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{{Short description|Tamil novel}}
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| name = Kalvanin Kadhali
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| author = [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]]
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| country = India
| language = Tamil
| genre = [[Crime fiction|Crime]]<br />[[Romance novel|Romance]]
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| release_date = Serialised: 1937<br />Paperback: 1954
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'''''Kalvanin Kadhali''''' ({{translation| The Thief's Lover}}) is the debut [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language novel by [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aditi |first=Prerna |date=8 September 2020 |title=Kalki Krishnamurthy's Birth Anniversary: Know About The Indian Independence Activist, Writer And Jou |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/kalki-krishnamurthy-birth-anniversary-know-104500277.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317052228/https://in.news.yahoo.com/kalki-krishnamurthy-birth-anniversary-know-104500277.html |archive-date=17 March 2021 |access-date=17 March 2021 |website=[[Yahoo! News]]}}</ref> It was serialised in the magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' in 1937, and published in paperback form in 1954.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 November 2018 |title=தமிழ் நாவலாசிரியர்களின் முதல் நாவல்! - நா.கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி |language=ta |work=[[Dinamani]] |url=https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2018/nov/25/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D---%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF-3045647.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317052257/https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2018/nov/25/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D---%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF-3045647.html |archive-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> The novel was adapted into a play staged in 1953, and [[Kalvanin Kadhali (1955 film)|a film]] released in 1955.

== Plot summary ==
Muthaiyan and his sister Abirami are living in a village named Poonkulam. Kalyani who was supposed to marry Muthaiyan, gets married off to a rich person. A heart broken Muthaiyan and his sister leave their home village where circumstances make him an outlaw. He soon becomes a feared dacoit.

Abirami who is now an orphan is taken care by the police inspector's family and is placed in an orphanage in Chennai. In search of Abirami, Muthaiyan travels to Chennai and joins a drama group where he befriends Kamalapathy. Muthaiyan sees his sister from afar and his sister was able to see him during his play. However, they did not interact with each other as Muthaiyan has to flee in order to escape from the police. Kamalapathy later finds Abirami in the orphanage and the two eventually grow closer.

Meanwhile, Kalyani's husband has passed away and she inherits her husband wealth and lands. She becomes a landlord. Under these circumstances, Muthaiyan runs into Kalyani. Kalyani and Muthaiyan reconsile and plan to escape to a different country. Kamalapathy visits Muthaiyan disguised as female and they have a friendly embrace. Kalyani sees this and thinks Muthiyan is betraying her. She reveals Mutthaiyan's hiding place to the police. Muthaiyan dies in the hands of the police. Kalyani grieves her mistake and resorts to a life of prayer and penance. Kamalapathy and Abirami marry each other.

== Background ==
Drawing inspiration from a dacoit in [[Thanjavur]], [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]] wrote a story titled ''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]].<ref>{{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=17 March 2021 |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>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=14 January 2012 |title=Ponvayal 1954 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-columns/ponvayal-1954/article2801100.ece |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116050148/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-columns/ponvayal-1954/article2801100.ece |archive-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>

== Adaptations ==
''Kalvanin Kadhali'' was adapted into a play by the TKS Brothers and staged in 1953.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shivpprasadh |first=S. |date=15 August 2013 |title=Twin talent |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/twin-talent/article5025930.ece |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617105830/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/twin-talent/article5025930.ece |archive-date=17 June 2017}}</ref> It was also adapted into [[Kalvanin Kadhali (1955 film)|a film]] released in 1955.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Swaminathan |first=G. |date=2 July 2020 |title=Print to celluloid: From 'Kalvanin Kadhali' and 'Mullum Malaram' to 'Ponniyin Selvan' |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/print-to-celluloid-from-kalvanin-kadhali-and-mullum-malaram-to-ponniyin-selvan/article31971471.ece |url-status=live |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703191656/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/print-to-celluloid-from-kalvanin-kadhali-and-mullum-malaram-to-ponniyin-selvan/article31971471.ece |archive-date=3 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajadhyaksha |first=Ashish |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>

== References ==
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[[Category:1937 debut novels]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian crime novels]]
[[Category:Indian romance novels]]
[[Category:Novels in Tamil]]
[[Category:Novels set in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Novels first published in serial form]]
[[Category:Works originally published in Indian magazines]]
[[Category:Indian novels adapted into films]]

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