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Vietnam Veedu (1970)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 44M

Director : P. Madhavan

Synopsis

Prestige Padmanabha Iyer retires from his company executive position and has a lonely and unhappy life with his family in the ancestral home Vietnam House, named for the constant fighting and arguing.

Actors

Sivaji Ganesan
Sivaji Ganesan
Padmini
Padmini
Srikanth
Srikanth
Rama Prabha
Rama Prabha
V. S. Raghavan
V. S. Raghavan
V. Gopalakrishnan
V. Gopalakrishnan
S. V. Ramadas
S. V. Ramadas
K. A. Thangavelu
K. A. Thangavelu
Nagesh
Nagesh
Vijayan K
Vijayan K
Kathadi Ramamurthy
Kathadi Ramamurthy
M. Bhanumathi
M. Bhanumathi
Senthamarai
Senthamarai
Karuppu Subbaiah
Karuppu Subbaiah
Pakoda Kadhar
Pakoda Kadhar

Crews

P. Madhavan
P. Madhavan
Director
K. V. Mahadevan
K. V. Mahadevan
Music
Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
Writer
Sivaji Ganesan
Sivaji Ganesan
Producer
R. Devarajan
R. Devarajan
Editor
P. N. Sundaram
P. N. Sundaram
Director of Photography

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