Thambathyam

Intimacy) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by K. Vijayan and produced by T. S. Kalyani.

[citation needed] Dr. Sathyamoorthy is a renowned heart surgeon with a loving wife, Janaki, as well as two daughters, Jyothi and Aruna.

Janaki is the loving but forgetful matriarch and the family abides by her wishes in most things.

Aruna is a reporter who falls in love with inspector Venkatesh who's searching for his sister Latha's murderer.

While wedding shopping, Sathyamoorthy runs into Jaggu an old acquaintance with an ax to grind.