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Avana Ivan
''Avana Ivan!?'' () is a 1962 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by S. Balachander. The film was an adaptation of the 1951 American film '' A Place in the Sun'', itself adapted from the novel ''An American Tragedy'' written by Theodore Dreiser. The novel itself was based on the Gillette murder case that happened in the early 20th century. Plot Kumar kills his wife Sumathi to marry another woman, Vaasanthi. The murder is witnessed by two children, who go for a picnic along with other children who later expose the truth. At the last the murderer is arrested and taken away by the police; he winks at the children who exposed him and says "ta ta". Cast ;Male cast * S. Balachander as Kumar * Ramesh as Kannan * Master Sridhar as Venu * V. S. Raghavan as Rajaram * Serukalathur Sama as Sadhanandam * Pattom Sadan as Assistant * Kottapuli Jayaraman as Assistant * P. D. Sambandam as Teacher * Vidwan Ve. Lakshmanan as Inspector Rajan * S. G. Eswar as Eswar ;Female cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An American Tragedy
''An American Tragedy'' is a 1925 novel by American writer Theodore Dreiser. He began the manuscript in the summer of 1920, but a year later abandoned most of that text. It was based on the notorious murder of Grace Brown in 1906 and the trial of her lover. In 1923 Dreiser returned to the project, and with the help of his wife Helen and two editor-secretaries, Louise Campbell and Sally Kusell, he completed the massive novel in 1925. The book entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2021. Plot Clyde Griffiths is raised by poor and devoutly religious parents to help in their street missionary work. As a young man, Clyde must, to help support his family, take menial jobs as a soda jerk, then a bellhop at a prestigious Kansas City hotel. There, his more sophisticated colleagues introduce him to bouts of social drinking and sex with prostitutes. Enjoying his new lifestyle, Clyde becomes infatuated with manipulative Hortense Briggs, who manipulates him into buying h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |