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{{Infobox film
| name = Kavitha
| image = Kavitha 1962 poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[T. R. Raghunath]]
| producer =
| writer =
| screenplay = [[Murasoli Maran]]
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[M. R. Radha]]<br />[[M. N. Nambiar]]<br />[[Rajasulochana]]<br />
| narrator =
| music = [[K. V. Mahadevan]]
| cinematography = R. Sampath
| editing = L. Balu
| studio = [[Modern Theatres]]
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1962|9|2|India}}<ref name=anandan>{{cite book|title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru|trans-title=History of Landmark Tamil Films|publisher=Sivakami Publishers|author=Film News Anandan|author-link=Film News Anandan|date= 23 October 2004|location=Chennai|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kavitha (1962) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1962/kavitha |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602031141/https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1962/kavitha |archive-date=2 June 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021 |website=Screen4Screen}}</ref>
| runtime = 2:43 ({{convert|4482|meter|feet}})
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Kavitha''''' is a [[List of Tamil films of 1962|1962]] Indian, [[Tamil language]] film directed by [[T. R. Raghunath]].<ref>{{cite book|authors=Ashish Rajadhyaksha & Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|page=607}}</ref> The film stars [[M. R. Radha]] and [[Rajasulochana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/kavitha-movie/9403|title=Kavitha (1962 - Tamil)|access-date=2 January 2018|website=gomolo.com}}</ref>

==Plot==
Kavitha is the daughter of a rich man, Sabapathy Mudaliar. She loves Durai, an artist. Mudaliar falls sick. He wants Kavitha to marry his sister's son, Rajasekaran who lives in Malaysia. Caught between love and affection, Kavitha feels it is important to save her father's love and sacrifices her love. She is married to Rajasekaran. But soon she finds that he drinks too much. He demands for more and more money and beats her if she refuses. Mudaliar is worried. In the meantime, another woman, Ponnamma, who is a look alike of Kavitha enters the family. She consoles Kavitha and tries to advise Rajasekaran. But Rajasekaran sends Kavitha to a mental hospital and shows Ponnamma as Kavitha to Mudaliar. Now Kavitha and suspects the true identity of Rajasekaran. Ponnamma, who knows the truth about Rajasekaran's identity, is unable to reveal it to Mudaliar as she is acting as Kavitha. However, Ponnamma falls sick and dies. In the meantime, Durai and Gomathi who is Kavitha's cousin and Leela who is Kavitha's friend are trying to find the true identity of Rajasekaran. How they do it and rescues Kavitha forms the rest of the story.<ref name=songbook>{{cite book | title=Kavitha Song book |publisher=Srimagal Press, Chennai-1|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7JevgDCLbuNMXg5QUpTelRHaWs/view}}</ref>

==Cast==
List adapted from the database of [[Film News Anandan]]<ref name=anandan /> and from the song book.<ref name=songbook />
{{Col-begin|width=90%}}
{{col-break|width=33%}}
;Male cast
*[[M. R. Radha]]
*[[M. N. Nambiar]]
*[[S. V. Ranga Rao]]
*[[T. S. Balaiah]]
{{col-break|width=33%}}
;Female cast
*[[Rajasulochana]] (in Dual roles)
*[[Pandari Bai]]
*Pushpalatha
*Seethalakshmi
*Vidyavathy {{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}
{{col-break|width=33%}}
;Dance
*[[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]]
*Harban Lal
{{Col-end}}

==Production==
The film was produced by [[Modern Theatres]] and was directed by [[T. R. Raghunath]]. Story and dialogues were written by [[Murasoli Maran]]. R. Sampath was in charge of cinematography while L. Balu handled the editing. Art direction was by B. Nagarajan. Hiralal and P. Jayaram did the choreography. Still photography was done by A. J. Joseph.<ref name=songbook />

Rajasulochana featured in dual roles in this film.<ref name=neelamegam />

==Soundtrack==
Music was composed by [[K. V. Mahadevan]] while the lyrics were penned by [[A. Maruthakasi]] and [[Kannadasan]]. [[Playback singer]]s are [[P. Susheela]], [[K. Jamuna Rani]], [[M. S. Rajeswari]], [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[P. B. Srinivas]] and [[A. L. Raghavan]].<ref name=neelamegam>{{cite book|title=Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1|author=G. Neelamegam|language=ta|pages=86 — 87 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers, Chennai 108 (Ph:044 25361039). First edition December 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Lyricist !! Duration (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Paarkka Paarkka Mayakkuthadi" || P. Susheela & K. Jamuna Rani || rowspan=5|A. Maruthakasi || 03:24
|-
| 2 || "Oorirundhum Veedillai" || M. S. Rajeswari || 03:10
|-
| 3 || "Kannukkulle Onnirukku" || rowspan=2|T. M. Soundararajan & K. Jamuna Rani || 04:51
|-
| 4 || "Ulle Irukkum Ponnammaa" || 03:19
|-
| 5 || "Manakkum Roja My Lady" || A. L. Raghavan & K. Jamuna Rani || 03:30
|-
| 6 || "Parakkum Paravaigal Neeye" || P. B. Srinivas & K. Jamuna Rani || rowspan=3|Kannadasan || 03:18
|-
| 7 || "Megam Vandhathu Minnal Vandhathu" || rowspan=2|P. Susheela ||
|-
| 8 || "Appaa Un Magalai Paarthaayaa" ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0258705}}
{{Modern Theatres}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]]
[[Category:Films directed by T. R. Raghunath]]
[[Category:1962 drama films]]
[[Category:1962 films]]

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