Thavapudhalavan

Thavapudhalavan is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by Muktha Ramaswamy. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and K. R. Vijaya. It was released on 26 August 1972 and ran for 100 days to become a hit.

Cast

 * Sivaji Ganesan as Nirmal
 * K. R. Vijaya as Vasanthi
 * Pandari Bai as Rajalakshmi
 * V. Gopalakrishnan as Eswaran
 * Gandhimathi as Eswari
 * M. R. R. Vasu as Jambu
 * Cho as James
 * Manorama as Pankajam
 * Senthamarai as Doctor
 * K. K. Soundar as Blindman
 * A. Sakunthala as Vimala
 * K. Kannan as Henchman
 * Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (guest appearance)
 * Vijayachandrika as Nurse

Production
The inspiration for the lead character's evening blindness disease came from a friend of Srinivasan.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics for the majority of songs by Kannadasan. Randor Guy wrote the English portions of "Love is Fine". The song "Isai Kettal" is set in Kalyani raga.