Aval Yaar

<p>Mahalakshmi is the daughter of a wealthy banker called Sahasranamam, who wishes that she would marry a young man (Gopi). However, a noted lawyer of that town, Sadhasivam, a widower, wishes to marry her and to save her father’s reputation, she marries him and soon loses her father. The couple have a son. The lawyer’s nephew Bhoopathi, not worldly-wise, has a friend called Bahadur, who wishes to exploit him for his money. Bhoopathi has a sweetheart called Asha. Thanks to the marriage, the lawyer’s safe keys are now handled by Mahalakshmi, which upsets Bahadur. He drives a wedge between the lawyer and his wife. Suspecting his wife, the lawyer turns her out of the house. The innocent woman without her husband’s knowledge takes the child away. She loses the child, who is brought up by a rich couple, Manivel and Maragatham. This upsets Mahalakshmi, who loses her mental balance. Years pass and Mahalakshmi, completely cured, takes care of a young girl, Vijaya, under a new name, Ponni. Her son goes to England to become a barrister, about which his mother has no knowledge. Bahadur creates fake letters as if written by Mahalakshmi and threatens to publish them in his third-rate “yellow” magazine unless she pays a huge price. When she goes to meet Bahadur to persuade him to hand over the letters, he is found murdered. She is arrested and charged with murder. By now Sadhasivam has become a judge and the case comes up for trial before him. How the truth comes out and happiness is restored forms the rest of the plot. V. Gopalakrishnan who acted in this film revealed that Ganesan worked in this film “hardly 4 to 6 days”. The music was composed by while the lyrics were penned by , V. Seetharaman, , and V. Lakshmanan. One song “Kannan Pirandhaan” by also was included in the film. said that though the story was confusing, the film was technically good. Kanthan of appreciated the director for trying to take Tamil cinema in a new direction, even if he was not successful in achieving that goal. Facing competition from another Sivaji Ganesan starrer , it did not do well at the box-office.</p>