''Thavapudhalavan'' () is a 1972 Indian

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-language drama film directed by

Muktha Srinivasan Muktha Srinivasan (1929 – 2018) was an Indian film director and producer. Personal life V. Srinivasan was born in Malapuram on 31 October 1929 in a Tamil Brahmin family. His parents were Venkatachariar and Chellamma. He followed all Brahmi ...

and produced by Muktha Ramaswamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and

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. It was released on 26 August 1972 and ran for 100 days to become a hit.

Plot

Cast

* Sivaji Ganesan as Nirmal *

as Vasanthi * Pandari Bai as Rajalakshmi * V. Gopalakrishnan as Eswaran * Ganthimathi as Eswari *

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as Jambu *

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as James * Manorama as Pankajam *

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as Doctor *

K. K. Soundar K.K. Soundar (1925-2003) was a Tamil people, Tamil film film actor, actor. He has done character roles in many Tamil movies from the 1950s till the 1990s. Filmography ''This is a partial filmography. You can expand it.'' 1930s 1950s 196 ...

as Blindman * A. Sakunthala as Vimala *K. Kannan as Henchman * Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (guest appearance) *Vijayachandrika as Nurse

Production

The inspiration for the lead character's evening blindness disease came from a friend of Srinivasan.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

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wrote the English portions of "Love is Fine".

References

External links

* {{Muktha Srinivasan 1970s Tamil-language films 1972 drama films 1972 films Films about blind people in India Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian drama films