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| Kavalan Avan Kovalan | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Visu |
| Screenplay by | Visu |
| Produced by | K Rajagopal |
| Starring | Prabhu Rekha |
| Cinematography | N Balakrishnan |
| Edited by | Ganesh-Kumar |
| Music by | Vijayanand |
Production company | |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Kavalan Avan Kovalan (transl. Guard for Kovalan) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Visu, starring Prabhu, Rekha and Madhuri. The film had musical score by Vijayanand and was released on 29 May 1987.[1]
Cast
- Prabhu
- Rekha
- Madhuri
- Prameela
- Kalaranjini
- Visu
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao
- Loose Mohan
- Omakuchi Narasimhan
- Pyramid Natarajan
- M. S. Bhaskar
- Gundu Kalyanam
- Master Haja Sheriff
- Jithan
- Sethu Vinayagam
- S Narasimhan
- Thayir Vadai Desikan
- Kanchi Ramesh
- Raghuvaran (Special appearance)
- Karthik
Plot
Prabhu is in a double role: as a cine director, who makes socially conscious movies and as a villager who comes to the city to be successful to marry his sweetheart. The director has a flaw: an extramarital affair, which the villager comes to know when he is mistaken for the director in multiple instances. He embarks on setting the director. back on the right path, so that he continues to positively impact society. But this causes friction with his sweetheart who comes to the city to get him to focus on getting married. The director's affair also turns into a ransom situation. How the villager puts the director on the right path and his own life turns out, forms the crux of the story.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Vijayanand, and the lyrics were written by Vaali.[2]
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nizhaledhu" | Malaysia Vasudevan, M. Jayachandran | |
| 2. | "Uravugal Oru" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 3. | "Chittang Chittang" | S. Janaki | |
| 4. | "Oruvanukku Oruthi" | K. S. Chithra, Vani Jairam | |
| 5. | "Pothum Pothum" | Malaysia Vasudevan |
Reception
The Indian Express wrote, "It is Prabhu who must be singled out for honours."[3]
References
- ↑ "Kavalan Avan Kovalan". The Indian Express. 29 May 1987. p. 4.
- ↑ "Kavalan Avan Kovalan Tamil Vinyl Record By Vijayanand". Banumass. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ↑ Krishnaswamy, N. (5 June 1987). "Good ploy". The Indian Express. p. 12.
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