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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.

Plot

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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.

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. 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".

References

1. "Aavathum pennala azhivathum pennala ( 1996 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
2. "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.
3. தரமணி (9 June 1996). "ஆவதும் பெண்ணாலே அழிவதும் பெண்ணாலே". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 64. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.
4. "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.

External links

• Aavathum Pennale Azhivathum Pennale at IMDb 

• 1996 films
• 1990s Indian films
• 1990s Tamil-language films
• 1996 crime films
• Films directed by Senthilnathan
• Indian crime films
• Tamil-language Indian films