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{{short description|1979 film by S. P. Muthuraman}}
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| name          = Kavari Maan
| name          = Kavari Maan
| image          = Kavari Maan.jpg
| image          = Kavari Maan.jpg
| caption        = Poster
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director      = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]
| director      = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]
| writer        = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]
| producer      = B. H. Rajanna
| producer      = B. H. Rajanna
| writer        = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]
| starring      = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]
| screenplay    =
| starring      = [[Sivaji Ganesan]]<br />[[Sridevi]]<br />[[Major Sundarrajan]]<br />[[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]]
| music          = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = Babu
| cinematography = Babu
| editing        = R. Vittal<br />T. K. Rajan
| editing        = R. Vittal<br />T. K. Rajan
| music          = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio        = Rajanna Enterprises
| studio        = Rajanna Enterprises
| distributor    =  
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'''''Kavari Maan''''' ({{lit|[[Yak]]}}){{efn|"Kavari Maan" figuratively means a human who would die if he lost his honour.}} is a 1979 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by  [[S. P. Muthuraman]] and produced by B. H. Rajanna. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]], [[Sridevi]], [[Major Sundarrajan]] and [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]]. The film had musical score by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. It was released on 6 April 1979.
'''''Kavari Maan''''' ({{translation|[[Musk deer]]}}){{efn|The term figuratively means a human who would die if he lost his honour.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 February 2010 |title=Body from lake identified as that of CPI(M) leader |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Body-from-lake-identified-as-that-of-CPIM-leader/article12059237.ece |url-status=live |access-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610110206/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Body-from-lake-identified-as-that-of-CPIM-leader/article12059237.ece |archive-date=10 June 2021}}</ref>}} is a 1979 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by  [[S. P. Muthuraman]] and produced by B. H. Rajanna. The film stars [[Sivaji Ganesan]], with [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]], [[Sekhar (actor)|Sekhar]] and [[Sridevi]] in supporting roles. The film had musical score by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. It was released on 6 April 1979.
 
== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=October 2021}}
Thyagarajan is an [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer. After seeing his wife Kalpana in bed with her extramarital lover Anand, he murders them.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Thyagarajan
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;Male cast
*[[Sivaji Ganesan]] as Thyagarajan<ref name="kalki" />
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Sundarrajan
*[[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Sundarrajan
*[[Master Sekhar]] as Rajesh
*[[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] as Anand<ref name="kalki" />
*[[Major Sundarrajan]] as Rangarajan
*[[Sekhar (actor)|Sekhar]] as Rajesh<ref name="hindutamil" />
*[[Major Sundarrajan]] as Rangarajan<ref name="kalki" />
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Vasu
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Vasu
*[[N. Viswanathan]] as Sivaramakrishnan
*[[N. Viswanathan|Calcutta Viswanathan]] as Sivaramakrishnan
*[[Sridevi Kapoor|Sridevi]] as Uma
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*[[Prameela]] as Kalpana
;Female cast
*[[Sridevi]] as Uma<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nayak |first=Satyarth |title=Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess |title-link=Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess |publisher=[[Penguin Random House]] |year=2019 |isbn=9789353056780 |location=India |pages=63 |author-link=Satyarth Nayak}}</ref>
*[[Prameela]] as Kalpana<ref name="hindutamil" />
*[[S. Varalakshmi]] as Rajalakshmi
*[[S. Varalakshmi]] as Rajalakshmi
*Sorna
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*[[Manimala (actress)|Manimala]] as Leela
*[[Manimala (actress)|Manimala]] as Leela
*Baby Babitha
*Baby Babitha as young Uma<ref name="kalki" />
*Lalitha
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*Malini
*Malini
*Gemini Rajeswari
*Gemini Rajeswari
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*Seshadri
*Seshadri
*Balu Iyer
*Balu Iyer
*Surya Kumar
*Suryakumar
*Hariharan
*Hariharan
*Krishna
*Krishnan -->
*[[Ravichandran]] as Anand (guest appearance)
{{Col-end}}
{{colend}}


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kavari Maan Tamil FIlm LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/kavari-maan-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=Mossymart |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612034747/https://mossymart.com/product/kavari-maan-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The song "Brova Bharama" is set in the [[Carnatic raga]] [[Bahudari]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mani |first=Charulatha |author-link=Charulatha Mani |date=15 March 2013 |title=Mood enhancers |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/mood-enhancers/article4512233.ece |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-date=17 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917080636/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/mood-enhancers/article4512233.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with lyrics by [[Panchu Arunachalam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kavari Maan Tamil FIlm LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/kavari-maan-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612034747/https://mossymart.com/product/kavari-maan-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |archive-date=12 June 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref> The song "Brova Bharama" is set in the [[Carnatic raga]] [[Bahudari]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mani |first=Charulatha |author-link=Charulatha Mani |date=15 March 2013 |title=Mood enhancers |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/mood-enhancers/article4512233.ece |url-status=live |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917080636/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/mood-enhancers/article4512233.ece |archive-date=17 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sundararaman |title=Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music |publisher=Pichhamal Chintamani |year=2007 |edition=2nd |pages=126 |oclc=295034757 |orig-date=2005}}</ref>


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== Release ==
== Release and reception ==
''Kavari Maan'' was released on 6 April 1979.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 2020 |title=நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல் |language=ta |work=Seithi Saral |url=https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529050553/https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |archive-date=29 May 2021}}</ref> Though fans were unwilling to accept Ganesan portraying a wife killer,<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2018 |title=கடினமான பாடலுக்கு பிரமாதமாக வாயசைத்தார்- சிவாஜிகணேசனுக்கு இளையராஜா புகழாரம் |language=Tamil |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |url=https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2018/08/05233942/1181936/cinima-history-ilayaraja.vpf |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612034339/https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2018/08/05233942/1181936/cinima-history-ilayaraja.vpf |url-status=live }}</ref> the film emerged a commercial success.<ref name="Sunday">{{Cite magazine |last=Piousji |date=10 June 1979 |title=Khaas Baat |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99456/page/n187 |magazine=Sunday |volume=17 |page=71}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=முத்துராமன் |first=எஸ்.பி. |author-link=S. P. Muthuraman |date=21 October 2015 |title=சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 31: ‘கவரிமான்’ |language=ta |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/214174-31.html |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612034746/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/214174-31.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
''Kavari Maan'' was released on 6 April 1979.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 September 2020 |title=நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல் |language=ta |work=Seithi Saral |url=https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529050553/https://www.seithisaral.in/2020/09/30/sivaji-ganesass-moives-list-and-release-date/ |archive-date=29 May 2021}}</ref> Though fans were unwilling to accept Ganesan portraying a wife killer,<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2018 |title=கடினமான பாடலுக்கு பிரமாதமாக வாயசைத்தார்- சிவாஜிகணேசனுக்கு இளையராஜா புகழாரம் |language=Tamil |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |url=https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2018/08/05233942/1181936/cinima-history-ilayaraja.vpf |url-status=live |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612034339/https://cinema.maalaimalar.com/cinema/cinehistory/2018/08/05233942/1181936/cinima-history-ilayaraja.vpf |archive-date=12 June 2021}}</ref> the film emerged a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Piousji |date=10 June 1979 |title=Khaas Baat |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99456/page/n187 |magazine=Sunday |volume=17 |page=71}}</ref><ref name="hindutamil" /> Kaushikan of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' criticised the story but praised Muthuraman's direction, adding that the deer in the film's title was not leaping, but roaring.<ref name="kalki" />


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="hindutamil">{{Cite news |last=முத்துராமன் |first=எஸ்.பி. |author-link=S. P. Muthuraman |date=21 October 2015 |title=சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 31: ‘கவரிமான்’ |language=ta |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/214174-31.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612034746/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/214174-31.html |archive-date=12 June 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="kalki">{{Cite magazine |last=கெளசிகன் |date=29 April 1979 |title=கவரிமான் |url=https://kalkionline.com/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1979/apr/29-04-1979/p64.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001052641/https://kalkionline.com/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1979/apr/29-04-1979/p64.jpg |archive-date=1 October 2021 |access-date=1 October 2021 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=64 |language=ta}}</ref>
}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0187203}}


* {{IMDb title|id=0187203}}
{{S. P. Muthuraman}}
{{S. P. Muthuraman}}


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Kavari Maan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byS. P. Muthuraman
Produced byB. H. Rajanna
Written byPanchu Arunachalam
StarringSivaji Ganesan
Music byIlaiyaraaja
CinematographyBabu
Edited byR. Vittal
T. K. Rajan
Production
company
Rajanna Enterprises
Release date
  • 6 April 1979 (1979-04-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kavari Maan (transl. Musk deer)[lower-alpha 1] is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman and produced by B. H. Rajanna. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, with Vijayakumar, Ravichandran, Sekhar and Sridevi in supporting roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja. It was released on 6 April 1979.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Thyagarajan is an IAS officer. After seeing his wife Kalpana in bed with her extramarital lover Anand, he murders them.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Panchu Arunachalam.[5] The song "Brova Bharama" is set in the Carnatic raga Bahudari.[6][7]

No. Song Singers Lyrics
1 Aaduthu Ullam S. Janaki Panchu Arunachalam
2 Angel I See Only You S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
3 Brova Bharama K. J. Yesudas Tyagaraja
4 Poopole Un Punnagaiyil S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Panchu Arunachalam
5 Sollavayale S. Varalakshmi Bharathiyar
6 Ullangal Inbathil Ilaiyaraaja Panchu Arunachalam

Release and reception[edit | edit source]

Kavari Maan was released on 6 April 1979.[8] Though fans were unwilling to accept Ganesan portraying a wife killer,[9] the film emerged a commercial success.[10][3] Kaushikan of Kalki criticised the story but praised Muthuraman's direction, adding that the deer in the film's title was not leaping, but roaring.[2]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The term figuratively means a human who would die if he lost his honour.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Body from lake identified as that of CPI(M) leader". The Hindu. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 கெளசிகன் (29 April 1979). "கவரிமான்". Kalki (in தமிழ்). p. 64. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 முத்துராமன், எஸ்.பி. (21 October 2015). "சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 31: 'கவரிமான்'". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Nayak, Satyarth (2019). Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess. India: Penguin Random House. p. 63. ISBN 9789353056780.
  5. ↑ "Kavari Maan Tamil FIlm LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Mani, Charulatha (15 March 2013). "Mood enhancers". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Pichhamal Chintamani. p. 126. OCLC 295034757.
  8. ↑ "நடிகர்திலகத்தின் பட வரிசைப்பட்டியல்". Seithi Saral (in தமிழ்). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "கடினமான பாடலுக்கு பிரமாதமாக வாயசைத்தார்- சிவாஜிகணேசனுக்கு இளையராஜா புகழாரம்". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 5 August 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. ↑ Piousji (10 June 1979). "Khaas Baat". Sunday. Vol. 17. p. 71.

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