Aval Paavam

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]

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

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
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length25:47
LabelStar Music
ProducerPradeep 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, Harini4:30
2"Ponnanaval"Unni Menon4:20
3"Nitham Yethanai"Anuradha Sriram4:17
4"Collegeile Teenageile"Prashanna, Harini4:23
5"Chembaruthi Poove"Anuradha Sriram4:17
6"Myalapre Mama"Sabesh3:59

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]

References

  1. "Aval Paavam". www.valaitamil.com.
  2. "Film: Aval Paavam". 1 March 2001. Archived from the original on 1 March 2001.
  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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