Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale

1996 Indian film

C. Arunpandian
Mansoor Ali Khan
Jayabharathi

CinematographyRajarajanEdited byG. JeyachandranMusic byBala Bharathi

Production
company

Tamilannai Cine Creation

Release date

17 May 1996 (1996-05-17)

Running time

130 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale (transl. Women are the reason for rise and demise) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language crime film directed by Senthilnathan. The film stars C. Arunpandian, Mansoor Ali Khan and Jayabharathi. It was released on 17 May 1996.^[1]

Plot

The film begins with the murder of a reputed heart surgeon Dr. Charles. The next day, Sivalingam is killed by a mysterious person. His wife, Chandra, is a corrupt and influential politician who supplies weapons to the terrorists. The mysterious person warns Chandra that he will continue to kill them. Antony, an honest police officer, is charged to protect Chandra. Soon, Antony finds out that the killer was none other than Chandra's son-in-law and his best friend Prabhakaran.

In a flashback, Prabhakaran fell in love with and married Chandra's daughter Lakshmi. He lived happily with his mother, his wife Lakshmi and his son in Chandra's house. One day, his mother witnessed the murder of a CBI officer by Chandra, and Chandra poisoned her.

Antony and Prabhakaran decide to team up to punish the heartless Chandra.

Cast

C. Arunpandian as Antony
Mansoor Ali Khan as Prabhakaran
Jayabharathi as Chandra
M. N. Nambiar as Deena Dayalan
Manivannan as Sivalingam
Rajashree as Lakshmi
C. R. Vijayakumari as Prabhakaran's mother
T. N. S. Ashokakumar
Jinna
Bobby as Chandra's brother
Vivek as Dhanush
Balu Anand as Manush
Vijay Krishnaraj as Dr. Charles
Peeli Sivam as Police inspector
Raviraj as the Police inspector
Periyar Dasan as Amavasai, Prabhakaran's father
Chitti as CBI officer
Idichapuli Selvaraj as Astrologer
Kullamani as the Police inspector
Kovai Senthil as Kuppusamy
Vaithi as Azhagunambi
Nellai Siva as Sandana Karuppan
Kavithasri as Inspector Satyavadi
J. Lalitha as Lakshmi
Premi as Dr. Charles' wife
Sri Bharathi
LIC Narasimhan as Dr. Maari
Bayilvan Ranganathan
Silk Smitha in a special appearance

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bala Bharathi, with lyrics written by Piraisoodan.^[2]

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
"Chinna Chitti"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:03
"Mavane Magarasanae"	K. S. Chithra	5:02
"Mavane Magarasanae"	Anuradha Sriram	5:14
"Nillu Nillu"	Swarnalatha	5:04
"Uyire Uyir Dheepame"	Mano	5:01
"Uyire Uyir Dheepame"	Bala Bharathi	5:21

Reception

Tharamani of Kalki praised the film for mocking contemporary politics and also praising the performances of Jayabharathi and Mansoor Ali Khan but panned cinematic flashback, duet, unrealistic climax which could have been avoided.^[3] The Hindu wrote, "Ibrahim Rowther's story has events that resemble the happenings in Tamil Nadu and the viewer can easily identify the female personality who has a strong hold over the ruling leader. K. C. Thangam's caustic dialogue, punched out in a couple of places, adds to the performances of Jayabharathi, the lady with lethal connections, and Mansur Ali Khan, her son-in-law who falling a victim to her power hungry schemes takes up cudgels against her".^[4]

References

^ "Aavathum pennala azhivathum pennala ( 1996 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
^ "Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. 17 May 1996. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ தரமணி (9 June 1996). "ஆவதும் பெண்ணாலே அழிவதும் பெண்ணாலே". Kalki (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Aavathum Pennalae Azhivathum Pennalae/Ithayamae Ithayamae". The Hindu. 31 May 1996. p. 26. Archived from the original on 20 December 1996. Retrieved 13 July 2023.