Kalyaniyin Kanavan
Kalyaniyin Kanavan () is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and produced by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi, with M. R. Radha, S. V. Ranga Rao, T. R. Ramachandran and T. P. Muthulakshmi in supporting roles. The film had musical score by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. Plot. Kalyani goes swimming with friends in a river when she is carried away by strong waves. As she struggles, a young man Kathiresan saves her, and they both fall in love. Kalyani's father Viswanath is impressed by the young man's bravery  and wishes to get them married on an auspicious day. Two days before the wedding, Kathiresan receives an anonymous letter inviting him to an abandoned bungalow in the back of beyond. He goes and, in the cover darkness, fights an anonymous foe. At the end of it, he finds at his feet a body with a knife sticking out of its back! He leaves the place hurriedly. The next morning, Kathiresan, much to the shock of everyone, screams at the bride saying she is not of good conduct and refuses to go ahead with the wedding rituals. Meanwhile, police enter  the scene, looking for the bridegroom and cleverly he escapes. With the marriage stopped in a dramatic fashion, problems arise in the unhappy Viswanath's family. How they are solved and the marriage is performed forms the rest of the story. Soundtrack. The music was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. Release and reception. "Kalyaniyin Kanavan" was released on 20 September 1963, and did not do well at the box office as it ran for 10 weeks in most theatres. T. M. Ramachandran wrote in "Sport and Pastime", "The film keeps up a breezy pace but it is obvious that  when the director found that he had used up a good deal of footage early on, he has put an abrupt end to the story by untying all the knots in the plot all of a sudden and providing a happy solution".