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{{short description|1975 film by A. C. Tirulokchandar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Avandhan Manidhan
| image = Avandhan Manidhan.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]]
| producer = A. Ramanujam<br />K. N. Subramanian
| screenplay = A. C. Tirulokchandar
| story = G. Balasubramaniam
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]]<br />[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]]<br />[[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]]
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = M. Viswanatha Rai
| editing = B. Kandhasamy
| studio = Rasi Enterprises
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1975|04|11|df=y}}
| runtime = 170 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Avandhan Manidhan''''' ({{translation|He is a true man}}) is a 1975 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], co-written and directed by [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]] from a story by G. Balasubramaniam. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]], [[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] and [[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]]. It revolves around an extremely generous man who refuses to budge from his nature, even as it leads to his downfall.

After Balasubramaniam wrote the story exclusively for Ganesan, director [[K. Shankar]] and producer Noor were attached. Ganesan however refused, and the story was later filmed in [[Kannada]] as ''[[Kasturi Nivasa]]'' (1971). After that film's success, Ganesan agreed to act in a potential Tamil remake, which became ''Avandhan Manidhan'', his 175th film as an actor. The new film was directed by Tirulokchandar, produced by A. Ramanujam and K. N. Subramanian, photographed by M. Viswanatha Rai and edited by B. Kandhasamy.

''Avandhan Manidhan'' was released on 11 April 1975. The film became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.

== Plot ==
Ravi, the owner of a matchbox factory, is a widower and lost his daughter in an accident. Recognising that his honest employee Chandran is in a similar position, he decides to help Chandran financially. As Chandran attends training in the United States, Ravi takes care of Chandran's charming daughter. On return, Chandran suggests changing the company's structure. The traditionalist Ravi becomes infuriated. Protesting this, Chandran resigns and starts his own matchbox company and becomes the leading matchbox manufacturer.

This begins Ravi's downfall, his charity and donating activities have eaten up profit and he ends up putting his house on sale. Chandran calls for the highest bid and wants to give it back to Ravi, but being the man that he is, Ravi would not accept. Chandran has already got Lalitha, his ex-secretary on whom Ravi had a crush on, and now Ravi's house.

Film ends on a tragic note when all Ravi has is his Dove, and Lalitha requests him to give it her, as her daughter is sick and is crying for Ravi uncle's Dove. Ravi has just sold that, so that he could feed. Unable to say no to a request he breathes his last.

== Cast ==
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Ravikumar
*[[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]] as Chandran
*[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] as Lalitha<ref>{{Cite web |last=Narayanan |first=Sujatha |date=6 December 2016 |title=How Jayalalithaa's onscreen image helped establish her political one: From 'glam doll' to Amma |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/how-jayalalithaas-onscreen-image-helped-establish-her-political-one-from-glam-doll-to-amma-3142094.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724080548/http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/how-jayalalithaas-onscreen-image-helped-establish-her-political-one-from-glam-doll-to-amma-3142094.html |archive-date=24 July 2017 |access-date=29 May 2021 |website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref>
*[[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]] as Manju
*[[Major Sundarrajan]] as Murugan
*[[Cho Ramaswamy|Cho]] as Appavu
*[[M. R. R. Vasu]] as Paramasivam
*[[J. P. Chandrababu|Chandrababu]] as Singaram
*[[Sachu]] as Kamala<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=18 June 2016 |title=A director who stood tall |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/A-director-who-stood-tall/article14429883.ece |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619080951/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/actors-share-memories-of-a-c-trilokchander/article8745794.ece |archive-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
*[[Sumathi (actress)|Baby Sumathi]] as Selvi

== Production ==
In early 1970, G. Balasubramaniam had written a story exclusively for [[Sivaji Ganesan]], and film producer Noor bought the rights for {{INR}} 25,000, with [[K. Shankar]] signed on to direct. However, Ganesan was reluctant after hearing the story, feeling it was too tragic. A year later, the same story was bought by the director duo [[Dorai–Bhagavan]] for {{INR}} 38,000, and they made it into a [[Kannada]] film titled ''[[Kasturi Nivasa]]'', with [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] starring. After the film's success, Ganesan decided to remake it in Tamil, and bought the remake rights for {{INR}} 2,00,000. The remake was titled ''Avandhan Manidhan'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venkatasubba Rao |first=K. N. |date=12 July 2008 |title=Kasturi Nivasa 1971 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/kasturi-nivasa-1971/article1420537.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=8 November 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190722171026/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/enspKasturi-Nivasa-1971/article15385016.ece |archive-date=22 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 November 2014 |title=Sivaji Ganesan passed up on the offer |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/sivaji-ganesan-passed-up-on-the-offer/article6565823.ece |url-status=live |access-date=8 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808153841/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/sivaji-ganesan-passed-up-on-the-offer/article6565823.ece |archive-date=8 August 2020}}</ref> and the 175th film of Ganesan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 2020 |title="அவர் பெருந்தலைவர்; இவர் உண்மைத்தொண்டன்" |language=ta |work=Uthayan News |url=https://uthayannews.ca/2020/09/30/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529054431/https://uthayannews.ca/2020/09/30/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D/ |archive-date=29 May 2021}}</ref> It was directed by [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]], co-produced by K. N. Subramaniam,<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 May 2019 |title=அன்பு நடமாடும் கலைக்கூடமே... என்றென்றும் கண்ணதாசன் (6) |language=ta |work=[[Dina Thanthi]] |url=http://www.dailythanthi.com/News/Sirappukatturaigal/2019/05/17134304/Love-is-a-walking-ballroom.vpf |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527103743/https://www.dailythanthi.com/News/Sirappukatturaigal/2019/05/17134304/Love-is-a-walking-ballroom.vpf |archive-date=27 May 2019}}</ref> photographed by M. Viswanatha Rai and edited by B. Kandhasamy. While Tirulokchandar also wrote the screenplay, [[Panchu Arunachalam]] wrote the dialogues.<ref>{{Cite web |title=171–180 |url=http://www.nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp18.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529051035/http://www.nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp18.htm |archive-date=29 May 2021 |access-date=29 May 2021 |website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref>

== Themes ==
Film historian [[Mohan Raman]] interpreted one scene where Cho's character tells Chandrababu's character, "Ellarum Ungala Marandutaanga pa" (Everyone has forgotten you, man) as reflecting Chandrababu's real life situation at that time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramanujam |first=Srinivasa |date=7 December 2016 |title=A different brand of wit |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/A-different-brand-of-wit/article16773046.ece |url-status=live |access-date=5 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913051810/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/A-different-brand-of-wit/article16773046.ece |archive-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]], with lyrics by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avanthan Manithan (1975) |url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/avanthan-manithan--T0001242 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430073646/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/avanthan-manithan--T0001242 |archive-date=30 April 2014 |access-date=19 August 2014 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref> The song "Aattuviththaal Yaaroruvar", like many songs written by Kannadasan, extols the [[Hindus|Hindu]] god [[Krishna]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venkataramanan |first=Geetha |date=30 August 2018 |title=Kannadasan found Krishna within |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/kannadasan-found-krishna-within/article24819404.ece |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618120932/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/kannadasan-found-krishna-within/article24819404.ece |archive-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Jalitha Vanitha" (Oonjalukku) || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || rowspan=5|[[Kannadasan]] || 05:44
|-
| 2 || "Anbu Nadamadum" || T. M. Soundararajan, [[P. Susheela]] || 04:41
|-
| 3 || "Ah...Engirundho Oru Kural" || [[Vani Jairam]] || 04:20
|-
| 4 || "Aattuviththaal Yaaroruvar" || T. M. Soundararajan || 04:09
|-
| 5 || "Manidhan Ninaippadhundu" || T. M. Soundararajan || 04:52
|-
|}

== Release ==
''Avandhan Manidhan'' was released on 11 April 1975.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 2020 |title=நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல் |language=ta |work=Seithi Saral |url=https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529050553/https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |archive-date=29 May 2021}}</ref> Kandhan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' praised Tirulokchander's direction and writing, Arunachalam's dialogues, and Muthuraman's performance.<ref>{{Cite web |year=1975 |title=அவன்தான் மனிதன் |url=http://www.hubtamil.com/talk/showthread.php?8593-Nadigar-Thilagam-Sivaji-Ganesan-Part-9/page274 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210629074804/http://www.hubtamil.com/talk/showthread.php?8593-Nadigar-Thilagam-Sivaji-Ganesan-Part-9/page274 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |access-date=29 June 2021 |website=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta}}</ref> The film became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ganesan |first=Sivaji |title=Autobiography of an Actor: Sivaji Ganesan, October 1928 – July 2001 |title-link=Autobiography of an Actor |last2=Narayana Swamy |first2=T. S. |publisher=Sivaji Prabhu Charities Trust |year=2007 |pages=242 |author-link=Sivaji Ganesan |orig-year=2002}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|1435463}}

{{A. C. Tirulokchandar}}

[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1975 drama films]]
[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Kannada films]]

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