Aval Paavam

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Aval Paavam
Directed byM. K. Arundhava Raja
Produced byK. Rajan
Starring
  • Prabhukanth
  • Ritika
Music byPradeep Ravi
Production
company
KR Films
Release date
  • 22 December 2000 (2000-12-22)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Aval Paavam (transl. She is Poor) is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by M. K. Arundhava Raja. The film stars Prabhukanth and Ritika, with Ishari K. Ganesh playing a supporting role. The film, produced by K. Rajan, was released on 22 December 2000.[1]

Cast

Production

The film marked the feature film debut of director M. K. Arundhava Raja, who had earlier worked on television series.[2] K. Rajan, who had taken on the role of the president of Chennai Distributors Association during 2000, announced that he would produce Aval Paavam on a low budget.[3] Rajan's son, Prabhukanth, acted in his first lead role. He had earlier featured as the antagonist in Doubles (2000), and later worked on Ninaikkatha Naalillai (2001).[2] The lead actress, Lakshmi, took on the stage name of Ritika for the film. She head earlier appeared in a supporting role in Thalaimurai (1998) and shot for Aval Paavam alongside seven other film projects in early 2000.[4] Rajan had also signed the actress on for another project during the period, Babu Ganesh's Kudumbam Oru Koiyil starring Ramki, although the project was later dropped.[3] The film was briefly retitled as Chembaruthi Poove as the team wanted to avoid the title sounding Malayalam, but later reverted to the original title of Aval Paavam.[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Pradeep Ravi.[5]

Song Singer(s) Duration
"Kuyile Poonkuyile" Prashanna, Harini 4:30
"Ponnanaval" Unni Menon 4:20
"Nitham Yethanai" Anuradha Sriram 4:17
"Collegeile Teenageile" Prashanna, Harini 4:23
"Chembaruthi Poove" Anuradha Sriram 4:17
"Myalapre Mama" Sabesh 3:59

Release and reception

The film was released on 22 December 2000 across Tamil Nadu. Malini Mannath of Chennai Online compared the film's theme to K. Balachander's Arangetram (1973), where about a woman takes to prostitution to support her family, but noted that changing times meant that the topic was less of a taboo in Tamil Nadu. The critic praised the film, adding "it is a well-planned screenplay and there is no attempt to preach or make it a melodrama" and that "there is no sexual exploitation of the theme to distract the viewers, though there was enough room for it."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Aval Paavam". Valaitamil. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Mannath, Malini. "Film: Aval Paavam". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 1 March 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "K Rajan's New Ventures". Minnamutam. Archived from the original on 3 March 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. ^ Rasika. "Plenty in a name!". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 8 July 2004.
  5. ^ "Aval Paavam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

External links

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