Aval Yaar

Aval Yaar
Aval Yaar
	File:Aval Yaar.jpg Poster
Directed by	K. J. Mahadevan
Screenplay by	Vidwan Ve.Lakshmanan
Story by	Devipriya
Produced by	K. J. Mahadevan
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan; Pandari Bai; S. V. Ranga Rao; Sowcar Janaki
Cinematography	V. Ramamoorthy
Music by	S. Rajeswara Rao
Production; company	Sudarsanam Pictures
Release date	30 October 1959;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Aval Yaar (transl. Who is she?) is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language legal thriller film, directed by K. J. Mahadevan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Pandari Bai, S. V. Ranga Rao and Sowcar Janaki. It was released on 30 October 1959,^[1]^[2] and did not do well at the box office.^[3]

Plot

Mahalakshmi is the daughter of a wealthy banker Sahasranamam, who wishes that she would marry a young man (Gopi). However, a noted lawyer of that town, Sadhasivam, a widower, wishes to marry her and to save her father's reputation, she marries him and soon loses her father. The couple have a son. The lawyer's nephew Bhoopathi, not worldly-wise, has a friend Bahadur, who wishes to exploit him for his money. Bhoopathi has a sweetheart Asha. Thanks to the marriage, the lawyer's safe keys are now handled by Mahalakshmi, which upsets Bahadur. He drives a wedge between the lawyer and his wife. Suspecting his wife, the lawyer turns her out of the house. The innocent woman without her husband's knowledge takes the child away. She loses the child, who is brought up by a rich couple Manivel and Maragatham. This upsets Mahalakshmi, who loses her mental balance.

Years pass and Mahalakshmi, completely cured, takes care of a young girl Vijaya under a new name, Ponni. Her son goes to England to become a barrister, about which his mother has no knowledge. Bahadur creates fake letters as if written by Mahalakshmi and threatens to publish them in his third-rate "yellow" magazine unless she pays a huge price. When she goes to meet Bahadur to persuade him to hand over the letters, he is found murdered. She is arrested and charged with murder. By now Sadhasivam has become a judge and the case comes up for trial before him. How the truth comes out and happiness is restored forms the rest of the plot.

Cast

Male cast^[4]

Sivaji Ganesan as Sadhasivam
Ramanachalam as Kannan
S. V. Ranga Rao as Manivel
S. V. Sahasranamam as Banker Sahasranamam
T. R. Ramachandran as Boopathy
T. K. Ramachandran as Bahadur
G. Pattu Iyer as Doctor
V. Gopalakrishnan as Ragupathy
Parthiban as Ravichandran
G. V. Sharma as Sundaramoorthy

Female cast^[4]

Pandari Bai as Mahalakshmi
Sowcar Janaki as Vijaya
Malini as Asha
Sandhya as Maragatham
K. R. Chellam as Ponnamma
Baby Malathi as Baby Vijaya
Karaikudi Lakshmi as Vijaya's Mother

Support cast^[4]

Ganapathy Bhat, Sami Velayutham, Sampath,
V. K. Achari, and Haniff Kumar.

Production

V. Gopalakrishnan who acted in this film revealed that Ganesan worked in this film "hardly 4 to 6 days".^[5]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. Rajeswara Rao while the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan, V. Seetharaman, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, and V. Lakshmanan. One song "Kannan Pirandhaan" by Subramania Bharati also was included in the film.^[4]^[6]

Song	Singer/s	Lyricist	Duration
"Kan Kaanum Minnal Thaano"	Raghunath Panigrahi	Vidwan Lakshmanan	03:12
"Naan Thedum Podhu Nee Odalaamo"	Raghunath Panigrahi		03:11
"Pattu Poochchi Polum Raani"	A. M. Rajah & Jikki		02:58
"Adakkiduven"	S. C. Krishnan & T. V. Rathnam	Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram	03:17
"Sugam Varuvadhu"	Jikki & group
"Pudhu Azhagai Rasikka Varum"	P. B. Srinivas, Jikki & Group		03:59
"Enna Aanandam"	P. Leela	Papanasam Sivan	02:46
"Kanne En Kanmaniye"	P. Leela	Papanasam Sivan	03:13
"Kannukkazhagaa Pengalai"	Jikki, T. V. Rathnam & group	V. Seetharama	03:16
"Vaaraaru Vaaraaru Vanthukitte"	V. N. Sundaram & group	V. Seetharama	05:13
"Kannan Pirandhaan Engal"	Kumari Abhayam	Subramania Bharati

Reception

Ananda Vikatan said that though the story was confusing, the film was technically good.^[7] Kanthan of Kalki appreciated the director for trying to take Tamil cinema in a new direction, even if he was not successful in achieving that goal.^[8] Facing competition from another Sivaji Ganesan starrer Bhaaga Pirivinai, it did not do well at the box-office.^[5]

References

^ "51-60". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
^ "1959 – அவள் யார்- சுதர்சனம் பிக்சர்ஸ் பதிகௌரவமே சதிக்கானந்தம் (தெ-டப்)" [1959 – Aval Yaar- Sudarsanam Pictures Pathigouravame Sadhikkanandham (te-dub)]. Lakshman Sruthi (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ Guy, Randor (21 June 2014). "Aval Yaar (1957)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 அவள் யார் (song book) (in தமிழ்). Sudarsanam Pictures. 1959. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 "Interview with actor V. Gopalakrishnan". National Film Archive of India. 11 January 1988. pp. 43–44. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam – Part 1 (in Tamil). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 161.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ சேகர்; சுந்தர் (22 November 1959). "அவள் யார்". Ananda Vikatan (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ காந்தன் (22 November 1959). "அவள் யார்?". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 59. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

Aval Yaar at IMDb

[1] "51-60". nadigarthilagam.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2014.

[2] "1959 – அவள் யார்- சுதர்சனம் பிக்சர்ஸ் பதிகௌரவமே சதிக்கானந்தம் (தெ-டப்)" [1959 – Aval Yaar- Sudarsanam Pictures Pathigouravame Sadhikkanandham (te-dub)]. Lakshman Sruthi (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

[3] Guy, Randor (21 June 2014). "Aval Yaar (1957)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[song_book-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 அவள் யார் (song book) (in தமிழ்). Sudarsanam Pictures. 1959. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

[aval-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "Interview with actor V. Gopalakrishnan". National Film Archive of India. 11 January 1988. pp. 43–44. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[6] Neelamegam, G. (2014). Thiraikalanjiyam – Part 1 (in Tamil). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 161.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[7] சேகர்; சுந்தர் (22 November 1959). "அவள் யார்". Ananda Vikatan (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[8] காந்தன் (22 November 1959). "அவள் யார்?". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 59. Retrieved 3 October 2024 – via Internet Archive.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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