Kaalangalil Aval Vasantham (1976 film)

Kaalangalil Aval Vasantham (transl. Among seasons, she is spring) is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and produced by S. Baskar. The screenplay was written by Panchu Arunachalam from a story by C. N. Muthu. The film stars R. Muthuraman, Chandrakala and Srividya.[1] It was released on 13 April 1976.[2] The film was remade in Kannada as Hrudaya Pallavi (1987).

Kaalangalil Aval Vasantham
Theatrical release poster
Directed byS. P. Muthuraman
Screenplay byPanchu Arunachalam
Story byC. N. Muthu
Produced byS. Baskar
StarringR. Muthuraman
Chandrakala
Srividya
CinematographyBabu
Edited byR. Vittal
Music byVijaya Bhaskar
Production
company
Vijayabaskar Productions
Release date
  • 13 April 1976 (1976-04-13)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

It's the story of 2 sisters, Rajalakshmi (Raji), and Kalpana. They live with their father, and is often visited by their uncle Santhanam from Singapore. Kalpana, the younger one is in love with Ravi. The elder sister is about to be married, when fate has it that the groom unfortunately passes away in an accident, leaving her mentally troubled obsessing herself with marriage and groom. On the persuasion of her father, kalpana is asked to marry in the hope that at least his younger daughter would be happy. With initial hesitance she later agrees. Soon after she is married her father passes away leaving the mentally challenged sister in her and his son in law's responsibility.

The three of them shift to Ooty, where situations gets worse and it gets difficult to look after her sister. They consult a psychiatrist who says that she has a superficial disorder, which could be cured by getting her married since the cause for this trouble was due to the marriage that didn't take place. No one wishes to marry the mentally challenged Raji.

Troubled, kalpana decides to get her husband, Ravi, married to her sister. After initially disapproving Ravi gets married to Raji for the sake of his wife. This slowly heals Raji. She believes that Ravi is her husband and one fine day she is completely cured and even gets back her memory. Kalpana is rejoiced to see her sister back to her normal self. She tells her what happened but deliberately conceals the truth that she got her husband married to her sister. Things get ugly when Raji finds that her husband is having an affair with her sister. Her uncle too comes to visit her and she confides to him about her Ill fate. He knowing the truth but is helpless.

When Ravi is fatally injured, kalpana in panic starts hospitalising her husband forgetting that her sister is in their vicinity. Raji is shocked to find out that her sister is married and is the wife of her husband. She pretends to be mentally deranged and goes away with her uncle to Singapore.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was by Vijaya Bhaskar.[3][4] The song "Anbenum Sudaral" is set to the Carnatic raga Poorvikalyani.[5]

SongSingersLength
"Paadum Vandae"Vani Jairam04:09
"Muthal Muthal"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam03:59
"Manamagale Manamagale"Vani Jairam04:17
"Manamagale Manamagale" — SadVani Jairam04:16
"Anbenum Sudaral"Vani Jairam02:24
"Paadhum"Vani Jairam04:18

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki appreciated S. P. Muthuraman's direction and cast performances, especially Srividya's, but felt R. Muthuraman was underutilised and criticised the writing.[6]

References
  1. முத்துராமன், எஸ்.பி. (16 December 2015). "சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 37: காலங்களில் அவள் வசந்தம்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. "காலங்களில் அவள் வசந்தம்". Navamani (in Tamil). 13 April 1976. p. 4. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "Kaalangalil aval Vasantham Tamil Film Ep Vinyl Record by M S Viswananthan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  4. Saravanan. "Vani Jayaram's Tamil Film Songs Chronology". vanijairam.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. "தமிழ்த்திரை இசையில் ராகங்கள் : [ 9 ] : T.சௌந்தர்". Inioru (in Tamil). 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  6. காந்தன் (2 May 1976). "காலங்களில் அவள் வசந்தம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 57. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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