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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Maanavan
| image          = Maanavan poster.jpg
| image          = Maanavan title card.jpg
| caption        = Poster
| caption        = Title card
| director      = [[M. A. Thirumugam]]
| director      = [[M. A. Thirumugam]]
| story          = Balamurugan
| producer      = [[Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar]]
| producer      = [[Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar]]
| screenplay    =
| starring      = [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]]<br />[[R. Muthuraman]]<br />[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]<br /> [[Sowcar Janaki]]
| story          = Balamurugan
| starring      = [[Jaishankar]]<br />[[R. Muthuraman]]<br />[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]<br /> [[Sowcar Janaki]]
| music          = [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| cinematography = T. M. Sundara Babu <br /> V. Selvaraj
| cinematography = T. M. Sundara Babu <br /> V. Selvaraj
| editing        = M. A. Thirumugam <br /> M. G. Balu Rao <br /> R. Thyagarajan <br /> C. Dhandayudhapani
| editing        = M. A. Thirumugam <br /> M. G. Balu Rao <br /> R. Thyagarajan <br /> C. Dhandayudhapani
| studio        = Dhandayudhapani Films
| music          = [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| distributor    =
| studio        = [[Dhandayudhapani Films]]
| released      = {{film date|df=y|1970|7|10}}
| released      = {{film date|df=y|1970|7|10}}
| runtime        = 130 minutes
| runtime        = 130 minutes
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'''''Maanavan''''' ({{Translation|Student}}) is a 1970 [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[M. A. Thirumugam]] and produced by [[Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar]] under Dhandayudhapani Films. The script were written by Balamurugan. The film starring [[Jaishankar]] and [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]] with [[Sowcar Janaki]], [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]], [[Nagesh]] and [[Sachu]] in supporting roles. [[Kamal Haasan]] appears only for a dance sequence along with [[Kutty Padmini]]. This was Haasan's first adult role after a 7-year hiatus. The film also marks the debut of many character actors and comedians like Pandu, [[Kathadi Ramamurthy]] among others.
'''''Maanavan''''' ({{Translation|Student}}) is a 1970 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Coming of age film|coming-of-age]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[M. A. Thirumugam]] and produced by [[Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar]] under Dhandayudhapani Films. The scripts were written by Balamurugan. The film starred [[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] and [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]] with [[Sowcar Janaki]], [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]], [[Nagesh]] and [[Sachu]] in supporting roles. [[Kamal Haasan]] appears only for a dance sequence along with [[Kutty Padmini]]. Hassan returns to Cinema as a teen actor after a seven-year hiatus. The film also marks the debut of many character actors and comedians like Pandu, [[Kathadi Ramamurthy]] among others.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=June 2021}}
Kathiresan is the son of Parvathi, a maid at the [[Panchayati raj|Panchayat]] president's (O.A.K.Thevar) house and her husband (S.A.Ashokan) is a cattle herder. In a fight about gambling debts, his father kills a man and runs away with the police on his tail. He is later found and sent to jail for life imprisonment. Ravi, the son of Panchayat president of Salaiyur village in [[Chingleput District (Madras Presidency)|Chingleput District]], is Kathiresan's classmate. Ravi bullies Kathiresan and is not good at studies, while Kathiresan excels in it. Being jealous of this, the Panchayat president wants Kathiresan to quit studying and be a cattle herder. But Parvathi is intent on Kathiresan being educated and relocates to [[Chennai|Madras]]. She becomes a maid in a school and a worker in a rice mill. With great difficulty Kathiresan studies well and gets admitted to a college. To help pay his fees, he works as a Cycle Rickshaw puller on the side.
Kathiresan is the son of Parvathi, a maid. Parvathi's husband takes care of the cattle in the Panchayat president's house. [[Major Sundarrajan]] is a smuggler;. Incidentally Major Sundarrajan is the father of Shanthi [[Lakshmi]],. Meanwhile,
 
Ravi, who grew up to be a playboy, is enrolled in the same college as Kathiresan.
Kathiresan and Shanthi, who is the college-going daughter of Judge Satyamurthy, fall in love with each other. He passes his M.A with distinction and gets a job as a lecturer in the same college while preparing for his [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] entrance exams, which Ravi dislikes. Ravi finally gets dismissed from college due to his bad behavior. In revenge, he kills a student, Mani, and frames Kathiresan.
 
Ravi is ultimately found responsible for the murder and sent to the same jail as Kathiresan's father for life imprisonment. Kathiresan becomes an IAS officer and ends up coming to the same jail for inspection.
 
Kathiresan's father is released from jail and learns that his son is now an IAS officer. Ravi's father tries to assassinate Kathiresan with a bomb at a village function but is saved by Kathiresan. They are all reunited.
 
The comedy track is provided by Ramu (a rickshaw puller turned car driver) and his lover.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
{{cast listing|
*[[Jaishankar]] as Kathiresan
*[[Jaishankar (actor)|Jaishankar]] as Kathiresan
*[[R. Muthuraman]] as Ravi
*[[R. Muthuraman]] as Ravi
*[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Shanthi
*[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Shanthi
* [[Nagesh]] as Ramu
*[[Nagesh]] as Ramu
*[[S.A. Ashokan]] as Kathiresan's father
*[[S.A. Ashokan]] as Kathiresan's father
*[[Sowkar Janaki]] as Parvathy<ref name="Tirchy Thyagarajan" />
*[[Sowkar Janaki]] as Parvathy
* [[Major Sundararajan]] as Judge
* [[Major Sundararajan]] as Judge Satyamurthy
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as College principal
* [[V. S. Raghavan]] as College principal
* [[O. A. K. Thevar]] as Ravi's father / Panchayat president
* [[O. A. K. Thevar]] as Ravi's father / Panchayat president
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* [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as School teacher
* [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as School teacher
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Mayandi
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Mayandi
* [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Dimki<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2021 |title=Tamil comedian Pandu passes away due to Covid |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/may/06/tamil-comedian-pandu-passes-away-due-to-covid-2299112.html |access-date=15 May 2021 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref>
* [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Dimki<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2021 |title=Tamil comedian Pandu passes away due to Covid |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/may/06/tamil-comedian-pandu-passes-away-due-to-covid-2299112.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515114831/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/may/06/tamil-comedian-pandu-passes-away-due-to-covid-2299112.html |archive-date=15 May 2021 |access-date=15 May 2021 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref>
* [[Kathadi Ramamurthy]] as Ravi's friend
* [[Kathadi Ramamurthy]] as Ravi's friend
* [[T. K. S. Natarajan]] as Bus passenger
* [[T. K. S. Natarajan]] as Bus passenger
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*Radhabhai
*Radhabhai


;Guest appearances
;Guest appearances in the song "Visiladichan Kunjugala"
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Student<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2019/nov/10/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-6-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-60-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88-3276235.html |title=கமல் திரைப்பயணம்: 6 முதல் 60 வரை |language=ta |date=10 November 2019 |work=[[Dinamani]] |accessdate=12 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Student<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 2019 |title=கமல் திரைப்பயணம்: 6 முதல் 60 வரை |url=https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2019/nov/10/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-6-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-60-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88-3276235.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113223922/https://www.dinamani.com/weekly-supplements/dinamani-kondattam/2019/nov/10/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-6-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D-60-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88-3276235.html |archive-date=13 January 2021 |access-date=12 January 2021 |work=[[Dinamani]] |language=ta}}</ref>
*[[Kutty Padmini]] as Student<ref name="Kungumam">{{Cite web |date=31 March 2014 |title=கமல் இயக்கிய டெலிஃபிலிம்! |language=ta |first=Kutty |last=Padmini |author-link=Kutty Padmini |work=[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]] |url=http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=6833&id1=67&issue=20140331 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.is/2021.05.22-065053/http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=6833&id1=67&issue=20140331 |archive-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[Kutty Padmini]] as Student<ref name="Kungumam">{{Cite web |last=Padmini |first=Kutty |author-link=Kutty Padmini |date=31 March 2014 |title=கமல் இயக்கிய டெலிஃபிலிம்! |url=http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=6833&id1=67&issue=20140331 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210522065053/http://kungumam.co.in/Articalinnerdetail.aspx?id=6833&id1=67&issue=20140331 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |access-date=22 May 2021 |website=[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]] |language=ta}}</ref>
{{colend}}
}}


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
Music was by [[Shankar–Ganesh]] and lyrics were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], Tirchy Thyagarajan<ref name="Tirchy Thyagarajan">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/lyricist-who-wrapped-a-message-in-a-song/articleshow/82250032.cms |title=Lyricist who wrapped a message in a song |date=26 April 2021 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> and Mariappa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mio.to/album/Maanavan+(1970)|title=Maanavan Songs|accessdate=29 August 2016|publisher=mio}}</ref>
Music was by [[Shankar–Ganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maanavan (1970) |url=http://mio.to/album/Maanavan+(1970) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911080343/http://mio.to/album/Maanavan+(1970) |archive-date=11 September 2016 |access-date=29 August 2016 |website=Music India Online}}</ref> The song "Chinna Chinna Pappa" urges people not to be slow or stubborn, also not to sleep in the day or forget their service to society.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2021 |title=Lyricist who wrapped a message in a song |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/lyricist-who-wrapped-a-message-in-a-song/articleshow/82250032.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515131822/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/lyricist-who-wrapped-a-message-in-a-song/articleshow/82250032.cms |archive-date=15 May 2021 |access-date=15 May 2021 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref>
 
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|'''No'''
|'''Title'''||'''Lyricist''' ||'''Singer(s)''' ||'''Length'''
|'''Title'''||'''Lyricist''' ||'''Singer(s)''' ||'''Length'''
|-
|-
|1
|"Chinna Chinna Pappa"
|"Chinna Chinna Pappa"
|Tirchy Thyagarajan
|Tirchy Thyagarajan
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|03:52
|03:52
|-
|-
|2
|"One and Two Mudhal"
|"One and Two Mudhal"
|Tirchy Thyagarajan
|Tirchy Thyagarajan
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|
|
|-
|-
|3
|"Kalyaana Ramanukkum"
|"Kalyaana Ramanukku"
|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
|[[S. P. Balasubramanyam]], P. Susheela
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], P. Susheela
|03:26
|03:26
|-
|-
|4
|"Visiladichan Kunjugala"
|"Visiladichan Kunjugala"
|Mariappa
|Mariappa
|[[T. M. Soundararajan]], P. Susheela
|[[T. M. Soundararajan]], P. Susheela
| 03:40
| 03:40
|-
|}
|}


== Release and reception ==
== Release and reception ==
''Maanavan'' was released on 10 July 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maanavan (1970) |url=https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1970/maanavan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602032156/https://screen4screen.com/yearly-movies/1970/maanavan |archive-date=2 June 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021 |website=Screen4Screen}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' called it "obviously an attempt to educate the students to be on their best behaviour". The reviewer praised the performances of the actors, saying Sowkar Janaki "stands out amongst the cast" while Muthuraman "puts in a breezy performance".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700718&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Cinema |date=18 July 1970 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=10}}</ref>
''Maanavan'' was released on 10 July 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maanavan (1970) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/maanavan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114081216/https://screen4screen.com/movies/maanavan |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'' called it "obviously an attempt to educate the students to be on their best behaviour". The reviewer praised the performances of the actors, saying Sowcar Janaki "stands out amongst the cast" while Muthuraman "puts in a breezy performance".<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 1970 |title=Cinema |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19700718&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=2 May 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=10 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
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Maanavan
Poster
Directed byM. A. Thirumugam
Produced bySandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
Story byBalamurugan
StarringJaishankar
R. Muthuraman
Lakshmi
Sowcar Janaki
Music byShankar–Ganesh
CinematographyT. M. Sundara Babu
V. Selvaraj
Edited byM. A. Thirumugam
M. G. Balu Rao
R. Thyagarajan
C. Dhandayudhapani
Production
company
Release date
  • 10 July 1970 (1970-07-10)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Maanavan (transl. Student) is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age drama film directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar under Dhandayudhapani Films. The scripts were written by Balamurugan. The film starred Jaishankar and Muthuraman with Sowcar Janaki, Lakshmi, Nagesh and Sachu in supporting roles. Kamal Haasan appears only for a dance sequence along with Kutty Padmini. Hassan returns to Cinema as a teen actor after a seven-year hiatus. The film also marks the debut of many character actors and comedians like Pandu, Kathadi Ramamurthy among others.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Kathiresan is the son of Parvathi, a maid at the Panchayat president's (O.A.K.Thevar) house and her husband (S.A.Ashokan) is a cattle herder. In a fight about gambling debts, his father kills a man and runs away with the police on his tail. He is later found and sent to jail for life imprisonment. Ravi, the son of Panchayat president of Salaiyur village in Chingleput District, is Kathiresan's classmate. Ravi bullies Kathiresan and is not good at studies, while Kathiresan excels in it. Being jealous of this, the Panchayat president wants Kathiresan to quit studying and be a cattle herder. But Parvathi is intent on Kathiresan being educated and relocates to Madras. She becomes a maid in a school and a worker in a rice mill. With great difficulty Kathiresan studies well and gets admitted to a college. To help pay his fees, he works as a Cycle Rickshaw puller on the side.

Ravi, who grew up to be a playboy, is enrolled in the same college as Kathiresan. Kathiresan and Shanthi, who is the college-going daughter of Judge Satyamurthy, fall in love with each other. He passes his M.A with distinction and gets a job as a lecturer in the same college while preparing for his IAS entrance exams, which Ravi dislikes. Ravi finally gets dismissed from college due to his bad behavior. In revenge, he kills a student, Mani, and frames Kathiresan.

Ravi is ultimately found responsible for the murder and sent to the same jail as Kathiresan's father for life imprisonment. Kathiresan becomes an IAS officer and ends up coming to the same jail for inspection.

Kathiresan's father is released from jail and learns that his son is now an IAS officer. Ravi's father tries to assassinate Kathiresan with a bomb at a village function but is saved by Kathiresan. They are all reunited.

The comedy track is provided by Ramu (a rickshaw puller turned car driver) and his lover.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Guest appearances in the song "Visiladichan Kunjugala"

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Music was by Shankar–Ganesh.[4] The song "Chinna Chinna Pappa" urges people not to be slow or stubborn, also not to sleep in the day or forget their service to society.[5]

Title Lyricist Singer(s) Length
"Chinna Chinna Pappa" Tirchy Thyagarajan P. Susheela 03:52
"One and Two Mudhal" Tirchy Thyagarajan L. R. Eswari
"Kalyaana Ramanukkum" Vaali S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela 03:26
"Visiladichan Kunjugala" Mariappa T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela 03:40

Release and reception[edit | edit source]

Maanavan was released on 10 July 1970.[6] The Indian Express called it "obviously an attempt to educate the students to be on their best behaviour". The reviewer praised the performances of the actors, saying Sowcar Janaki "stands out amongst the cast" while Muthuraman "puts in a breezy performance".[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Tamil comedian Pandu passes away due to Covid". The Indian Express. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "கமல் திரைப்பயணம்: 6 முதல் 60 வரை". Dinamani (in தமிழ்). 10 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Padmini, Kutty (31 March 2014). "கமல் இயக்கிய டெலிஃபிலிம்!". Kungumam (in தமிழ்). Retrieved 22 May 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Maanavan (1970)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Lyricist who wrapped a message in a song". The Indian Express. 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Maanavan (1970)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Cinema". The Indian Express. 18 July 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 2 May 2019 – via Google News Archive.

External links[edit | edit source]

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