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<div>{{Short description|1948 film by S. Balachander}}<br />
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{{infobox film<br />
| name = En Kanavar<br />
| image = En Kanavar.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[S. Balachander]]<br />
| writer = [[Javar Seetharaman]] (dialogues)<br />
| story = [[Chaturbhuj Doshi]]<br />
| starring = S. Balachander<br />Nandini<br />V. Chellam<br />
| music = S. Balachander<br />
| cinematography = S. S. Varma<br />
| studio = Ajit Pictures<br />
| released = {{film date|1948|2|18|df=y}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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}}<br />
'''''En Kanavar''''' ({{trans|My Husband}}) is a 1948 Indian [[Tamil language]] film directed by [[S. Balachander]] and produced by Ajith Pictures. Balachandar, in addition to directing, also composed the music, sang many of the numbers and starred as the male lead.<ref name="BFTP">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-en-kanavar-1948/article2233173.ece |title=En Kanavar {{sic|nolink=y|1948}} |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=17 July 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=12 November 2019 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
== Cast ==<br />
* [[S. Balachander]] as a wealthy man<ref name="BFTP" /><br />
* S. Nandini as the wealthy man's cousin<ref name="BFTP" /><br />
* V. Chellam as the dancer<ref name="BFTP" /><br />
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== Production ==<br />
Although a Tamil film, ''En Kanavar'' was produced by the [[Mumbai|Bombay]]-based Ajit Pictures. Its story was written by [[Chaturbhuj Doshi]], and the dialogue by [[Javar Seetharaman]]. Shooting took place at [[Ranjit Studios]]. In addition to directing and starring, Balachandar sang many of the film's songs which included solo and duets; he composed all of them in [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] [[raga]]s.<ref name="BFTP" /> The film criticises Western social tendencies and how they disrupt Indian society and traditions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 February 1949 |title=En Kanavar (My Husband) |page=8 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YgBFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YrcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5882%2C4067012}}</ref><br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''En Kanavar'' was released on 18 February 1949.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 February 1949 |title=En Kanavar |page=1 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19490218&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{CITWF title|101755}}<br />
{{S. Balachander}}<br />
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[[Category:Films directed by S. Balachander]]<br />
[[Category:1948 films]]<br />
[[Category:1940s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Javar Seetharaman]]<br />
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