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{{Infobox film
| name = Gauravam
| image = Gauravam 1973 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vietnam Veedu Sundaram]]
| screenplay = Vietnam Veedu Sundaram
| based_on = {{based on|''Kannan Vanthaan''|Vietnam Veedu Sundaram}}
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]
| producer = [[S. Rangarajan]]
| studio = Vietnam Movies
| music = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = [[A. Vincent]]
| editing = R. Devarajan
| released = {{film date|1973|10|25|df=y}}
| runtime = 136 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Gauravam''''' ({{Translation|Prestige}}) is a 1973 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[legal drama]] film written and directed by [[Vietnam Veedu Sundaram]]. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]] in a dual role as a barrister and his nephew (an amateur lawyer) fighting the same case. It is an adaptation of Sundaram's play ''Kannan Vandhaan''. The film was released on 25 October 1973 and became a commercial success, with Ganesan winning the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil]].

== Plot ==
[[Madras High Court]] [[barrister]] Rajinikanth is a ''tour de force'' criminal defence lawyer who has never lost a case. He is a [[self-made man]] with a [[rags to riches]] story. He is well respected by other lawyers and is a terror to his opponents in the court. His only unfulfilled ambition is the prestigious position of judgeship and has all the qualifications of being a judge, with an exaggerated ego being his only character flaw. Kannan is Rajinikanth's nephew who is brought up like a son by the childless Rajinikanth and his wife Chellamma. Rajinikanth tutors Kannan in law and wants his ward to be as successful as he is. Kannan is an antithesis of Rajinikanth; he is a loving, loyal, god-fearing man, who occasionally appears in [[pro bono]] cases as a [[public defender]].

One day, Rajinikanth is shocked to learn that an undeserving lawyer Rangabashyam has been made the high court judge, instead of him. Meanwhile, a man named Mohandas murders his wife and beseeches lawyers to appear on his behalf and save him. Rajinikanth feels that the bar council has insulted his prowess in jurisprudence and decides to seek his revenge by gaming the system and getting Mohandas acquitted, despite the latter's clear guilt. Mohandas is acquitted by the court, thanks to Rajinikanth's expertise in law. This deeply hurts Kannan, who does not say anything at that time out of respect for his uncle.

Later, Mohandas's fiancé dies in her bathtub by accident. Mohandas is arrested under suspicion that he has repeated his crime. Rajinikanth appears on Mohandas's behalf again. But this time around, Kannan protests and walks out of the house to become the prosecution lawyer facing Rajinikanth, convinced that the loyalty to his profession supersedes the loyalty to his adopted father. In the climactic court battle, Kannan defeats Rajinikanth due to his meticulous preparation as well as Mohandas neglecting to mention a critical surprise witness. Rajinikanth is particularly infuriated when Kannan taunts him asking if he would like an adjournment to prepare to cross examine that witness. Rajinikanth's ego does not allow him to seek adjournment, handing Kannan the victory. His first loss proves too much to handle and an anguished Rajinikanth succumbs to death, just before Kannan brings him the news of his appointment as a judge.

== Cast ==
* [[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Barrister Rajinikanth and Advocate Kannan{{sfn|Ganesan|Narayana Swamy|2007|p=182}}
* [[Ushanandini]] as Radha
* [[Pandari Bai]] as Chellamma
* [[Major Sundarrajan]] as Mohandas
* [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Kanagambaram
* [[Nagesh]] as Gopal Iyer
*[[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as Inspector Karunakaran
* [[Rama Prabha]] as Kathambari
* [[Jayakumari]] as Kalpana
* [[Y. G. Mahendran]] as Kannan's driver
* [[Neelu]] as Neelakandan/Neelakundu
* [[K. Vijayan]] as Dr. Balakrishnan
* [[Poornam Vishwanathan]] as Judge in climax
* Veeraraghavan as Judge
* I. S. Ramachandran as Kalyanam
* Comedy Shanmugam as Pithambaram

== Production ==
''Kannan Vandhaan'' was a stage play.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venkatramanan |first=Geetha |date=29 March 2012 |title=Drama with dignity |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/drama-with-dignity/article3257906.ece |url-status=live |access-date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122002729/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/drama-with-dignity/article3257906.ece |archive-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> Sundaram, who wrote the play, returned to direct the film adaptation, titled ''Gauravam''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 2016 |title=‘Vietnam Veedu’ Sundaram passes away |work=[[DT Next]] |url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2016/08/06234650/Vietnam-Veedu-Sundaram-passes-away.vpf |url-status=live |access-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603130550/https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2016/08/06234650/Vietnam-Veedu-Sundaram-passes-away.vpf |archive-date=3 June 2021}}</ref> The title of the film, which translates to prestige, was taken from the play and film versions of Sundaram's ''[[Vietnam Veedu]]'' where there is a character named Prestige Padmanabhan.<ref>{{Cite news |last=S |first=Srivatsan |date=9 April 2020 |title=Pride and prestige: Remembering 'Vietnam Veedu' on its 50th anniversary |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/50-years-of-vietnam-veedu-a-look-back/article31300374.ece |url-status=live |access-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101242/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/50-years-of-vietnam-veedu-a-look-back/article31300374.ece |archive-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> Sivaji Ganesan's style of smoking a pipe in the film was inspired by that of an industrialist T. S. Krishnan, and his hairstyle was inspired by T. S. Narayanaswami, an industrialist then associated with [[India Cements]].<ref name="MohanRaman">{{Cite web |last=Raman |first=Mohan |author-link=Mohan Raman |date=17 September 2011 |title=GOWRAVAM – Re visited. |url=http://mohanramanmuses.blogspot.in/2011/09/gowravam-re-visited.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929063900/http://mohanramanmuses.blogspot.in/2011/09/gowravam-re-visited.html |archive-date=29 September 2017 |access-date=29 September 2017 |website=Mohan's Musings}}</ref> ''Gauravam'' was the first film where Ganesan and Y. G. Mahendran acted together.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 January 2015 |title=Oscar-worthy performance by Sivaji: Y Gee Mahendra |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Oscar-worthy-performance-by-Sivaji-Y-Gee-Mahendra/articleshow/45883224.cms |url-status=dead |access-date=8 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403050315/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Oscar-worthy-performance-by-Sivaji-Y-Gee-Mahendra/articleshow/45883224.cms |archive-date=3 April 2015}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gowravam (1973) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0001595 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140709061806/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0001595 |archive-date=9 July 2014 |access-date=7 June 2014 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length
|-
| 1 || "Yamuna Nadhi" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[P. Susheela]] || rowspan=5|[[Kannadasan]] || 04:22
|-
| 2 || "Adhisaya Ulagam" || [[L. R. Eswari]] || 04:05
|-
| 3 || "Palooti Valarthakili" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || 04:32
|-
| 4 || "Mezhuguvarthi Erikindrathu" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || 03:33
|-
| 5 || "Neeyum Naanuma" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || 04:33
|}

== Release ==
''Gauravam'' was released on 25 October 1973,<ref>{{Cite web |title=161–170 |url=http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp17.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227175030/http://nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp17.htm |archive-date=27 February 2018 |access-date=1 September 2017 |website=nadigarthilagam.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 October 1973 |title=கௌரவம் |language=ta |trans-title=Prestige |work=[[Murasoli]]}}</ref> [[Diwali]] day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=யுவகிருஷ்ணா |date=25 October 2019 |title=தீபாவளி ரிலீஸ்! |trans-title=Diwali release! |url=http://www.kungumam.co.in/VArticalinnerdetail.aspx?id=9746&id1=40&issue=20191025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610063410/http://www.kungumam.co.in/VArticalinnerdetail.aspx?id=9746&id1=40&issue=20191025 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |access-date=16 June 2021 |website=[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]] |language=ta}}</ref> The film became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.{{sfn|Ganesan|Narayana Swamy|2007|p=242}} Ganesan won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069813841;view=1up;seq=488 |title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who |publisher=[[The Times Group|Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd]] |year=1984 |pages=234}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Ganesan reprised the role of Rajinikanth in the [[Doordarshan]] television series ''Meendum Gowravam''.<ref name="MohanRaman" />

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last1=Ganesan |first1=Sivaji |title=Autobiography of an Actor: Sivaji Ganesan, October 1928 – July 2001 |title-link=Autobiography of an Actor |last2=Narayana Swamy |first2=T.S. |publisher=Sivaji Prabhu Charities Trust |year=2007 |location=Chennai |oclc=297212002 |author-link=Sivaji Ganesan |orig-year=2002}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0369447}}

[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1973 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
[[Category:Indian courtroom films]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian legal films]]

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