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{{Short description|1972 film by A. C. Tirulokchandar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = ...Aval!
| image =
| border = no
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]]
| producer = Sunderlal Nahatha
| screenplay = A. C. Tirulokchandar
| based_on = ''[[Do Raha]]''
| starring = [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala|V. Nirmala]]<br />[[A. V. M. Rajan]]<br />[[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]]<br />[[Sasikumar (actor, born 1944)|Sasikumar]]
| music = [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| cinematography = M. Viswanath Rai<ref name="Dharap" />
| editing = B. Kanthasamy<ref name="Dharap" />
| studio = Vijayalakshmi Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1972|9|15}}
| runtime = 146 minutes<ref name="Dharap" />
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''...Aval!''''' ({{translation|She!}})<ref>{{Cite magazine |year=1972 |editor-last=Guha Thakurta |editor-first=R.N. |title=The Madras scene |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DrAeAAAAMAAJ&q=%22aval%22 |magazine=The Contemporary |volume=16 |page=83}}</ref> is a 1972 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film written and directed by [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]], produced by Vijayalakshmi Pictures and presented by Nahatha Pictures. A remake of the 1971 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Do Raha]]'', it stars [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala|V. Nirmala]], [[A. V. M. Rajan]], [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]] and [[Sasikumar (actor, born 1944)|Sasikumar]]. The film was released on 15 September 1972, and became a commercial success.

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=June 2021}}
Geetha, the daughter of a millionaire, falls in love with Chandranath, a writer. Both have [[Premarital sex|sex before marriage]] and they get married against the wishes of Geetha's father. Sadanandh, a rich publisher who lusts for Geetha, makes Chandranath rich. Chandranath takes to drinking, induces Geetha to drink and a drunk Sadanandh has sex with her; she is traumatised the next morning on learning of what happened. Later when Sadanandh tries to rape Geetha, he is shot dead by an unseen man. Geetha is tried and falsely accepts responsibility, but Chandranath claims responsibility to save her. Soon after, Chandranath's friend Prakash arrives and reveals himself as the real killer. Despite being exonerated, Geetha later commits suicide to purge herself of all she has been through.

== Cast ==
* [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala|V. Nirmala]] as Geetha<ref name="maalaimalar" />
* [[A. V. M. Rajan]] as Prakash<ref name="Star Director" />
* [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]] as Sadanandh<ref name="maalaimalar" />
* [[Sasikumar (actor, born 1944)|Sasikumar]] as Chandranath<ref name="maalaimalar" />
* [[T. K. Bhagavathi]] as Geetha's father<ref name="Puratchi Edu MGR" />
* [[Pandari Bai]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harris M. Lentz III |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jHrGCwAAQBAJ&q=Aval |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |publisher=[[McFarland & Company|McFarland]] |year=2004 |isbn=0-7864-1756-0 |pages=19}}</ref>
* [[J. P. Chandrababu]]<ref name="Puratchi Edu MGR" />

== Production ==
The [[Hindi]] film ''[[Do Raha]]'' (1971) was a "sensational success",<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vamanan|author-link=Vamanan|date=17 June 2016|title=Storyteller who found his flair in versatility|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexml=Storyteller-who-found-his-flair-in-versatility-17062016006015|url-status=live|access-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214202724/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexml=Storyteller-who-found-his-flair-in-versatility-17062016006015|archive-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> prompting [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]] to remake it in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] with the title ...''Aval!''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 December 2012 |title=எம்.ஜி.ஆரின் புகழ் பரப்பிய காமினி பொன்சேகாவின் படம்! |language=ta |work=[[Thinakaran]] |url=http://archives.thinakaran.lk/Vaaramanjari/2012/12/23/?fn=f1212235&p=1 |url-status=live |access-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181214052306/http://archives.thinakaran.lk/Vaaramanjari/2012/12/23/?fn=f1212235&p=1 |archive-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> Besides directing, he also wrote the remake's screenplay,<ref name="Dharap" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |page=579 |access-date=13 February 2018 |orig-year=1994 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821193440/https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |archive-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> while the dialogues were written by A. L. Narayanan.<ref name="Puratchi Edu MGR" /> The film was produced by Sunderlal Nahatha under Vijayalakshmi Pictures, and its final length was {{convert|3987.08|metres|feet}}.<ref name="Dharap" /><ref name="CBFC">{{Cite web |date=8 September 1972 |title=Aval |url=https://movies.syzygy.in/censor/aval-celluloid-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180914080339/https://movies.syzygy.in/censor/aval-celluloid-0 |archive-date=14 September 2018 |access-date=14 September 2018 |website=[[Central Board of Film Certification]]}}</ref>

== Themes ==
Writing for ''[[Bangalore Mirror]]'', R. S. Prakash considered ''...Aval!'' to be one of the earliest Tamil films based entirely on sex.<ref name="bangaloremirror">{{Cite news |last=Prakash |first=R S |date=22 July 2009 |title=Ready for this? |work=[[Bangalore Mirror]] |url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/Ready-for-this/articleshow/22092042.cms |url-status=live |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215025103/http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/Ready-for-this/articleshow/22092042.cms |archive-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]], while the lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aval |url=http://tamilsongslyrics123.com/listlyrics/438 |website=Songs4all |access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Geetha Oru Nal Pazhagum
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[P. Susheela]]
| title2 = Adimai Naan Aadukiren
| extra2 = P. Susheela
| title3 = Boys And Girls Varungalam
| extra3 = [[T. M. Soundararajan]]
}}

== Release ==
''...Aval!'' was released on 15 September 1972,<ref name="Puratchi Edu MGR" /> and was presented by Nahatha Pictures.<ref name="Dharap" /> Like the original Hindi film, this too attained commercial success,<ref name="maalaimalar" /><ref name="Star Director">{{Cite news |date=18 June 2016 |title='நட்சத்திர இயக்குநர்' திருலோகசந்தர்! |language=ta |trans-title=‘Star Director’ Tirulokchandar! |work=[[Dinamani]] |url=http://www.dinamani.com/cinema/2016/06/18/‘நட்சத்திர-இயக்குநர்’-திரு/article3488610.ece |url-status=live |access-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160621152304/http://www.dinamani.com/cinema/2016/06/18/%E2%80%98%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E2%80%99-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81/article3488610.ece |archive-date=21 June 2016}}</ref> and became one of the most popular films starring Nirmala.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=18–24 May 1986 |editor-last=Bhattacharya |editor-first=Subhabrata |title=The Star MGR Could Not Launch |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.99409/2015.99409.Sunday-Vol13-12-No27-39may-august1986#page/n111 |magazine=Sunday |publisher=Ananda Bazar |page=26}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Puratchi Edu MGR">{{Cite news |date=19 July 1972 |title=நிர்மலா வீட்டில் நிர்வாணச் சிலை! |language=ta |page=2 |work=Puratchi Edu MGR |url=http://tamildigitallibrary.in/admin/assets/periodicals/TVA_PRL_0003950_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%20%E0%AE%8F%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%20%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF.%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%20%20%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%2019,%201972.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126180908/http://tamildigitallibrary.in/admin/assets/periodicals/TVA_PRL_0003950_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%20%E0%AE%8F%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%20%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D.%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF.%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%20%20%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%2019,%201972.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="maalaimalar">{{Cite news |date=10 April 2016 |title=எம்.ஜி.ஆர்., சிவாஜியுடன் நடித்து புகழ் பெற்ற வெண்ணிற ஆடை நிர்மலா |language=ta |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |url=https://www.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/04/10222820/1004249/cinima-history-nirmala.vpf |url-status=live |access-date=5 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705121041/https://www.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2016/04/10222820/1004249/cinima-history-nirmala.vpf |archive-date=5 July 2018}}</ref>

<ref name="Dharap">{{Cite book |last=Dharap |first=B. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cEzAQAAIAAJ&q=Nahata+Productions |title=Indian Films |publisher=[[National Film Archive of India]] |year=1973 |page=274}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0369253}}
* {{CITWF title|24404}}
{{A. C. Tirulokchandar}}

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