Avandhan Manidhan

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Ravikumar, the owner of a matchbox factory, is a widower who also lost his daughter in an accident. Recognising that his honest employee Chandran is in a similar position, he decides to help Chandran financially. As Chandran attends training in the United States, Ravi takes care of Chandran's charming daughter. Upon his return, Chandran suggests changing the company's structure. The traditionalist Ravi becomes infuriated. Protesting this, Chandran resigns and starts his own matchbox company and becomes the leading matchbox manufacturer.

This begins Ravi's downfall, his charity and donating activities have eaten up profit and he ends up putting his house on sale. Chandran calls for the highest bid and wants to give it back to Ravi, but being the man that he is, Ravi would not accept. Chandran has already got Lalitha, his ex-secretary whom Ravi had a crush on, and now Ravi's house.

Ravi is eventually left with only his dove, and Lalitha requests him to give it to her, as her daughter is sick and is crying for the dove. Ravi has just sold that, so that he could buy food. Unable to say no to a request, he breathes his last.

{{Cast listing|

• Sivaji Ganesan as Ravikumar
• Muthuraman as Chandran
• Jayalalithaa as Lalitha{{Cite web |last=Narayanan |first=Sujatha |date=6 December 2016 |title=How Jayalalithaa's onscreen image helped establish her political one: From 'glam doll' to Amma |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/how-jayalalithaas-onscreen-image-helped-establish-her-political-one-from-glam-doll-to-amma-3142094.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724080548/http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/how-jayalalithaas-onscreen-image-helped-establish-her-political-one-from-glam-doll-to-amma-3142094.html |archive-date=24 July 2017 |access-date=29 May 2021 |website=Firstpost}}
• Manjula as Manju
• Major Sundarrajan as Murugan
• Cho as Appavu
• M. R. R. Vasu as Paramasivam
• Chandrababu as Singaram
• Sachu as Kamala{{Cite news |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=18 June 2016 |title=A director who stood tall |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/A-director-who-stood-tall/article14429883.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619080951/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/actors-share-memories-of-a-c-trilokchander/article8745794.ece |archive-date=19 June 2016 |access-date=29 May 2021 |work=The Hindu}}
• Baby Sumathi as Selvi
• Master Kumar as Ravikumar's daughter (uncredited){{Cite news |date=1 February 1983 |title=கைக் குழந்தையிலேயே நடித்தேன்! |url=https://archive.org/download/gokulam_tamil1983-02-01/gokulam_tamil1983-02-01.pdf |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=Gokulam |pages=50–52 |language=Ta |via=Internet Archive}}

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In early 1970, G. Balasubramaniam had written a story exclusively for Sivaji Ganesan, and film producer Noor bought the rights for {{INR}} 25,000, with K. Shankar signed on to direct. However, Ganesan was reluctant after hearing the story, feeling it was too tragic. A year later, the same story was bought by the director duo Dorai–Bhagavan for {{INR}} 38,000, and they made it into a Kannada film titled Kasturi Nivasa, with Rajkumar starring. After the film's success, Ganesan decided to remake it in Tamil, and bought the remake rights for {{INR}} 2,00,000. The remake was titled Avandhan Manidhan,{{Cite news |last=Venkatasubba Rao |first=K. N. |date=12 July 2008 |title=Kasturi Nivasa 1971 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/kasturi-nivasa-1971/article1420537.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190722171026/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/enspKasturi-Nivasa-1971/article15385016.ece |archive-date=22 July 2019 |access-date=8 November 2015 |work=The Hindu}}{{Cite news |date=5 November 2014 |title=Sivaji Ganesan passed up on the offer |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/sivaji-ganesan-passed-up-on-the-offer/article6565823.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808153841/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/sivaji-ganesan-passed-up-on-the-offer/article6565823.ece |archive-date=8 August 2020 |access-date=8 November 2015 |work=The Hindu}} and the 175th film of Ganesan.{{Cite news |date=30 September 2020 |title="அவர் பெருந்தலைவர்; இவர் உண்மைத்தொண்டன்" |url=https://uthayannews.ca/2020/09/30/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529054431/https://uthayannews.ca/2020/09/30/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D/ |archive-date=29 May 2021 |access-date=29 May 2021 |work=Uthayan News |language=ta}} It was directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar, co-produced by K. N. Subramaniam,{{Cite news |date=17 May 2019 |title=அன்பு நடமாடும் கலைக்கூடமே... என்றென்றும் கண்ணதாசன் (6) |url=http://www.dailythanthi.com/News/Sirappukatturaigal/2019/05/17134304/Love-is-a-walking-ballroom.vpf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527103743/https://www.dailythanthi.com/News/Sirappukatturaigal/2019/05/17134304/Love-is-a-walking-ballroom.vpf |archive-date=27 May 2019 |access-date=27 May 2019 |work=Dina Thanthi |language=ta}} photographed by M. Viswanatha Rai and edited by B. Kandhasamy. While Tirulokchandar also wrote the screenplay, Panchu Arunachalam wrote the dialogues.{{Cite web |title=171–180 |url=http://www.nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp18.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210529051035/http://www.nadigarthilagam.com/filmographyp18.htm |archive-date=29 May 2021 |access-date=29 May 2021 |website=nadigarthilagam.com}} Some scenes involving Ganesan and Manjula were shot at Singapore, including Queen Elizabeth Walk.{{Cite news |date=14 January 1974 |title='அவன்தான் மனிதன்' வெளிநாட்டில் படப்பிடிப்பு |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_22_2_37/2.jp2/full/1000,1511/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/FGtG9 |archive-date=20 December 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Navamani |pages=2 |language=ta |via=Endangered Archives Programme}}

Film historian Mohan Raman interpreted one scene where Cho's character tells Chandrababu's character, "Ellarum Ungala Marandutaanga pa" ({{Translation|Everyone has forgotten you, man}}) as reflecting Chandrababu's real life situation at that time.{{Cite news |last=Ramanujam |first=Srinivasa |date=7 December 2016 |title=A different brand of wit |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/A-different-brand-of-wit/article16773046.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913051810/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/A-different-brand-of-wit/article16773046.ece |archive-date=13 September 2019 |access-date=5 February 2019 |work=The Hindu}} Another historian, K. Puttaswamy noted the story's similarities to Timon of Athens, a play by William Shakespeare.{{Cite web |last=Puttaswamy |first=K. |date=4 March 2023 |title=How Dorai-Bhagavan conquered the family drama genre |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/how-dorai-bhagavan-conquered-the-family-drama-genre-1197052.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829115427/https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/how-dorai-bhagavan-conquered-the-family-drama-genre-1197052.html |archive-date=29 August 2023 |access-date=11 September 2023 |website=Deccan Herald}}

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.{{Cite web |title=Avanthan Manithan (1975) |url=http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/avanthan-manithan--T0001242 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430073646/http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/avanthan-manithan--T0001242 |archive-date=30 April 2014 |access-date=19 August 2014 |website=Raaga.com}} The song "Aattuviththaal Yaaroruvar", like many songs written by Kannadasan, extols the Hindu god Krishna.{{Cite news |last=Venkataramanan |first=Geetha |date=30 August 2018 |title=Kannadasan found Krishna within |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/kannadasan-found-krishna-within/article24819404.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618120932/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/kannadasan-found-krishna-within/article24819404.ece |archive-date=18 June 2020 |access-date=29 May 2021 |work=The Hindu}} The song "Anbu Nadamadum" is set in Vasanthi raga.{{Cite web |title=ஏழிசை எம்எஸ்வி {{!}} பயோகிராபி |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/msv/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626130400/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/msv/ |archive-date=26 June 2020 |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=Dinamalar |language=Ta}} An assistant director suggested the director not to use the lyric "Thangai" ({{Translation|younger sister}}) for a song in this film since "Thangaiyila Illai" ({{Translation|not in the younger sister}}) was the pallavi for a song in the director's earlier film Dharmam Engey (1972).{{Cite book |last=Vanankamudi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_R_vEcICJAC&dq=%22%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D+%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%22&pg=PA116 |title=கண்ணதாசன் கதை |date=August 2008 |publisher=Kannadhasan Pathippagam |isbn=978-81-8402-028-1 |pages=116 |language=Ta}}

Avandhan Manidhan was released on 11 April 1975.{{Cite web |title=நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அவர்கள் நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல் |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/sivaji-2.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814054109/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/sivaji-2.asp |archive-date=14 August 2016 |access-date=3 February 2023 |website=Lakshman Sruthi |language=ta}} Kanthan of Kalki praised Tirulokchander's direction and writing, Arunachalam's dialogues, and the performances of Ganesan, Muthuraman and Sundarrajan.{{Cite magazine |last=காந்தன் |date=4 May 1975 |title=அவன்தான் மனிதன் |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1975/may/04-05-1975/p63.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220727124406/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1975/may/04-05-1975/p63.jpg |archive-date=27 July 2022 |access-date=28 July 2022 |magazine=Kalki |page=63 |language=ta}} The film became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres.{{Cite web |date=22 April 2022 |title=கதையை தவறாக கணித்ததால் ஆறு மடங்கு அதிகம் செலவழித்த சிவாஜி கணேசன்! |url=https://tamil.news18.com/photogallery/entertainment/cinema-sivaji-ganesan-avandhan-manidhan-digital-release-jbr-scs-734851.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130151606/https://tamil.news18.com/photogallery/entertainment/cinema-sivaji-ganesan-avandhan-manidhan-digital-release-jbr-scs-734851.html |archive-date=30 November 2023 |access-date=30 November 2023 |website=News18 |language=ta}}

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