Aval (1972 film)

Aval
Poster
Directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar
Produced by Sunderlal Nahatha
Screenplay by A. C. Tirulokchandar
Starring Vennira Aadai Nirmala
A. V. M. Rajan
Sreekanth
Shashikumar
Music by Sankar Ganesh
Production
company
Vijayalakshmi Pictures
Release date
  • 15 September 1972 (1972-09-15)
Running time
 146 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Tamil

Aval (lit. She) is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar, produced by Vijayalakshmi Pictures and presented by Nahatha Pictures. The film stars Vennira Aadai Nirmala, A. V. M. Rajan, Sreekanth and Shashikumar in the lead roles. It is a remake of the 1971 Hindi film Do Raha. 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. Sadanandh, a rich publisher who lusts for the girl, makes Chandranath rich. Chandranath takes to drinking, induces Geetha to drink and Sadanandh tries to rape her, but is eventually murdered.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The Hindi film Do Raha (1971) was a "sensational success", prompting A. C. Tirulokchandar to remake it in Tamil as Aval.[5] Besides directing, he also wrote the remake's screenplay.[1][6] The film was produced by Sunderlal Nahatha under Vijayalakshmi Pictures, and its final length was 3,987.08 metres (13,081.0 ft).[1][7]

Themes

Writing for Bangalore Mirror, R. S. Prakash considered Aval to be one of the earliest Tamil films based entirely on sex.[8]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Sankar Ganesh,[9] while the lyrics were written by Vaali. The playback singers were P. Susheela, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and T. M. Soundararajan.[10] The songs featured in the film were "Adimai Naan", "Boys and Girls" and "Geetha Geetha".[1]

Release

Aval was released on 15 September 1972,[9] and was presented by Nahatha Pictures.[10] Like the original Hindi film, this too attained commercial success,[3] and became one of the most popular films starring Nirmala.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dharap, B. V. (1973). Indian Films. National Film Archive of India. p. 274.
  2. ↑ "Aval (1972)". Moviefone. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "எம்.ஜி.ஆர்., சிவாஜியுடன் நடித்து புகழ் பெற்ற வெண்ணிற ஆடை நிர்மலா". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Harris M. Lentz III (2004). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 19. ISBN 0-7864-1756-0.
  5. ↑ Vamanan (17 June 2016). "Storyteller who found his flair in versatility". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 579. ISBN 0-19-563579-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Aval". Central Board of Film Certification. 8 September 1972. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. ↑ Prakash, R S (22 July 2009). "Ready for this?". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  9. 1 2 "அவள்". Vellitthirai.com (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  10. 1 2 Tirulokchandar, A. C. (1972). Aval (motion picture) (in Tamil). Vijayalakshmi Pictures.
  11. ↑ Bhattacharya, Subhabrata, ed. (18–24 May 1986). "The Star MGR Could Not Launch". Sunday. Ananda Bazar. p. 26.
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