Aabavanan
{{Short description|Indian film director}}
Aabavanan is an Indian screenwriter, associate music director, lyricist, director and producer of Tamil films.
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
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| birth_name = Chinnasamy
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| citizenship = Indian
| occupation = Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Music Director
| spouse = Thenmozhi
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| father = Arumugam
| mother = Pavayee
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| yearsactive = 1982 to present
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Personal life
Aabavanan is married to Thenmozhi.{{Cite web |date=2016-06-01 |title=Five year RI for Aabavanan in cheating case |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/010616/five-year-ri-for-aabavanan-in-cheating-case.html |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |archive-date=5 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505053717/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/010616/five-year-ri-for-aabavanan-in-cheating-case.html |url-status=live }}
Legal issues
In June 2016, Aabavanan was found guilty of cheating a branch of the Punjab National Bank seventeen years before, and sentenced to five years prison.
Filmography
- Oomai Vizhigal (1986){{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=oomai%20vizhigal|title=Filmography of oomai vizhigal|accessdate=2011-11-28|publisher=cinesouth.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209070804/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=oomai%20vizhigal|archive-date=9 December 2012}}{{cite web |author=Kumar |first=S. R. Ashok |date=2003-03-19 |title='Set' to make waves ? |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/03/19/stories/2003031900290400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040530123910/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/03/19/stories/2003031900290400.htm |archive-date=2004-05-30 |accessdate=2012-01-13 |work=The Hindu}}
- Uzhavan Magan (1987)
- Senthoora Poove (1988)
- Inaindha Kaigal (1990){{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=inaindha%20kaigal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420110858/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=inaindha%20kaigal|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2010|title=Filmography of inaindha kaigal|accessdate=2012-01-19|publisher=cinesouth.com}}
- Annan Ennada Thambi Ennada (1992) (co-music)
- Kaviya Thalaivan (1992)
- Mutrugai (1993)
- Karuppu Roja (1995){{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/11/stories/2007021117540200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213060700/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/11/stories/2007021117540200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2007|title=From piano to oboe, he has played it all|author=|work=The Hindu|date=2007-02-11|accessdate=26 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/specials/specials/tamilcinema-75.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060215181033/http://www.cinesouth.com/specials/specials/tamilcinema-75.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 February 2006|title=டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு|accessdate=26 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.tamil/browse_thread/thread/50dd8471a23a5649/c6ec67a72b74fb2f|title=Google Groups|publisher=|accessdate=26 May 2016|archive-date=13 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813165059/https://groups.google.com/g/soc.culture.tamil/c/UN2EcaI6Vkk|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/1996awards.htm |title=Mahadevan\HTMLS\1996 cinema awards |accessdate=2009-08-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990203152338/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/1996awards.htm |archivedate=1999-02-03 }}
;Lyrics
- All songs (Oomai Vizhigal)
- All songs (Uzhavan Magan)
- Varapu Thalaiyane, Muthu Mani Pallakku, Aathukulle Yelelo (Senthoora Poove)
- All songs (Inaintha Kaigal)
- All songs (Annan Ennada Thambi Ennada)
- All songs (Kaaviya Thalaivan)
- All songs (Mutrugai)
- All songs (Karuppu Roja)