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'Avan Aval Adhu' is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film dealing with the then-groundbreaking issue of surrogate pregnancy, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and written by Visu. The film stars Sivakumar, Lakshmi, Sripriya and Thengai Srinivasan. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. It is based on the story 'Oru Singam Muyalaagirathu' by Sivasankari. The film was released on 11 April 1980.

Plot



The film revolves around how Ramu's wife tries to conceal the surrogate mother of their child from her husband. But the surrogate mother and her husband gets acquainted accidentally and their interactions grows towards unknown destiny behind the wife's knowledge. Story travels towards how this peculiar triangle straighten out....

Cast



*Sivakumar as Ramu

*Lakshmi as Lavanya

*Sripriya as Menaka

*Thengai Srinivasan

*Manorama as Muniyamma

*Y. G. Mahendran

*Kathadi Ramamurthy

*Typist Gopu

*Gundu Kalyanam

Soundtrack



The music for this film was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. Lyrics written by Kannadasan.

Reception



Despite being significantly different from the source material, the film was well received critically and commercially. Kanthan of 'Kalki' praised the film for the morals it was propagating.

References




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