() is a 1972 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by

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, produced by Vijayalakshmi Pictures and presented by Nahatha Pictures. A remake of the 1971

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film '' Do Raha'', it stars V. Nirmala,

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, Srikanth and Sasikumar. The film was released on 15 September 1972, and became a commercial success.

Plot

Geetha, the daughter of a millionaire, falls in love with Chandranath, a writer. Both have sex before marriage and they get married against the wishes of Geetha's father. Sadanandh, a rich publisher who lusts for Geetha, makes Chandranath rich. Chandranath takes to drinking, induces Geetha to drink and a drunk Sadanandh has sex with her; she is traumatised the next morning on learning of what happened. Later when Sadanandh tries to rape Geetha, he is shot dead by an unseen man. Geetha is tried and falsely accepts responsibility, but Chandranath claims responsibility to save her. Soon after, Chandranath's friend Prakash arrives and reveals himself as the real killer. Despite being exonerated, Geetha later commits suicide to purge herself of all she has been through.

Cast

Production

The

film '' Do Raha'' (1971) was a "sensational success", prompting

to remake it in

with the title ...''Aval!''. Besides directing, he also wrote the remake's screenplay, while the dialogues were written by A. L. Narayanan. The film was produced by Sunderlal Nahatha under Vijayalakshmi Pictures, and its final length was .

Themes

Writing for ''

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'', R. S. Prakash considered to be one of the earliest Tamil films based entirely on sex.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Shankar–Ganesh Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu movies for around 50 years. They also directed one movie '' Jagathalaprathapan'' in 1990 Personal life Shankar was the younger brother of ...

, while the lyrics were written by Vaali.

Release

was released on 15 September 1972, and was presented by Nahatha Pictures. Like the original Hindi film, this too attained commercial success, and became one of the most popular films starring Nirmala.

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aval 1970s erotic drama films 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films 1972 films Films directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh Indian erotic drama films Tamil remakes of Hindi films Tamil-language Indian films