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''Gnana Paravai'' ( ''Bird of Wisdom'') is a 1991 Indian
Tamil-language Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one ...
film, directed by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. The film stars
Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram. Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001), better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian actor and film producer. He was mainly active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th centur ...
, Harish Kumar, Sasikala and Manorama. It was released on 11 January 1991.


Plot

The film is about an old man, Sivaji, who can tell the character and the future of a person by just looking in their eyes. Giri is a rich student who spends a lot of money on his friends. He falls in love with Sivaji's daughter Aruna, but Aruna rejects him and humiliates him. Giri decides to not give up. Later, Aruna and her friend Rajeswari go on a picnic with their classmates. Giri's friend Aandavar doesn't want to see Giri and Aruna together, for fear that Giri won't spend any more money on his friends. Later, Giri and Aandavar plan to humiliate Aruna. Aruna is blamed to be a nymphomaniac, to prove the contrary the innocent girl commits suicide. The hatred intensifies between Giri and Rajeswari. In the meantime, Rajeswari's brother-in-law Dinesh burns Rajeswari's sister and wants to marry Rajeswari. Finally, Sivaji and Giri come to her rescue.


Cast


Production

''Gnana Paravai'' is the first and only film where Manorama acted as Ganesan's pair, which was her long time desire.


Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics written by Vaali, Valampuri John and Kamakodiyan.


References


External links

*{{IMDb title 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1991 films Films directed by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Films with screenplays by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram Tamil-language Indian films