''Aan Paavam'' () is a 1985 Indian

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film written and directed by

Pandiarajan R. Pandiarajan is an Indian actor, director and comedian who has played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and plays supporting and comedy roles. Personal life Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle- ...

. It was his second directorial venture and first as actor. The film also stars Pandiyan,

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and Seetha. It was released on 7 December 1985, and became a box office success. The film was remade into Telugu as ''Naku Pellam Kavali'' (1987) and in

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as ''

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'' (2004).

Plot

Periya Paandi ( Pandiyan) and Chinna Paandi (

) are two notorious sons of the village cinema theatre owner Ramasamy ( V. K. Ramasamy). Periya Paandi goes to a neighbouring village to see a girl as arranged by his father towards his marriage and ends up in the wrong house. Coincidentally, those in the wrong house are also expecting a man to see their daughter on the same time and the same day. Contrary to real-time arranged marriages, Periya Paandi goes to see the girl totally un-aided by parents, relatives and friends. Nevertheless, he takes a liking to the girl, Seetha ( Seetha), and decides to marry her. Seetha likes Periya Pandi and decides to accept the proposal. Meanwhile, Seetha's marriage broker shows up and clarifies that Periya Paandi was supposed to have gone to see some other girl but ended up in the wrong house. Hearing this, Periya Paandi, Seetha and Seetha's parents seem disappointed. Ramasamy fixes dates for his marriage to the girl originally chosen for him Revathi (

), a school teacher's daughter. Periya Paandi's adamance to marry Seetha causes a strange turn of events. Chinna Paandi finally marries Revathi, while Periya Paandi ties the knot with his love Seetha.

Cast

Production

''Aan Paavam'' was Pandiarajan's second film as director and his debut film as an actor. Seetha who was studying in the twelfth grade at that time was selected to play the lead actress after director saw her in a video at a marriage.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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. The song "Kadhal Kasakkudayya" is based on Shanmukhapriya raga, and "Kuyile Kuyile" is based on

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. The movie was dubbed into Telugu as Pelli Pichollu and lyrics were written by Rajashri

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of ''

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'' called the film's screenplay, dialogues and Janagaraj as plus points while praising Pandiarajan's acting as natural and added debutant Seetha has only little bit of camera fear, Pandiyan has managed his acting and the scenes involving Revathi evoke laughter.

Future

Pandiarajan made a

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to this film titled '' Kai Vandha Kalai'' (2006) starring himself and his son Prithvi Rajan.

References

Bibliography

External links

* {{Pandiarajan 1980s Indian films 1980s Tamil-language films 1985 films 1985 romantic comedy films Films directed by Pandiarajan Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian romantic comedy films Tamil films remade in other languages Tamil-language Indian films