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{{short description|1975 film by A. C. Tirulokchandar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Avandhan Manidhan
| image = Avandhan Manidhan.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]]
| producer = A. Ramanujam<br />K. N. Subramaniyan
| writer =
| story = G. Balasubramaniyan
| screenplay = [[Panju Arunachalam]]
| 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. Kanthasamy
| 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]], directed by [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]]. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]], [[J. Jayalalitha|Jayalalithaa]] and [[Manjula Vijayakumar|Manjula]]. It is a remake of the [[Kannada]] film ''[[Kasturi Nivasa]]'' (1971). This film was 175th film of Sivaji Ganesan.

== Plot ==
Ravi, owner of a matchbox factory is a widower and has lost his daughter in an accident. Recognizing that his honest employee Chandran is in a similar position, he decides to help Chandran financially. As Chandran attends training in the U.S., 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 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]] as Chandran
*[[J. Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa]] as Lalitha
*[[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
*[[Sumathi (actress)|Baby Sumathi]] as Selvi

== Production ==
In early 1970, G. Balasubramanium had written a story 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 Kannada director duo Dorai-Bhagavan for {{INR}} 38,000, and they made it into a Kannada film titled ''[[Kasturi Nivasa]]'', with [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]] in the lead role. 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 name="hindu">{{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 was co-produced by K. N. Subramaniam.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 May 2019 |title=அன்பு நடமாடும் கலைக்கூடமே... என்றென்றும் கண்ணதாசன் (6) |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>

== 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]].<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>

{| 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
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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

{{A. C. Tirulokchandar}}

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

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