Aan Paavam

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{{short description|1985 film}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = Aan Paavam
|image = Aan Paavam.jpg
|caption = DVD cover
|director = [[Pandiarajan]]
|producer = Easwari Subramaniam
|writer = Pandiarajan
|starring = [[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]]<br />Pandiarajan<br />[[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]]<br />[[Revathi (actress)|Revathi]]
|music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
|cinematography = [[Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)|Ashok Kumar]]
|editing = V. Rajagopal
|studio = Alamu Movies
|distributor = PMV Productions
|released = 27 December 1985
|country = India
|language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aan Paavam''''' ({{Translation|Innocence of Man}}) is a 1985 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keramalu |first=Karthik |date=24 April 2021 |title=Eight Classic Tamil Comedies From The 80s And The 90s To Binge On |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/streaming/best-tamil-movies-comedy-to-binge-on-thillu-mullu-rajinikanth-michael-madan-kamarajan-kamal-haasan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424143541/https://www.filmcompanion.in/streaming/best-tamil-movies-comedy-to-binge-on-thillu-mullu-rajinikanth-michael-madan-kamarajan-kamal-haasan/ |archive-date=24 April 2021 |access-date=24 April 2021 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref> directed by [[Pandiarajan]]. It was his second directorial venture and first as actor. This blockbuster movie of 1985 became the best comedy movie in the career of actor-director Pandiarajan. The film was remade into Telugu as ''Naku Pellam Kavali'' (1987), in Kannada as ''[[Rama Krishna]]'' and in Marathi as ''Chal Lavkar''.

==Plot==
Pandian and Pandiarajan are two notorious sons of the village cinema theatre owner [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]]. Pandian goes to a neighbouring village to see a girl as arranged by his father towards his marriage and ends up in the wrong house. Coincidentally, those in the wrong house are also expecting a lad to see their daughter on the same time and the same day. Contrary to real time [[arranged marriages]], Pandian goes to see the girl totally un-aided by parents, relatives and friends. Nevertheless, he takes a liking to the girl, Seetha and decides to marry her. Seetha likes the lad and decides to accept the proposal.

Meanwhile, Seetha's marriage broker shows up and clarifies that Pandian was supposed to have gone to see some other girl but ended up in the wrong house. Hearing this, Pandian, Seetha and Seetha's parents seem disappointed. Pandian's father fixes dates for his marriage to the girl originally chosen for him — Revathi, a school teacher's daughter. Pandian's adamance to marry Seetha causes a strange turn of events. Pandiyarajan, the younger brother, finally marries Revathi while Pandian ties the knot with his love Seetha.

==Cast==
* [[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]] as Periya Paandi
* [[Pandiarajan]] as Chinna Pandi
* [[Revathi (actress)|Revathi]] as Revathi
* [[Seetha (actress)|Seetha]] as Seetha
* [[Meesai Murugesan]] as Murugesan
* [[V. K. Ramaswamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Ramasamy
* [[Poornam Vishwanathan]] as Viswanathan Vathiyar
* [[Janagaraj]] as Kanagaraj
* [[Kollangudi Karuppayee]]
* [[Ramesh Khanna]] as Kalyana Tharagar
*[[Nellai Siva]] as Villager
*[[Super Subbarayan|Super Subburayan]] in guest appearance

==Production==
''Aan Paavam'' was Pandiarajan's second film as director and his debut film as an actor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=9 January 2011 |title=The laughter continues... |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/The-laughter-continues%E2%80%A6/article15512017.ece |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528105718/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/The-laughter-continues%E2%80%A6/article15512017.ece |archive-date=28 May 2021}}</ref> Seetha who was studying 12th at that time was selected to play the lead actress after director saw her in a video at a marriage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S.R. |date=28 July 2006 |title=I take each day as it comes: actor Seetha |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/i-take-each-day-as-it-comes-actor-seetha/article18458952.ece |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528105747/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/i-take-each-day-as-it-comes-actor-seetha/article18458952.ece |archive-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aan Paavam (1985) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0002626 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131221144409/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0002626 |archive-date=21 December 2013 |access-date=21 December 2013 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The song "Kadhal Kasakkudayya" is based on [[Shanmukhapriya]] raga,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mani |first=Charulatha |author-link=Charulatha Mani |date=2 September 2011 |title=A Raga's Journey — Sacred Shanmukhapriya |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-ragas-journey-sacred-shanmukhapriya/article2418290.ece |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617075641/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-ragas-journey-sacred-shanmukhapriya/article2418290.ece |archive-date=17 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Saravanan |first=T. |date=20 September 2013 |title=Ragas hit a high |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/ragas-hit-a-high/article5149905.ece |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181226035819/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/ragas-hit-a-high/article5149905.ece |archive-date=26 December 2018}}</ref> The song "Kuyile Kuyile" is based on [[Madhyamavati]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sundararaman |title=Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music |publisher=Pichhamal Chintamani |year=2007 |edition=2nd |pages=140 |oclc=295034757 |orig-year=2005}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Enna Pada" || [[S. Janaki]] || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 04:18
|-
| 2 || "Indiran Vanthathum" || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || [[Vairamuthu]] || 03:41
|-
| 3 || "Kadhal Kasakkuthaiya" || Ilaiyaraaja || Vaali || 04:23
|-
| 4 || "Kuyile Kuyile Poonguyile" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || Kuruvikkarambai Shanmugam || 04:22
|-
| 5 || "Otti Vandha Singa Kutty" || [[Kollangudi Karuppayee]] || Kuruvikkarambai Shanmugam || 05:33
|}

==Legacy==
The film was included by ''Behindwoods'' in their list "of All Time Top Ten comedy movies".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aan pavam (1986) |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-1/tamil-cinema-comedy/tamil-cinema-comedy-aan-pavam.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913221301/http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-1/tamil-cinema-comedy/tamil-cinema-comedy-aan-pavam.html |archive-date=13 September 2015 |website=Behindwoods |accessdate=12 September 2015}}</ref> A television series of the same name was aired in [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 February 2012 |title=Channels |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/channels/article2855001.ece |url-status=live |access-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528105724/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/channels/article2855001.ece |archive-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0275175}}

{{Pandiarajan}}

[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1985 films]]
[[Category:1985 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]

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