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Happy Mother's Day: Five strong mother characters from Tamil films

ETimes.in | Last updated on - May 8, 2022, 15:11 IST
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Happy Mother's Day: Five strong mother characters from Tamil films

Tamil cinema has delivered several genres of films and sent several social messages too. There were also movies that spoke about mother’s love. Today on the occasion of International Mother's Day, let’s take a look at five Tamil films that give importance to mother characters.

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'Pasumpon'

Bharathiraja's directorial 'Pasumpom' is about a mother's love for her elder son. Raadhika played the mother role, while Prabhu played his son with Sivaji Ganesan, Sivakumar, Saranya, Ponvannan, and Vignesh in supporting roles. The emotional film explains the strong connection between a mother and her son, and the climax scene of the film will leave you in tears.

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'M Kumaran SO Mahalakshmi'

'M Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi' is the Tamil remake of the superhit Telugu film 'Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'. The film is about a bond single mother and her son. Jayam Ravi played the lead role in the remake, while Nathiya and Prakash Raj played his parents. Nadhiya has made a comeback with her role as a mother in the film.

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'Amma Kanakku'

'Amma Kanakku' speaks about a mother and daughter bonding. Amala Paul played the role of a mother, who struggles to give her daughter a good education. Amala Paul impressed everyone with her role. Yuva Lakshmi played her daughter in the family drama, which was directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari.

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'Velai Illa Pattathari'

'Velai Illa Pattathari' is an action entertainer and it also explains the lovely bonding between a mother and her son. Dhanush and Amala Paul played the lead role, while Saranya Ponvanna played Dhanush's mother in the film.

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'Valimai'

Ajith starrer 'Valimai' is a cop drama, and the film is packed with action sequences. But the film also has a mother sentiment parallelly which drives the film's story. Sumithra played the mother of Ajith and three others, and she portrayed a strong character.

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