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	\| name = Kalvanin Kadhali		\| name = Kalvanin Kadhali
	\| image = Kalvanin Kadhali 1955 poster.jpg		\| image = Kalvanin Kadhali 1955 poster.jpg
			\| border = no
	\| caption = Theatrical release poster		\| caption = Theatrical release poster
	\| director = [[V. S. Raghavan (director)\|V. S. Raghavan]]		\| director = [[V. S. Raghavan (director)\|V. S. Raghavan]]
	~~\| producer = P. Rajamanickam Chettiar~~
	\| screenplay = [[S. D. Sundharam]]		\| screenplay = [[S. D. Sundharam]]
	\| based_on = {{based on\|''[[Kalvanin Kadhali (novel)\|Kalvanin Kadhali]]''\|[[Kalki Krishnamurthy]]}}		\| based_on = {{based on\|''[[Kalvanin Kadhali (novel)\|Kalvanin Kadhali]]''\|[[Kalki Krishnamurthy]]}}
			\| producer = P. Rajamanickam Chettiar
	\| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[P. Bhanumathi]]		\| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[P. Bhanumathi]]
	~~\| music = [[G. Govindarajulu Naidu]]<br />[[Ghantasala (singer)\|Ghantasala]]~~
	\| cinematography = N. C. Balakrishnan		\| cinematography = N. C. Balakrishnan
	\| editing = V. S. Rajan		\| editing = V. S. Rajan
			\| music = [[G. Govindarajulu Naidu]]<br />[[Ghantasala (singer)\|Ghantasala]]
	\| studio = Revathi Productions		\| studio = Revathi Productions
	~~\| distributor =~~
	\| released = {{Film date\|1955\|11\|13\|df=y}}		\| released = {{Film date\|1955\|11\|13\|df=y}}
	\| runtime = 190 minutes<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />		\| runtime = 190 minutes<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
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	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
			{{more plot\|date=October 2021}}
	At the Poonkulam village, Kalyani and Muthayyan are lovers. Circumstances brand Muthayyan a [[Dacoity\|dacoit]], but Kalyani remains steadfast in her love. Evading the police, Muthayyan leads the life of an exile in the forest. When things come to a head, Muthayyan and Kalyani decide to run away to some far-off place and settle down to marital bliss. Muthayyan's loyal friend Kamalapathi, a stage actor, makes all arrangements for their escape. In order to hoodwink the vigilant police inspector Shastri, Kamalapathi disguises himself as a woman and goes to the forest to meet Muthayyan and appraise him of the plans. When Kalyani comes to the appointed place, she finds Muthayyan embracing another woman. Not realising that it is Kamalapathi whom Muthayyan is expressing his heartfelt thanks to, she suspects her lover's loyalty and runs away in a rage. Inspector Shastri, who is also in disguise, meets Kalyani at this juncture and enquires Muthayyan's whereabouts. Unthinking in her anger, Kalyani blurts out Muthayyan's location. Seeing Shastri run with his gun, Kalyani realises that he is a police officer, and runs after him. Muthayyan is shot dead by the police, and Kalyani commits suicide to reunite with him in death.		At the Poonkulam village, Kalyani and Muthayyan are lovers. Circumstances brand Muthayyan a [[Dacoity\|dacoit]], but Kalyani remains steadfast in her love. Evading the police, Muthayyan leads the life of an exile in the forest. When things come to a head, Muthayyan and Kalyani decide to run away to some far-off place and settle down to marital bliss. Muthayyan's loyal friend Kamalapathi, a stage actor, makes all arrangements for their escape. In order to hoodwink the vigilant police inspector Shastri, Kamalapathi disguises himself as a woman and goes to the forest to meet Muthayyan and appraise him of the plans. When Kalyani comes to the appointed place, she finds Muthayyan embracing another woman. Not realising that it is Kamalapathi whom Muthayyan is expressing his heartfelt thanks to, she suspects her lover's loyalty and runs away in a rage. Inspector Shastri, who is also in disguise, meets Kalyani at this juncture and enquires Muthayyan's whereabouts. Unthinking in her anger, Kalyani blurts out Muthayyan's location. Seeing Shastri run with his gun, Kalyani realises that he is a police officer, and runs after him. Muthayyan is shot dead by the police, and Kalyani commits suicide to reunite with him in death.

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	*[[P. Bhanumathi]] as Kalyani<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />		*[[P. Bhanumathi]] as Kalyani<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
	*[[T. R. Ramachandran]] as Kamalapathy		*[[T. R. Ramachandran]] as Kamalapathy
	*[[K. Sarangapani]] as Inspector Shastri<ref name="thehindu" />		*[[K. Sarangapani]] as Inspector Saambu Shastri<ref name="thehindu" />
	*[[T. S. Durairaj]] as ~~Sangapillai~~<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />		*[[T. S. Durairaj]] as Sangu pillai<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
	*[[Kusalakumari\|T. D. Kusalakumari]] as Abirami<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />		*[[Kusalakumari\|T. D. Kusalakumari]] as Abirami<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
	*[[D. Balasubramaniam]] as Kalyani's father<ref name="thehindu" />		*[[D. Balasubramaniam]] as Kalyani's father<ref name="thehindu" />
	*S. R. Janaki		*S. R. Janaki as Kamalapathi's mother
	*[[K. R. Chellam]] as Shastri's wife<ref name="thehindu" />		*[[K. R. Chellam]] as Meenakshi, Shastri's wife<ref name="thehindu" />
			*[[P. D. Sambandam]] as Maniyam
			*P. S. Venkatachalam as Pannaiyar Pachanatham Pillai
			*T. N. Sivadhanu as Ratnam Pillai

	== Production ==		== Production ==
	Drawing inspiration from a dacoit in [[Thanjavur]], [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]] wrote a story titled ''[[Kalvanin Kadhali (novel)\|Kalvanin Kadhali]]'' with the intention of making it a film. Unable to attract investors, he instead published the screenplay as a [[Serial (literature)\|serial novel]] in the magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' upon advice from [[S. S. Vasan]]. In 1949, after ''[[Nallathambi]]'' (1949), [[N. S. Krishnan]] announced that a film version of ''Kalvanin Kadhali'' would be his next project, with [[C. N. Annadurai]] as writer, but the ~~film~~ never came to fruition. The film rights to the novel were later acquired by Revathi Productions, who launched the film with [[V. S. Raghavan (director)\|V. S. Raghavan]] as director and [[S. D. Sundharam]] as screenwriter.<ref name="thehindu" />		Drawing inspiration from a dacoit in [[Thanjavur]], [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]] wrote a story titled ''[[Kalvanin Kadhali (novel)\|Kalvanin Kadhali]]'' with the intention of making it a film. Unable to attract investors, he instead published the screenplay as a [[Serial (literature)\|serial novel]] in the magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' upon advice from [[S. S. Vasan]]. In 1949, after ''[[Nallathambi (1949 film)\|Nallathambi]]'' (1949), [[N. S. Krishnan]] announced that a film version of ''Kalvanin Kadhali'' would be his next project, with [[C. N. Annadurai]] as writer, but the project never came to fruition. The film rights to the novel were later acquired by Revathi Productions, who launched the film with [[V. S. Raghavan (director)\|V. S. Raghavan]] as director and [[S. D. Sundharam]] as screenwriter.<ref name="thehindu" />

	== Soundtrack ==		== Soundtrack ==
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	\| 7 \|\| "Valaipugum Podhe Thalaivaangum Paambe" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan \|\| \|\| 03:32		\| 7 \|\| "Valaipugum Podhe Thalaivaangum Paambe" \|\| T. M. Soundararajan \|\| \|\| 03:32
	\|-		\|-
	\| 8 \|\| "Alli Malar Solai Inba Valli Ival Thaane" P. Bhanumathi \|\| \|\|		\| 8 \|\| "Alli Malar Solai Inba Valli Ival Thaane" \|\| P. Bhanumathi \|\| \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 9 \|\| "Therkatthi Kallanadaa...."<br />(Sadhaaram Naadagam) \|\| [[Thiruchi Loganathan]], [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] & Shanmugasundharam \|\| \|\| 09:21		\| 9 \|\| "Therkatthi Kallanadaa...."<br />(Sadhaaram Naadagam) \|\| [[Thiruchi Loganathan]], [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] & Shanmugasundharam \|\| \|\| 09:21
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	== References ==		== References ==
	{{reflist\|refs=		{{reflist\|refs=
	<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book \|url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema \|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] \|year=1998 \|isbn=0-19-563579-5 ~~\|editor-last=Rajadhyaksha \|editor-first=Ashish~~ \|pages=341 \|~~access~~-~~date~~=~~6 March 2021~~ \|~~orig-year=1994 \|editor-last2=Willemen \|editor-first2=Paul \|editor~~-link2=Paul Willemen \|~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821193440/https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf \|archive~~-date=~~21 August 2016 \|url-status=live~~}}</ref>		<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book \|last1=Rajadhyaksha \|first1=Ashish \|url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema \|last2=Willemen \|first2=Paul \|publisher=[[British Film Institute]] and [[Oxford University Press]] \|year=1998 \|isbn=0-19-563579-5 \|pages=341 \|author-link=Ashish Rajadhyaksha \|author-link2=Paul Willemen \|orig-date=1994}}</ref>
	<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news \|last=Guy \|first=Randor \|author-link=Randor Guy \|date=22 November 2008 \|title=Kalvanin Kadhali {{sic\|nolink=y\|1954}} \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Kalvanin-Kadhali-1954/article15394184.ece \|url-status=dead \|access-date=10 January 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110001231/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Kalvanin-Kadhali-1954/article15394184.ece \|archive-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>		<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news \|last=Guy \|first=Randor \|author-link=Randor Guy \|date=22 November 2008 \|title=Kalvanin Kadhali {{sic\|nolink=y\|1954}} \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Kalvanin-Kadhali-1954/article15394184.ece \|url-status=dead \|access-date=10 January 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110001231/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Kalvanin-Kadhali-1954/article15394184.ece \|archive-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
	}}		}}
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	[[Category:Indian romance films]]		[[Category:Indian romance films]]
	[[Category:~~Tamil-language~~ films]]		[[Category:Romantic crime films]]

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{{Short description|1955 film by V. S. Raghavan}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kalvanin Kadhali
| image = Kalvanin Kadhali 1955 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[V. S. Raghavan (director)|V. S. Raghavan]]
| producer = P. Rajamanickam Chettiar
| screenplay = [[S. D. Sundharam]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Kalvanin Kadhali (novel)|Kalvanin Kadhali]]''|[[Kalki Krishnamurthy]]}}
| starring = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[P. Bhanumathi]]
| music = [[G. Govindarajulu Naidu]]<br />[[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]]
| cinematography = N. C. Balakrishnan
| editing = V. S. Rajan
| studio = Revathi Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1955|11|13|df=y}}
| runtime = 190 minutes<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Kalvanin Kadhali''''' ({{Translation|The Thief's Lover}}) is a 1955 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romance film|romantic]] [[crime film]] directed by [[V. S. Raghavan (director)|V. S. Raghavan]] and written by [[S. D. Sundharam]]. Starring [[Sivaji Ganesan]] and [[P. Bhanumathi]], it is based on the novel of [[Kalvanin Kadhali (novel)|the same name]] by [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]]. The film was released on 13 November 1955.

== Plot ==
At the Poonkulam village, Kalyani and Muthayyan are lovers. Circumstances brand Muthayyan a [[Dacoity|dacoit]], but Kalyani remains steadfast in her love. Evading the police, Muthayyan leads the life of an exile in the forest. When things come to a head, Muthayyan and Kalyani decide to run away to some far-off place and settle down to marital bliss. Muthayyan's loyal friend Kamalapathi, a stage actor, makes all arrangements for their escape. In order to hoodwink the vigilant police inspector Shastri, Kamalapathi disguises himself as a woman and goes to the forest to meet Muthayyan and appraise him of the plans. When Kalyani comes to the appointed place, she finds Muthayyan embracing another woman. Not realising that it is Kamalapathi whom Muthayyan is expressing his heartfelt thanks to, she suspects her lover's loyalty and runs away in a rage. Inspector Shastri, who is also in disguise, meets Kalyani at this juncture and enquires Muthayyan's whereabouts. Unthinking in her anger, Kalyani blurts out Muthayyan's location. Seeing Shastri run with his gun, Kalyani realises that he is a police officer, and runs after him. Muthayyan is shot dead by the police, and Kalyani commits suicide to reunite with him in death.

== Cast ==
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Muthayyan<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
*[[P. Bhanumathi]] as Kalyani<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
*[[T. R. Ramachandran]] as Kamalapathy
*[[K. Sarangapani]] as Inspector Shastri<ref name="thehindu" />
*[[T. S. Durairaj]] as Sangapillai<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
*[[Kusalakumari|T. D. Kusalakumari]] as Abirami<ref name="Encyclopaedia" />
*[[D. Balasubramaniam]] as Kalyani's father<ref name="thehindu" />
*S. R. Janaki
*[[K. R. Chellam]] as Shastri's wife<ref name="thehindu" />

== Production ==
Drawing inspiration from a dacoit in [[Thanjavur]], [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]] wrote a story titled ''[[Kalvanin Kadhali (novel)|Kalvanin Kadhali]]'' with the intention of making it a film. Unable to attract investors, he instead published the screenplay as a [[Serial (literature)|serial novel]] in the magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' upon advice from [[S. S. Vasan]]. In 1949, after ''[[Nallathambi]]'' (1949), [[N. S. Krishnan]] announced that a film version of ''Kalvanin Kadhali'' would be his next project, with [[C. N. Annadurai]] as writer, but the film never came to fruition. The film rights to the novel were later acquired by Revathi Productions, who launched the film with [[V. S. Raghavan (director)|V. S. Raghavan]] as director and [[S. D. Sundharam]] as screenwriter.<ref name="thehindu" />

== Soundtrack ==
The music composed by [[G. Govindarajulu Naidu]] & [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]]. Lyrics by [[Subramania Bharati|Mahakavi Bharathiyar]], [[Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai]] and [[S. D. Sundharam]].

{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length !! Music
|-
| 1 || "Kaalam Varugudhu Nalla Kaalam Varugudhu" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] || || || rowspan=9|[[G. Govindarajulu Naidu]]
|-
| 2 || "Thamizh Thirunaadu Thannai Petra" || [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]] & N. L. Ganasaraswathi || [[Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai]] || 02:01
|-
| 3 || "Ezhuthi Sellum Vidhiyin Kai" || T. M. Soundararajan || ||
|-
| 4 || "Manadhil Urudhi Vendum" || T. M. Soundararajan & [[P. Bhanumathi]] || [[Subramania Bharati|Mahakavi Bharathiyar]]|| 02:51
|-
| 5 || "Manadhil Urudhi Vendum" || T. M. Soundararajan || Mahakavi Bharathiyar || 00:32
|-
| 6 || "Nallathor Veenai Seidhe" || P. Bhanumathi || Mahakavi Bharathiyar || 02:30
|-
| 7 || "Valaipugum Podhe Thalaivaangum Paambe" || T. M. Soundararajan || || 03:32
|-
| 8 || "Alli Malar Solai Inba Valli Ival Thaane" P. Bhanumathi || ||
|-
| 9 || "Therkatthi Kallanadaa...."<br />(Sadhaaram Naadagam) || [[Thiruchi Loganathan]], [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]] & Shanmugasundharam || || 09:21
|-
| 10 || "Mannukkeedu Pon Kettaal" || [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]] || || 02:01 || rowspan=3|Ghantasala
|-
| 11 || "Veyirkktera Nizhalundu" || Ghantasala & P. Bhanumathi || Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai || 02:48
|-
| 12 || "Veyirkktera Nizhalundu" || Ghantasala || Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai || 02;53
|}

== Release ==
''Kalvanin Kadhali'' was released on 13 November 1955, [[Diwali]] day.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 February 2020 |title='எங்கிருந்தோ வந்தாள்' இங்கிருந்து வந்தாள்! |language=ta |work=[[Dinamalar]] |location=Nellai |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/85203 |url-status=live |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605152432/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/85203 |archive-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> The film was released in five theatres – Gaiety, Mahalakshmi, Sayani, Rajakumari and Prabhat – and completed a theatrical run of 80 days.<ref>{{Cite news |last=தீனதயாளன் |first=பா. |date=1 January 2016 |title=பானுமதி: 4. பூங்கோதையும்... கல்யாணியும்... |language=ta |work=[[Dinamani]] |url=https://www.dinamani.com/junction/kanavukkannigal/2015/nov/07/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF-4.-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D...-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF-1218112.html |url-status=live |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605150535/https://www.dinamani.com/junction/kanavukkannigal/2015/nov/07/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF-4.-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D...-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF-1218112.html |archive-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> According to historian [[Randor Guy]], the sequences where Ganesan delivers "long-winding dialogue in high flown Tamil, filled with alliterative phrases" felt inappropriate since his character was an illiterate thief.<ref name="thehindu" />

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Encyclopaedia">{{Cite book |url=https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-19-563579-5 |editor-last=Rajadhyaksha |editor-first=Ashish |pages=341 |access-date=6 March 2021 |orig-year=1994 |editor-last2=Willemen |editor-first2=Paul |editor-link2=Paul Willemen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821193440/https://indiancine.ma/texts/indiancine.ma%3AEncyclopedia_of_Indian_Cinema/text.pdf |archive-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="thehindu">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=22 November 2008 |title=Kalvanin Kadhali {{sic|nolink=y|1954}} |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Kalvanin-Kadhali-1954/article15394184.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110001231/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Kalvanin-Kadhali-1954/article15394184.ece |archive-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0325673|Kalvanin Kadhali}}


[[Category:1950s Tamil-language films]]
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[[Category:Adaptations of works by Kalki Krishnamurthy]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian crime films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]