Gumastha (film)

Gumastha is a 1953 Tamil language film starring V. Nagayya, R. S. Manohar and Pandari Bai. The film was produced in Tamil and Telugu under the same title.

Plot
Ranganathan is a government clerk struggling in life with a low salary and a big family. He has to support his aged father, his wife, two children, his brother Gopu and an unmarried sister, Susheela.

Though Gopu is a smart young man, he couldn't continue his college education due to the financial situation in the family. In the meantime, a rich man's son, Ravi meets Susheela and is attracted to her. Eventually, they both become lovers. Ravi has a medical problem in the heart. The doctor advises him against marriage. But he dismisses it and marries Susheela. She learns of Ravi's medical condition and refuses to be intimate with him. However, one day Ravi forces and make love to her due to which she becomes pregnant.

People, who know about Ravi's medical condition, suspects Susheela as carrying someone else's child. She becomes distressed. Her old father, learning about her plight, dies of shock.

How the government clerk Ranganathan, her brother, solves the problems forms the rest of the story.

Cast
Cast adapted from the songbook


 * Male Cast
 * V. Nagayya as Clerk Ranganathan
 * Manohar as Brother Gopu
 * P. V. Narasimha Bharathi as Ravi
 * Friend Ramasami as Ravi's Friend
 * T. N. Sivathanu as Ravi's Father
 * M. L. N. Kaushik as Shankar
 * C. V. V. Panthulu as Shankar's Father
 * T. V. Sethuraman as Friend's Father
 * V. K. Karthikeyan as Harmonium Player
 * Karuppaiah as Astrologer
 * P. Sundarabashyam Naidu as Ranganathan's Father
 * Balan as Gupta
 * V. T. Kalyanam as Homeowners's Clerk
 * Bhairavan as Ranganathan's Son (Adult)
 * P. Kalyanam as Ranganathan's Son's Friend
 * Anil Kumar as Ranganathan's Son (Child)


 * Female Cast
 * Pandari Bai as Ranganathan's Sister, Susheela
 * B. Jayamma as Seetha
 * C. K. Saraswathi as Ravi's Mother
 * M. Saroja as Pappi
 * Menaka as Rani
 * Angamuthu as Milkmaid
 * Venu Bai as Shankar's Mother
 * Baby Uma as Ranganathan's Daughter

Production
The film was produced by V. C. Subburaman under the banner Aruna Films and was shot at Film Centre, Madras.

Soundtrack
Music was scored by C. N. Pandurangam, G. Ramanathan, Nagayya and while the lyrics were penned by A. Maruthakasi and S. D. S. Yogiar.