Aval Paavam

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Aval Paavam
Directed byM. K. Arundhava Raja
Produced by K. 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 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]

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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

Aval Paavam
Soundtrack album by
Pradeep Ravi
Released2000
Recorded2000
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length25:47
Label Star Music
Producer Pradeep Ravi

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Pradeep Ravi. The soundtrack, released in 2000 by Star Music, features six tracks. [5]

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

Release and reception

The film was released on 22 December 2000 across Tamil Nadu. A reviewer of the film from the entertainment portal ChennaiOnline 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. [2] 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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Aval Paavam". www.valaitamil.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Film: Aval Paavam". 1 March 2001. Archived from the original on 1 March 2001.
  3. 1 2 3 "Minnamutam.co -->> Hot Cine News". 3 March 2001. Archived from the original on 3 March 2001.
  4. ↑ "Plenty in a name!". 8 July 2004. Archived from the original on 8 July 2004.
  5. ↑ "Aval Paavam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" – via open.spotify.com.
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