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Naan Avanillai is a film of genre Drama directed by Kailasam Balachander with Gemini Ganesan
Naan Avanillai (1974)
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Add to a movie listNaan Avanillai 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 as Woh Main Nahin. The Hindi film was released in 1974, starring Navin Nischol in the lead role of the protagonist.
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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.Actors
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