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	\| name = Avan Aval Adhu		\| name = Avan Aval Adhu
	\| image = Avan Aval Adhu.jpg		\| image = Avan Aval Adhu.jpg
	\| caption = ~~Poster~~		\| caption = Theatrical release poster
	\| director = [[Muktha Srinivasan]]		\| director = [[Muktha Srinivasan]]
	~~\| producer = S. Sundar~~
	\| screenplay = [[Visu]]		\| screenplay = [[Visu]]
	\| based_on = {{based on\|''Oru Singam Muyalaagirathu''\|[[Sivasankari]]}}		\| based_on = {{based on\|''Oru Singam Muyalaagirathu''\|[[Sivasankari]]}}
	\| starring = [[Sivakumar]]<br />[[Lakshmi (actress)\|Lakshmi]]<br />[[Sripriya~~]]<br />[[Thengai Srinivasan]]~~		\| producer = S. Sundar
	~~\| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan~~]]		\| starring = [[Sivakumar]]<br />[[Lakshmi (actress)\|Lakshmi]]<br />[[Sripriya]]
	\| cinematography = R. Sampath		\| cinematography = R. Sampath
	\| editing = V. P. Krishnan<br />R. Shanmugam		\| editing = V. P. Krishnan<br />R. Shanmugam
			\| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
	\| studio = Maya Arts		\| studio = Maya Arts
	~~\| distributor =~~		\| released = {{Film date\|1980\|4\|11\|df=y}}
	\| released = {{Film date\|1980\|5\|14\|df=y}}
	\| runtime = 139 minutes		\| runtime = 139 minutes
	\| country = India		\| country = India
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	'''''Avan Aval Adhu''''' ({{~~trans~~\|He, ~~She~~ and ~~That~~}}) ~~is a 1980 Indian [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-language film dealing with the then-groundbreaking issue of [[Surrogacy\|surrogate pregnancy]], directed by [[Muktha Srinivasan]] and written by [[Visu]].~~<ref>{{Cite magazine \|year=1981 \|title=AVAN AVAL ATHU (He, She and That) Tamil \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUoZAAAAIAAJ&q=Aval+%22Indian+Films%22 \|magazine=Tribune \|publisher=Ceylon News Service \|volume=26 \|issue=1–16 \|page=335}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=23 March 2020 \|title=Sivakumar pens down emotional note for his friend, Visu \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sivakumar-pens-down-emotional-note-for-his-friend-visu/articleshow/74770453.cms \|access-date=7 January 2021 \|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film stars [[Sivakumar]], [[Lakshmi (actress)\|Lakshmi]], [[Sripriya]] and [[Thengai Srinivasan]]. ~~The film had musical score by~~ [[~~M. S. Viswanathan~~]]~~. It~~ is based on the story ''Oru Singam Muyalaagirathu'' by [[Sivasankari]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=சுதாங்கன் \|date=11 December 2017 \|title=1980ம் வருடம் வெளியான படங்கள் நூற்றுக்கும் மேலே! \|url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/40148/%E0%AE%92%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E2%80%93-137%E2%80%93-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D \|access-date=19 October 2019 \|website=[[Dinamalar]] \|location=Nellai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=சுதாங்கன் \|date=21 May 2016 \|title=பார்த்தது \|url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/8325 \|access-date=19 October 2019 \|website=[[Dinamalar]] \|location=Nellai}}</ref> The film was ~~remade~~ in ~~Telugu as ''Samsaram Santhanam''~~.		'''''Avan Aval Adhu''''' ({{Translation\|He, she and that}})<ref>{{Cite magazine \|year=1981 \|title=AVAN AVAL ATHU (He, She and That) Tamil \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUoZAAAAIAAJ&q=Aval+%22Indian+Films%22 \|url-status=live \|magazine=Tribune \|publisher=Ceylon News Service \|volume=26 \|issue=1–16 \|page=335 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004092809/https://books.google.com/books?id=nUoZAAAAIAAJ&q=Aval+%22Indian+Films%22 \|archive-date=4 October 2021 \|access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref> is a 1980 Indian [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[Muktha Srinivasan]] and written by [[Visu]].<ref>{{Cite web \|date=23 March 2020 \|title=Sivakumar pens down emotional note for his friend, Visu \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sivakumar-pens-down-emotional-note-for-his-friend-visu/articleshow/74770453.cms \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110015957/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sivakumar-pens-down-emotional-note-for-his-friend-visu/articleshow/74770453.cms \|archive-date=10 January 2021 \|access-date=7 January 2021 \|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film stars [[Sivakumar]], [[Lakshmi (actress)\|Lakshmi]], [[Sripriya]] and [[Thengai Srinivasan]]. Dealing with the then-groundbreaking issue of [[Surrogacy\|surrogate pregnancy]] in India, it is based on the story ''Oru Singam Muyalaagirathu'' ({{Translation\|A lion becomes a rabbit}}) by [[Sivasankari]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=சுதாங்கன் \|date=11 December 2017 \|title=1980ம் வருடம் வெளியான படங்கள் நூற்றுக்கும் மேலே! \|url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/40148/%E0%AE%92%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E2%80%93-137%E2%80%93-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804061643/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com//web/news/40148/%25E0%25AE%2592%25E0%25AE%25B0%25E0%25AF%2581-%25E0%25AE%25AA%25E0%25AF%2587%25E0%25AE%25A9%25E0%25AE%25BE%25E0%25AE%25B5%25E0%25AE%25BF%25E0%25AE%25A9%25E0%25AF%258D-%25E0%25AE%25AA%25E0%25AE%25AF%25E0%25AE%25A3%25E0%25AE%25AE%25E0%25AF%258D-%25E2%2580%2593-137%25E2%2580%2593-%25E0%25AE%259A%25E0%25AF%2581%25E0%25AE%25A4%25E0%25AE%25BE%25E0%25AE%2599%25E0%25AF%258D%25E0%25AE%2595%25E0%25AE%25A9%25E0%25AF%258D \|archive-date=4 August 2019 \|access-date=19 October 2019 \|website=[[Dinamalar]] \|location=Nellai \|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=சுதாங்கன் \|date=21 May 2016 \|title=பார்த்தது \|url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/8325 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804061646/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com//web/news/8325 \|archive-date=4 August 2019 \|access-date=19 October 2019 \|website=[[Dinamalar]] \|location=Nellai \|language=ta}}</ref> The film was released on 11 April 1980.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Avan Aval Adhu (1980) \|url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/avan-aval-adhu \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004092757/https://screen4screen.com/movies/avan-aval-adhu \|archive-date=4 October 2021 \|access-date=4 October 2021 \|website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>

			== Plot ==
			Ramu and Lavanya are a childless couple. Lavanya is forced to have her ovaries removed because of a complication and is unable to conceive. She hires Menaka as a surrogate mother who is impregnated by Ramu through artificial insemination, without knowing who the father is.

			Lavanya houses Menaka in a secluded home in an attempt to keep her pregnancy a secret and preventing Ramu and Menaka knowing each other. But Menaka and Ramu meet coincidentally, and fall in love with each other. Ramu starts to cheat on Lavanya. Lavanya learns about the affair and leaves the house. Menaka realizes her mistake and ends the affair after delivering the baby. Lavanya forgives Ramu and rejoins him and the newborn.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==
	~~{{colbegin}}~~
	*[[Sivakumar]] as Ramu		*[[Sivakumar]] as Ramu
	*[[Lakshmi (actress)\|Lakshmi]] as Lavanya		*[[Lakshmi (actress)\|Lakshmi]] as Lavanya
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	*[[Gundu Kalyanam]]		*[[Gundu Kalyanam]]

	{{~~colend~~}}		== Soundtrack ==
			The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. Lyrics written by [[Kannadasan]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Avan Aval Athu Tamil Film Super 7 EP Vinyl Record by M.S.Viswanathan \|url=https://mossymart.com/product/avan-aval-athu-tamil-film-super-7-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004093607/https://mossymart.com/product/avan-aval-athu-tamil-film-super-7-ep-vinyl-record-by-m-s-viswanathan/ \|archive-date=4 October 2021 \|access-date=4 October 2021 \|website=Mossymart}}</ref>

	~~== Soundtrack ==~~
	~~The music for this film was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. Lyrics written by [[Kannadasan]].~~
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|-		\|-
	~~! # !~~! Song!! Singers		! Song!! Singers
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 1~~
	\| "Andha Naal Mudharkkondu"		\| "Andha Naal Mudharkkondu"
	\| [[L. R. Eswari]], [[Manorama (Tamil actress)\|Manorama]]		\| [[L. R. Eswari]], [[Manorama (Tamil actress)\|Manorama]]
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 2~~
	\| "Illam Sangeetham Athil"		\| "Illam Sangeetham Athil"
	\| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]]		\| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]]
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 3~~
	\| "Kasturi Thilakam La Laala Palake"		\| "Kasturi Thilakam La Laala Palake"
	\| [[Vani Jairam]]		\| [[Vani Jairam]]
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 4~~
	\| "Margazhi Pookkale Ilam Thendrale"		\| "Margazhi Pookkale Ilam Thendrale"
	\| [[T. L. Maharajan]], [[Vani Jairam]]		\| [[T. L. Maharajan]], [[Vani Jairam]]
	\|-
	\|}		\|}

	== Reception ==		== Reception ==
	Despite being significantly different from the source material, the film was well received critically and commercially.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ramesh \|first=Neeraja \|date=17 October 2019 \|title=When novel idea works in cinema \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/when-novel-idea-works-in-cinema/ \|access-date=19 October 2019 \|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>		Despite being significantly different from the source material, the film was well received critically and commercially.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Ramesh \|first=Neeraja \|date=17 October 2019 \|title=When novel idea works in cinema \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/when-novel-idea-works-in-cinema/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103031755/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/when-novel-idea-works-in-cinema/ \|archive-date=3 November 2019 \|access-date=19 October 2019 \|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Kanthan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]]'' praised the film for the morals it was propagating.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=காந்தன் \|date=4 May 1980 \|title=அவன் அவள் அது \|url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1980/may/04-05-1980/p48.jpg \|url-status=dead \|magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)\|Kalki]] \|language=ta \|page=48 \|access-date=29 July 2022 \|archive-date=29 July 2022 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220729034314/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1980/may/04-05-1980/p48.jpg}}</ref><!-- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-4-329 -->

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Avan Aval Adhu
| image = Avan Aval Adhu.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Muktha Srinivasan]]
| producer = S. Sundar
| screenplay = [[Visu]]
| based_on = {{based on|''Oru Singam Muyalaagirathu''|[[Sivasankari]]}}
| starring = [[Sivakumar]]<br />[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]<br />[[Sripriya]]<br />[[Thengai Srinivasan]]
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = R. Sampath
| editing = V. P. Krishnan<br />R. Shanmugam
| studio = Maya Arts
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1980|5|14|df=y}}
| runtime = 139 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Avan Aval Adhu''''' ({{trans|He, She and That}}) is a 1980 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film dealing with the then-groundbreaking issue of [[Surrogacy|surrogate pregnancy]], directed by [[Muktha Srinivasan]] and written by [[Visu]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |year=1981 |title=AVAN AVAL ATHU (He, She and That) Tamil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUoZAAAAIAAJ&q=Aval+%22Indian+Films%22 |magazine=Tribune |publisher=Ceylon News Service |volume=26 |issue=1–16 |page=335}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2020 |title=Sivakumar pens down emotional note for his friend, Visu |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/sivakumar-pens-down-emotional-note-for-his-friend-visu/articleshow/74770453.cms |access-date=7 January 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film stars [[Sivakumar]], [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]], [[Sripriya]] and [[Thengai Srinivasan]]. The film had musical score by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. It is based on the story ''Oru Singam Muyalaagirathu'' by [[Sivasankari]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=சுதாங்கன் |date=11 December 2017 |title=1980ம் வருடம் வெளியான படங்கள் நூற்றுக்கும் மேலே! |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/40148/%E0%AE%92%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E2%80%93-137%E2%80%93-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D |access-date=19 October 2019 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |location=Nellai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=சுதாங்கன் |date=21 May 2016 |title=பார்த்தது |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/8325 |access-date=19 October 2019 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |location=Nellai}}</ref> The film was remade in Telugu as ''Samsaram Santhanam''.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Sivakumar]] as Ramu
*[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Lavanya
*[[Sripriya]] as Menaka
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]]
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Muniyamma
*[[Y. G. Mahendran]]
*[[Kathadi Ramamurthy]]
*[[Typist Gopu]]
*[[Gundu Kalyanam]]

{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
The music for this film was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. Lyrics written by [[Kannadasan]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Song!! Singers
|-
| 1
| "Andha Naal Mudharkkondu"
| [[L. R. Eswari]], [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]
|-
| 2
| "Illam Sangeetham Athil"
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]]
|-
| 3
| "Kasturi Thilakam La Laala Palake"
| [[Vani Jairam]]
|-
| 4
| "Margazhi Pookkale Ilam Thendrale"
| [[T. L. Maharajan]], [[Vani Jairam]]
|-
|}

== Reception ==
Despite being significantly different from the source material, the film was well received critically and commercially.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramesh |first=Neeraja |date=17 October 2019 |title=When novel idea works in cinema |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/when-novel-idea-works-in-cinema/ |access-date=19 October 2019 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|2716504}}

{{Muktha Srinivasan}}

[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films about surrogacy]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian pregnancy films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]

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