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Annavin Aasai (1966)

Annavin Aasai poster
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A man fakes his own death and this leads to big changes for his family when they get money from an insurance company he cheated. The story follows how those around him deal with what happened.

crime-relateddramaticsuspensefulemotionaltensefamily-centeredretromid-tempo

What happens

Annavin Aasai (transl. The elder brother's wish) is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film directed by Dada Mirasi and produced by Balaji. A remake of the Hindi film Chand Aur Suraj (1965), it stars Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, Balaji and Vijaya. In the film, after a man's faked death, the lives of his family members change drastically when they receive money from an insurance company he cheated. Annavin Aasai is the first film produced by Balaji's Sujatha Cine Arts. Its screenplay was written by S. I. Peruman, the cinematography was handled by Kamal Ghosh, and the editing by B. Kandasamy. The film was released on 4 March 1966 and was a modest commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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