Naan Avanillai | |
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Directed by | K. Balachandar |
Produced by | Gemini Ganesan |
Written by | K. Balachandar |
Screenplay by | K. Balachandar |
Story by | Pralhad Keshav Atre |
Starring | Gemini Ganesan Lakshmi Kamal Hassan Jayasudha Jayabharathi |
Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
Cinematography | B. S. Lokanath |
Edited by | N. R. Kittu |
Production
company |
Sri Narayani Films
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Distributed by | Sri Narayani Films |
Release date
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1974 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Naan Avanillai (English: I'm Not Him) is a 1974 Tamil language film starring Gemini Ganesan in the lead role of the protagonist. Produced by Ganesan himself, it was directed by K.Balachander. It was a remake of the 1962 Marathi language play To Mee Navhech (English: I Am Not Him), written by Pralhad K. Atre and performed by Prabhakar Panashikar. The film has been also made in Hindi in 1974 as Woh Main Nahin, starring Navin Nischol in the lead role of the protagonist.
Gemini Ganesan, the protagonist appears in the film as a man who travels to many places and marries many women. Lakshmi, Jayasudha and Jayabharathi become his victims. How he manages to prove himself forms the rest of the story. The film also has Kamal Hassan as a man who marries Jayasudha.
The music composed by M. S. Viswanathan.
The film was later remade into Tamil with the same title starring Jeevan and Sneha in 2007.