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{{short description|1971 film by C. V. Sridhar}}
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{{Infobox film
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| name          = Avalukendru Oru Manam
| image          = Avalukendru Oru Manam.jpg
| caption        = Poster
| director      = [[C. V. Sridhar]]
| producer      = C. V. Sridhar
| writer        = C. V. Sridhar
| narrator      =
| starring      = [[Gemini Ganesan]]<br /> [[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan|Bharathi]]<br /> [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]]<br /> [[R. Muthuraman]]
| music          = [[M. S. Viswanathan]]
| cinematography = U. Rajagopal
| editing        = N. M. Shankar
| studio        = Chithralayaa Productions
| released      = {{film date|1971|06|18|df=y}}
| runtime        = 2 hr 38 min
| country        = India
| language      = Tamil
}}
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'''''Avalukendru Oru Manam''''' ({{trans|A Mind of Her Own}}) is a 1971 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, starring [[Gemini Ganesan]], [[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan|Bharathi]], [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]] and [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]]. The songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and the music was by [[M. S. Viswanathan]]. The Tamil film was a major success at box office.
The film was simultaneously made in Hindi as ''Duniya Kya Jane'', starring Premandra, Bharathi and Anupama, but the Hindi version was a flop. In the Tamil version, the songs were the highlight of the film.
== Plot ==
The film deals with a love triangle, with a good measure of values of the high society and those of the liberal culture of the 1960s.
== Cast ==
*[[Gemini Ganesan]] as Kannan
*[[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan|Bharathi]] as Lalitha
*[[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]] as Meena
*[[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]] as Gopal
*[[Major Sundarrajan]] as Judge Parameswaran (Kannan's father)
*[[Kumari Rukmani]] as Rajam (Kannan's mother)
*[[V. S. Raghavan]] as Sathyamoorthy (Meena's father)
*S. R. Veeraraghavan as (Gopal's Working Bank Owner)
* Sivakami
== Soundtrack ==
Lyrics for the songs were written by [[Kannadasan]] and the music was by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/tamil/s/movie_name.4210/ |title=Avalukkendru Oru Manam (1971) |work=Music India Online |accessdate=12 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707175436/http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/tamil/s/movie_name.4210/ |archivedate=7 July 2009  }}</ref> [[Ilaiyaraaja]], who was Viswanathan's assistant at that time played organ for the song "Malar Edhu".<ref>{{Cite news|last=And|first=B. Kolappan|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/i-owe-it-to-msv-says-ilayaraja/article7427233.ece|title=I owe it to MSV, says Ilayaraja|date=16 July 2015|work=The Hindu|access-date=23 April 2020|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!No
! Title !! Singer(s) !! Length
|-
|1
|"Malar Edhu En Kangal"
|[[P. Susheela]]
|6:00
|-
|2
|"Unnidathil Ennai Koduthaen"
|[[S. Janaki]]
|3:26
|-
|3
|"Ayiram Ninaivu Ayiram Kanavu"
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|3:30
|-
|4
|"Mangayaril Maharani"
|S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
|3:28
|-
|5
|"Deviyin Kovil Paravai Idu"
|S. Janaki
|3:30
|-
|6
|"Ellorum Paarkka"
|[[L. R. Eswari]]
|3:14
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|1431016|Avalukendru Oru Manam}}
{{C. V. Sridhar}}
[[Category:1971 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by C. V. Sridhar]]
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan]]
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