Aadavantha Deivam

The hero T. R. Mahalingam, a rich landowner known as "Mittadar" dedicates his life to the fine arts-such as a music, Dancing, Painting and Sculpting. While on a nature study on the hills, the hero is involved in an accident caused by a granite explosion. Injured, he seeks refuge in hut of a street-smart dancer (E. V. Saroja) who lives alone, holding her own against men. Unaware of his identify, she attends to his injuries and both fall in love. After he recovers, the hero leaves for his home. Where he meets his dancer cousin (Anjali Devi). Her father (K. D. Santhanam) becomes insolvent and is to be imprisoned for the non-payment of debts. So, he seeks refuge in his sister's house, Lakshmi Prabha, the hero's widowed mother.

Meanwhile, another of the hero's Uncles (M. R. Radha) sets his eyes on the hero's estate and dancer-cousin (Anjali Devi). She escapes the villainous uncle and meets the street dancer. The two women becomes friends. Realising that the street dancer is in love with the man herself is in love with the cousin decides to sacrifice her love. She pretends to agree to marry the villainous uncle, but at the wedding, she consumes poison and collapses at the end doing what she does best, dancing.

True to its title, this film had quite a few dances performed singly and together by E. V. Saroja and Anjali Devi (Choreography by P. S. Gopalakrishnan).

Music by maestro K.V. Mahadevan was a major plus for the film and many songs became popular. One of them, "Sottunu Sottunu…", a duet (lyrics by A. Marudhakasi in the voices of Mahalingam and P. Susheela) filmed on the hero and the street dancer in her hut leaking in the rain, became a super hit.

Mahalingam gave a good performance, singing in his usual style, while Saroja drew attention with her dancing talent. Anjali Devi was her usual self, and her performance as the woman who gives up her love was touchingly impressive. M. R. Radha played the characteristic on-screen villain in his inimitable style, voice and dialogue delivery, punctuated with humour and satire.

The film did fairly well at the box office.[3]

• T. R. Mahalingam as Mittadar Anandan
• M. R. Radha as Malaiyappan (Anandan's Paternal Uncle)
• E. V. Saroja as Bhairavi (Street Dancer)
• Anjali Devi as Kalyani (Anandan's Cousin)
• Manorama as Navarasam (Ramana Vaithiyar's daughter)
• A. Karunanidhi as Kambothi
• K. D. Santhanam as Singaram Pillai (Kalyani's Father)
• Lakshmi Prabha as Anandan's Mother
• S. Ramarao as Ramana Vaithiyar
• T. R. Radharani as cameo appearance
• Seethalakshmi as Amsa Gandhi
• Pakkirisami as Boopalam
• Kamakshi
• Kamala

• Director: P. Neelakantan
• Music: K. V. Mahadevan
• Art: Sayad Ahamad
• Stills: R. Venkatachari
• Processing: V. Ramasamy and K. Bharadhan by Majestic Lab
• Audiography: T. S. Rangasamy
• Properties: Cine crafts
• Publicity: Aruna & co
• Choreography: P. S. Gopalakrishnan

Mahalingam gave a good performance, singing in his usual style, while Saroja drew attention with her dancing talent. Anjali Devi was her usual self and her performance as a woman who gives up her love was touchingly impressive. M. R. Radha played the characteristic on-screen villain in his inimitable style, voice and dialogue delivery, punctuated with humour and satire, the performance of the lead actors and the melodious music.[3]

Music was composed by maestro K. V. Mahadevan was a major plus for the film. Lyrics were by A. Maruthakasi. Singer is T. R. Mahalingam. Playback singers are Seerkazhi Govindarajan, A. L. Raghavan, S. V. Ponnusamy, P. Leela, P. Suseela & K. Jamuna Rani.

Many songs become popular, one of them,"Sottu Sottunu paaru" a duet lyrics by "A. Maruthakasi" in the voice of T. R. Mahalingam and P. Suseela. A song filmed on a hero and the street dancer in her hut leaking in the rain become a super hit.[3][4]

The story was an adaption of the Tamil novel Ghaleer Ghaleer, written by LRV. Majestic studio produced the film with the backing of "Muthukaruppa Reddiar", who owned the studio, which is active in those decades. It was later acquired by K. S. Gopalakrishnan, who changed its name to "Karpagam Studios". Indrani Film presented the film.[3]