''Avalukendru Or Manam'' () is a 1971 Indian

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-language film

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produced, written and directed by

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. The film stars

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, Muthuraman, Bharathi and Kanchana. It revolves around two women who fall in love with the same man. ''Avalukendru Or Manam'' was simultaneously made in

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as '' Duniya Kya Jaane'', with a largely different cast, though Bharathi repeated her role. It was released on 18 June 1971, and performed averagely at the box office.

Plot

Lalitha loves Kannan, but he initially does not reciprocate. Her friend, Meena belongs to a middle class family and loves her neighbour, Muthuraman who runs a chit fund. One day she discovers that he is a womaniser and drunkard. She breaks up him and tears his letters. Meena accidentally meets Kannan, who falls in love with her. How the three of them manage their complex relationship forms the rest of the story.

Cast

;Male cast *

as Kannan * Muthuraman as Gopal * Sundarrajan as Parameswaran *

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as Sathyamoorthy ;Female cast * Bharathi as Lalitha * Kanchana as Meena * Rukmani as Rajam

Production

's directorial '' Dharti'' failed at the box office, and his company

Chithralaya Chithralaya () also spelt Chitralaya, is an Indian film production company founded in the early 1960s. It produced films in Tamil and Hindi, most of them directed by C. V. Sridhar. The company was founded by Sridhar, screenwriter Gopu (who later ...

suffered losses. To compensate for the losses, Sridhar decided to do two projects in same time: ''Avalukendru Or Manam'' and ''

Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa ''Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa'' () is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by N. S. Chakravarthi in his debut, produced by Sridhar and written by Gopu. The film features an ensemble cast including Ravichandran, Nagesh, Theng ...

''. ''Avalukendru Or Manam'' was simultaneously made in Hindi as '' Duniya Kya Jaane''. While choosing established actors in Tamil, Sridhar cast newcomers in Hindi to keep the budget lower, though Bharathi appeared in both versions.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. Popularly known by the sobriquet "Mellisai Mannar" (), he ...

, with lyrics by

Kannadasan Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important l ...

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

, who was Viswanathan's assistant at that time played the organ for the song "Malar Edhu".

References

External links

* {{C. V. Sridhar 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films 1971 films 1971 romantic drama films Films directed by C. V. Sridhar Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films with screenplays by C. V. Sridhar Indian romantic drama films Tamil-language Indian films