The Panchayat refuses and advises Malaichamy to forget the bet.

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Kalaimani Starring Pandiyan Revathi Narrated by Bharathiraja Music by Ilaiyaraaja Cinematography B.

Kannan Edited by V.

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The Fragrance of Soil ) is a 1983 Indian Tamil -language romantic drama film directed by Bharathiraja.

Starring debutants Pandiyan and Revathi, with Vinu Chakravarthy, Ganthimathi, and Y.

Ochayis daughter is married to Mookkaiya Thevar, whose daughter is Muthupechi.

Malaichamy Thevar, the chief of the neighbouring village, is the patron of the village school, where children from both villages study.

Mookkaiya Thevar has an extramarital affair with Hamsavalli and spends most of his time and money on her.

Though Muthupechi secretly nurtures a desire to marry her cousin Veerannan, he does not think along those lines as their families are not on talking terms due to a dispute over a field that was to be gifted as dowry to Mookkaiya at the time of his wedding.

Though Mookkaiya has a grownup daughter, he pressurises his wife to get the dowry due to him from Ochayi.

However, Ochayi does not yield to the pressure as she feels that Mookkaiya, the womaniser, would squander it on his other women.

The villagers support him and advise Mookkaiya to invite Ochayi and Veerannan.

Mookkaiya relents.

All rituals take place and Muthupechi feels happy for having drawn the attention of Veerannan.

Veerannan, who had all the while ignored Muthupechi, now gets attracted to her and they start meeting each other secretly.

Hamsavallis brother Muthukalai asks Mookkaiya why he was not invited to perform the rituals of a suitor at Muthupechis function.

Though Mookkaiya is having an illicit relationship with Hamsavalli, he looks down upon them and is irritated with Muthukalais desire.

Upset with his bull being subdued by Veerannan, Malaichamy schemes to teach a lesson to Mookkaiya who constantly boasts about his bull.

He manipulates Mookkaiya into announcing that the person who controls his bull will win Muthupechi as the prize.

Muthukalai feeds Mookkaiyas bull medicinal herbs, resulting in Malaichamis man subduing the bull.

Malaichamy demands that Mookkaiya get Muthupechis man married to the winning man.

When Mookkaiya returns home, his wife berates him, saying he has no right to declare his daughter as a prize.

Mookkaiya, realising his mistake and the precarious situation he has created, commits suicide after killing his bull.

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