu Indian drama films Indian films based on plays Tamil films remade in other languages