''Nallavan Vazhvan'' () is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language

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produced and directed by P. Neelakantan. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and

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. It revolves around a man who is sentenced to death on false charges, and escapes from prison to clear his name. ''Nallavan Vazhvan'' is the 50th film for Ramachandran as an actor. The screenplay was written by C. N. Annadurai, from a story by Na. Pandurangan, and cinematography was handled by G. Durai. The film was released on 31 August 1961 and underperformed at the box office, with a theatrical run of 80 days.

Plot

Muthu, a convict sentenced to death on false charges of murder, escapes from prison. He will have to himself confuse the culprit, Nallasivam, the local personality, of the most well-to-do, above suspicion, a priori. During his escape, disguised as a shaman, Muthu leads an investigation, and finds that the matter rests on the indestructible support of some women. First of all, his young and beautiful Chandra (that he saved formerly, captivated in the hands of Nallasivam), of its mother and the one that he considers as his young sister Chenbagame. But the husband of the latter, the inspector of police, in charge of this case, Madhavan, friend, nevertheless, Muthu, convinced of his guilt, does not stop pursuing him. However, the hired men thrown by Nallasivam cross the region in search of the fugitive to kill him. In front of such threats, will Muthu manage to put, in time, the hand on the unique witness which could exonerate him?

Cast

;Male cast * M. G. Ramachandran as Muthu * M. R. Radha as Nallasivam *

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as Inspector Madhavan *D. Balasubramaniam as Nallasivam's clerk * S. Rama Rao as Makeup Meganathan ;Female cast *

as Chandra *

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as Chenbagame *Lakshmi Prabha as Muthu's mother *P. S. Seethalaksmi as the witness

Production

''Nallavan Vazhvan'' was produced and directed by P. Neelakantan under Arasu Pictures. The screenplay was written by C. N. Annadurai, from a story by Na. Pandurangan. It was the 50th film for M. G. Ramachandran as an actor. Cinematography was handled by G. Durai.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

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, with lyrics by

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and Vaali. This was the first Ramachandran film for which Vaali wrote lyrics. The team initially rejected the lyrics Vaali wrote for the song "Sirikindraal Indru Sirikindraal" and wanted A. Maruthakasi to write new lyrics, but Maruthakasi convinced the team to retain Vaali's lyrics. The song contains the lyrics "Udayasooriyan ethiril irundhal, ullai thamarai malaratho" (in front of the rising sun, the lotus of one's heart blooms), where the "rising sun" is a reference to the

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's election symbol.

Release and reception

''Nallavan Vazhvan'' was released on 31 August 1961. Kanthan of ''

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'' negatively reviewed the film, saying one redeeming feature was its short runtime of . The film underperformed at the box office and ran for 80 days in theatres.

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* {{P. Neelakantan 1960s crime thriller films 1960s Tamil-language films 1961 films Films about miscarriage of justice Films directed by P. Neelakantan Films scored by T. R. Pappa Indian crime thriller films