Vallavanukku Vallavan

***Vallavanukku Vallavan*** is a 1965 Tamil mystery thriller starring Asokan, Manimala, Gemini Ganesan and R.S. Manohar in lead roles with Thangavelu and Manorama in supporting roles, and Savitri makes a cameo as herself. It was directed by R. Sundaram.

## Plot

Ramesh (Askokan) is an engineer who is hunting for a job and with the help of his friend Babu (Thangavelu) goes to see a wealthy businessman, named Laxman, for a new project. After a song and a comic encounter with Laxman's daughter Geeta (Manimala), he falls in love with her. He also achieves very good success in convincing Geeta's father into starting the project. During a site visit for the project, his suitcase gets swapped with a similar suitcase of a co-passenger, named Mala (Manorama), which is full of money. For that reason, Ramesh is detained in a police lock-up. Also, Mala is revealed to be part of a criminal gang. When the gang leader, Jumboo, is not able to kill Mala because he needs a particular diary from her, he instead arranges a dangerous rowdy, named Bijua Pakiri (R.S. Manohar), to kill Ramesh within the lock-up.

However, instead of killing Ramesh, Bijua decides to hold Ramesh captive. Together, they escape the lock-up that very night to prove Ramesh's innocence. Bijua also angers the criminal gang of Mala, when he asks for a greater sum in return for killing Ramesh. When a mysterious man (Gemini Ganesan) makes phone calls and tries to save Ramesh from captivity, Ramesh escapes by himself into the city. The mysterious man also attacks Bijua before he runs away. The criminal gang tries to kill Bijua, but he escapes after a fight. Geeta meets him and helps him by giving him a handkerchief and some milk from her flask.

Ramesh is chased by police, and Bijua Pakiri and the criminal gang tries to fake his death. Geeta believes his death to be real and comes to the waterfall at which committed suicide but learns that he is not really dead. Both go one of the villas owned by Geeta's father and secretly stay there. Bijua confronts them and threatens to kill Ramesh but is tamed by the very pleading words of Geeta. He instead promises to help Ramesh out of the situation. Both Bijua and Ramesh put on disguises to roam about in public so that they can search for Mala and with her prove his innocence. However, they are chased by police and are led to a comic encounter in which they sing a song for a dance by Savitri. Later, Mala and Babu drive a car together and develop romantic feelings for each other. When Ramesh and Bijua find that out, they try to use their relationship to get the truth out of Mala, but their plan backfires.

Then, the mysterious man (Gemini Ganesan) appears secretly inside Ramesh's car and promises to help him. He accepts that he is a police officer when asked, and he claims to know that Ramesh is innocent, but je leaves when Bijua and Babu enter the car. Men from the criminal gang disguise as policemen and "arrest" Ramesh, whom they intend to murder at a safe spot. However, with the help of his friends, Ramesh escapes.
Later, the same mysterious man appears once again and meets Ramesh once again to tell him that he knows Mala well and also that Bijua plans to give off Ramesh to the criminal gang for money. Ramesh believes him, starts to avoid Bijua and tells him that he now knows his true colours.

When Mala is forced by Jumboo, the gangleader, to fly abroad, she is confronted by the still mysterious man, who forces her to give him the diary, or she will end up in jail. However, she is shot by a shadowy figure, who is then chased by the mysterious man., but Bijua gets hold of the diary after he comes there. Ramesh learns of the death of Mala and becomes sad. Jumboo arrives there and Bijua confronts him and now asks for twice the earlier amount for the diary and the life of Ramesh.

Bijua takes Ramesh with him to prove his innocence after he pleads for a long time with Ramesh and Geeta. They arrive at a cave on a hill, where Bijua tries to sell Ramesh and the diary for the agreed sum and apparently betrays Ramesh. The mysterious man arrives at the scene, and Ramesh explains the situation to him.

When the mysterious man tries to put on his police disguise there, Bijua reveals that he is both Mr. Prakash, the true leader of the crime gang, and Inspector Sekar of Vigilance Branch. With that information. both Prakash and Ramesh are startled. After some talk, an elaborate fight, and a chase scene, Mr. Prakash drives a boat that crashes into a rock, which kills him. Ramesh is proven innocent through the information in the diary.

Bijua (now Inspector Sekar) attends Ramesh and Geeta's in full inspector uniform. The film ends with Babu receiving a prize sum from the police department for his help in the case.

## References

- http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Vallavanukku_Vallavan/4972

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: Vallavanukku Vallavan
- **caption**: DVD Cover
- **director**: R. Sundaram
- **screenplay**: A.L.Narayanan
- **starring**: Asokan
Manimala
Gemini Ganesan
R.S. Manohar
Manorama (actress), Manorama
Savitri (actress), Savitri
Thangavelu
- **music**: Veda
- **cinematography**: S.S. Lal
- **studio**: Modern Theatres
- **released**: 28 May 1965
- **runtime**: 157 minutes
- **country**: India
- **language**: Tamil