Gauravam

Gauravam (1973)

கௌரவம்

Rajinikanth, a veteran lawyer aspires to become the judge. But, the bar council promotes an undeserving lawyer to the post. Enraged by the system, he tries to seek his revenge by defending a murderer.

Date of release
1973-10-25
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 16m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
Vietnam Veedu Sundaram

Casting

Interesting facts

Gowravam (transl. Prestige) is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language legal drama film written and directed by Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan in a dual role as a barrister and his nephew fighting the same case. It is an adaptation of Sundaram's play Kannan Vanthan. The film was released on 25 October 1973 and became a commercial success, with Ganesan winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.

Production

Kannan Vanthan was a stage play. Sundaram, who wrote the play, returned to direct the film adaptation, titled Gowravam. The title of the film, which translates to prestige, was taken from the play and film versions of Sundaram's Vietnam Veedu where there is a character named Prestige Padmanabhan. Sivaji Ganesan's style of smoking a pipe in the film was inspired by that of an industrialist T. S. Krishnan, and his hairstyle was inspired by T. S.

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