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{{short description|1959 Tamil film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kaveriyin Kanavan
| image = Kaveriyin Kanavan.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = A. K. Velan
| producer = A. K. Velan
| writer =
| screenplay = A. K. Velan
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = Valayapathi G. Muthukrishnan<br />[[Sowcar Janaki]]<br />Pakkirisamy<br />Suryakala
| narrator =
| music = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
| cinematography = V. Ramamurthi
| editing = V. B. Natarajan
| studio = Arunachalam Studios
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1959|9|27|India}}<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails16.asp|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|authorlink=Film News Anandan|date=23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=Tamil|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170614042111/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails16.asp|archivedate=14 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| runtime = 155 mins. (13956 ft.)
| country = [[India]]
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Kaveriyin Kanavan''''' ({{translation|Kaveri's Husband}}) is a [[List of Tamil films of 1959|1959]] Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by A. K. Velan.<ref>{{cite book|authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|pages=607 |url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf}}</ref> The film stars ''Valayapathi'' G. Muthukrishnan and [[Sowcar Janaki]].<ref>[http://www.gomolo.com/kaveriyin-kanavan-movie/9289 Kaveriyin Kanavan (1959 - Tamil)]</ref>

==Plot==
There are two love stories. When Kaveri was a child her father visited his friend in Trichy with her. The friend had a young son, Ekambaram. Kaveri and Ekambaram played together. Ekambaram's mother did not like it. But Ekambaram's father married Ekambaram and Kaveri while they are still children as per the custom of those times. Soon after, Ekambaram went abroad for further studies. When he returned after studies, his mother said Kaveri had died. So he married another girl. But she dies. Ekambaram then discovers that Kaveri did not really die.

Anandan is Kaveri's brother living in another village. When he heard that his sister fell in a river he is saddened and begins a nomadic lifestyle. He joins a drama troupe. He meets a girl Vasantha and both become lovers. Anandan learns that Vasantha's mother is a woman of loose character. So he mistreats Vasantha. But Vasantha says she is innocent and should not be punished for her mother's faults.

How the problems of the two couples are solved forms the rest of the story.<ref name=songbook>{{Cite book|title=Kaveriyin Kanavan Song Book|publisher=Sivaji Printers, Chennai-14|url=https://archive.org/details/KaveriyinKanavan}}</ref>

==Cast==
List adapted from the film's song book<ref name=songbook />
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;Male cast
* Muthukrishnan
* Pakkirisami
* P. S. Dakshinamurthi
* [[Karikol Raju]]
* S. P. Veerasami
* Thangavel
* A. M. Maruthappa
* T. N. Krishnan
* Arjunan
* Rajagopal
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;Female cast
* [[Sowcar Janaki]]
* Suryakala
* [[C. K. Saraswathi]]
* Angamuthu
* Komalam
* Parvathi
;Dance
* [[Kusalakumari|Kusala Kumari]]
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==Production==
The film was produced and directed by A. K. Velan under his own banner ''Arunachalam Studios''. He also wrote the story and dialogues. V. Ramamurthi handled the cinematography while V. B. Natarajan did the editing. Art direction was by A. B. Muthu. P. S. Gopalakrishnan was in charge of Choreography. Still photography was done by Thiruchi Arunachalam.<ref name=anandan />

==Soundtrack==
Music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]] while the lyrics were penned by [[Udumalai Narayana Kavi]], [[Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass]] and P. K. Muthuswami. [[Playback singer]]s are [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]], [[P. Susheela]], [[M. S. Rajeswari]], [[K. Jamuna Rani]], [[L. R. Eswari]] and [[Thiruchi Loganathan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1|author=G. Neelamegam|language=Tamil|pages=167 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014}}</ref>

The song ''Maappillai Vandhaar'' was a hit. It was sung by M. S. Rajeswari and L. R. Eswari who was credited as D. L. Rajeswari.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Duration (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Vanna Thamizh Sornakili" || M. L. Vasanthakumari || Udumalai Narayana Kavi || 03:33
|-
| 2 || "Chinna Chinna Nadai Nadandhu" || rowspan=3|P. Susheela || rowspan=3|P. K. Muthuswami || 02:51
|-
| 4 || "Chinna Chinna Nadai Nadandhu" (pathos) || 03:21
|-
| 4 || "Kanni Vayadhu Ilam Paruvathile" ||
|-
| 5 || "Thanjavur Bommai Pole" || rowspan=3|Thiruchi Loganathan ||rowspan=7|Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass ||
|-
| 6 || "Kannathile Vizhum Pallathile...Velli Anname Vaaraayo" ||
|-
| 7 || "Parandhu Vandha Paingkiliye" ||
|-
| 8 || "Alai Modhuthe Nenjam" || Thiruchi Loganathan & K. Jamuna Rani ||
|-
| 9 || "Maappillai Vandhaan" || M. S. Rajeswari & L. R. Eswari || 02:57
|-
| 10 || "Maappillai Vandhaan" (pathos) || M. S. Rajeswari ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{youTube|x1Zi607BPwY|Maappillai Vandhaar}} - Sung by [[M. S. Rajeswari]] and [[L. R. Eswari]]

[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]]
[[Category:1959 drama films]]
[[Category:1959 films]]

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