Kavalan Avan Kovalan

Kavalan Avan Kovalan (transl. Kovalan is a guard) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Visu, starring Prabhu, Rekha and Madhuri. It was released on 29 May 1987.^[1]

Kavalan Avan Kovalan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Visu
Screenplay by	Visu
Produced by	K Rajagopal
Starring	Prabhu Rekha
Cinematography	N. Balakrishnan
Edited by	Ganesh–Kumar
Music by	Vijay Anand
Production company	KRG Movies International
Release date	29 May 1987 (1987-05-29)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Chakravarthi is a film director who, unknown to himself, has a lookalike. The lookalike, villager Pachaiyappan, is good for nothing and is in love with his cross-cousin. Chakravarthi is married to a devout, pious, orthodox wife who never lets him near her due to her religious resolutions. This results in him having an affair, which leads to him being blackmailed. Chakravarthi's father-in-law understands the situation of both lookalikes and uses them to resolve the problem of the other.

Cast

• Prabhu as Chakravarthi and Pachaiyappan
• Rekha as Uma
• Madhuri as Anjali
• Prameela
• Kalaranjini
• Visu as Chakravarthi's father-in-law
• Oru Viral Krishna Rao
• Loose Mohan
• Omakuchi Narasimhan
• Pyramid Natarajan
• M. S. Bhaskar
• Gundu Kalyanam
• Master Haja Sheriff
• Jithan
• Sethu Vinayagam
• S Narasimhan
• Thayir Vadai Desikan
• Kanchi Ramesh
• Raghuvaran (special appearance)
• Karthik

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Vijay Anand, with lyrics written by Vaali.^[2][3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nizhaledhu"	Malaysia Vasudevan, M. Jayachandran
2.	"Uravugal Oru"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
3.	"Chittang Chittang"	S. Janaki
4.	"Oruvanukku Oruthi"	Vani Jairam, K. S. Chithra
5.	"Pothum Pothum"	Malaysia Vasudevan

Reception

The Indian Express wrote, "It is Prabhu who must be singled out for honours", also appreciating Vijay Anand's music and Balakrishnan's cinematography.^[4] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki compared the film unfavourably to Visu's earlier films.^[5]