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Ave Kallu
Ave Kallu
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. C. Tirulokchandar
Story by	A. C. Tirulokchandar
Produced by	A. V. Meiyappan
Starring	Krishna; Kanchana
Cinematography	S. Maruti Rao
Edited by	R. G. Gope
Music by	Vedha
Production; company	AVM Productions
Release date	14 December 1967;
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

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Ave Kallu (transl. The Similar Eyes) is a 1967 Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar and produced by AVM Productions, starring Krishna and Kanchana. It was simultaneously made in Tamil as Athey Kangal, with Kanchana reprising her role.^[1] The film was released on 14 December 1967.^[2] It is considered the first Telugu thriller film to be entirely made in colour.^[3]

Plot

A woman named Vasantha gets ready for a party but finds her husband Ranganatham dead. A masked murderer tries to kill her as well, but she escapes from him. Vasantha is left in a state of shock and becomes mentally paralysed. A case is registered and the investigation takes place with a police inspector in charge. Suseela aka Susi, a college student, along with her friends, arrives to her aunt Vasantha's home for vacation. There lives her younger paternal uncles Rajasekhar and Chandrasekhar, her aunt Vasantha, a butler Naganna, and a regularly visiting old ayurvedic doctor, Ramayya who is a close aide and good friend of the family. During her stay, a series of murders take place at the house with every time a cigar bit being left by the murderer intentionally.

Since Vasantha is the only eyewitness of the murderer, her life is in danger. Despite tight security, Vasantha is killed by the murderer, who frequently makes calls to Susi and threatens that she will be his next target. Susi is disturbed by the incidents at her home and the threatening phone calls. Susi meets Bhaskar, a young man who eventually falls in love with Susi. He also promises to help her. Bhaskar investigates Chandrasekhar, and later Rajasekhar; he follows him to a strange house where a woman wanders like a ghost. She is actually Rajasekhar's lover, who was rescued some years back by him when she attempted suicide. Rajasekhar kept quiet as he wants Susi to get married first, only then he would marry his lover.

Bhaskar sends everyone out of the house for a night to lure the murderer. As expected, the murderer shows up to Susi's room to kill her. Bhaskar tries to unmask the murderer but fails, seeing only his eyes before he escapes leaving his mask behind. Then, the doorbell rings and Bhaskar answers, only to find Chandrasekhar murdered at the doorstep. Rajasekhar wants everyone to vacate the house after celebrating Susi's birthday party. On the day of the party, the murderer shoots at Susi but misses. Bhaskar chases him, but loses track. He sees Ramayya injured in the garden and brings him home. Everyone begins to theorize the reason behind the murders and figure out the killer. Ramayya urges Rajasekhar to tell about his family which might help them find the identity of the murderer. Rajasekhar reveals that his father had an extramarital affair with a woman and they had a son. When Rajasekhar's father was ailing and on his deathbed, the woman and her son came to visit him but Rajasekhar's eldest brother (Susi's father) angrily necked them out. The woman and her 10-year old son died 15 years ago, in a fire allegedly set by Susi's father.

Bhaskar theorizes that the son may not have died and is actually the murderer killing the family members as vengeance. Given that Rajasekhar's father died 15 years ago and the woman's son was about 10 years old at that time, Bhaskar confirms his theory as the murderer who fought him was also about 25 years of age. He also states that the murderer is present along with them in the same room as he has seen the murderer's eyes multiple times around him. Bhaskar has everyone line up and places the murderer's mask on the face of each man present to verify whose eyes match with the murderer's eyes. He ultimately exposes Ramayya, who has disguised himself using prosthetics, as the murderer. Ramayya confirms that Bhaskar's theory is correct, and he escaped from the fire set by his elder brother, but saw his mother die in flames. He swore vengeance and that he shall destroy the family. When he attempts to kill Rajasekhar and Susi, Bhaskar intervenes and they engage in combat. In the ensuing fight, the murderer escapes and Bhaskar chases him. While he is struggling to run, the police shoot him, where he disappears in a tunnelway in the garden. Everyone finds a secret room beneath the garden which leads to the murderer's house, thus everyone realizes this is how he escaped after committing each murder. A tearful Rajasekhar sees the murderer's dead body and indicates he accepted him as his brother. The film ends with Bhaskar marrying Susi and staying happily in the same house, while Rajasekhar marries his lover.

Cast

Krishna as Bhaskar
Kanchana as Susila "Susi"
Rajanala as Rajasekhar
Padmanabham as Nityanandam
Ramana Reddy as Naganna
Gummadi as Inspector
Nagabhushanam as Doctor
S. V. Ramadas as Chandrasekhar
Typist Gopu as Baby
Anand Mohan is Driver
Geethanjali as Julie
Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Mala
Pushpa Kumari as Vasantha

Soundtrack

Music composed by Vedha.^[4]^[5]

Song Title	Singers	Length
"Chakkani Parku Vundhi"	L. R. Eswari, Pithapuram Nageswara Rao	3:25
"Chelimi Chenthaku Piluchuko"	L. R. Eswari	4:00
"Dum Dum Dum Gangireddhu"	P. Susheela	3:43
"Evaru Nee Vaaru"	Ghantasala	3:34
"Maa Oollo Oka Paduchundhi"	Ghantasala, Pithapuram Nageswara Rao	5:26
"Muddhuloluku Chinnadhi"	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	3:35
"Oh Oh Yentati Andham"	Ghantasala, P. Susheela	4:53
"O Priyathama"	P. Susheela	4:42

References

^ Rangarajan, Malathi (18 June 2016). "A director who stood tall". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
^ Sri (4 May 2005). "Ave Kallu (1967)". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "'అవేకళ్లు'.. 50ఏళ్లు." Eenadu (in Telugu). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ "Ave Kallu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. December 1967. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ "Avey Kallu (1967)-Song_Booklet". Indiancine.ma. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

External links

Ave Kallu at IMDb

[1] Rangarajan, Malathi (18 June 2016). "A director who stood tall". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

[2] Sri (4 May 2005). "Ave Kallu (1967)". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[3] "'అవేకళ్లు'.. 50ఏళ్లు." Eenadu (in Telugu). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[4] "Ave Kallu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. December 1967. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

[5] "Avey Kallu (1967)-Song_Booklet". Indiancine.ma. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

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+'''''Ave Kallu''''' ({{translation|The Similar Eyes}}) is a 1967 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Mystery film|mystery]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[A. C. Tirulokchandar]] and produced by [[AVM Productions]], starring [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] and [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]]. It was simultaneously made in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Athey Kangal (1967 film)|Athey Kangal]]'', with Kanchana reprising her role.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=18 June 2016 |title=A director who stood tall |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/A-director-who-stood-tall/article14429883.ece |url-status=live |access-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619080951/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/actors-share-memories-of-a-c-trilokchander/article8745794.ece |archive-date=19 June 2016}}</ref> The film was released on 14 December 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sri |date=4 May 2005 |title=Ave Kallu (1967) |url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/avekallu1967.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304010030/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movieretrospect/avekallu1967.php |archive-date=4 March 2009 |access-date=21 November 2022 |website=[[Telugucinema.com]]}}</ref> It is considered the first Telugu [[thriller film]] to be entirely made in [[Color photography|colour]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 2017 |title='అవేకళ్లు'.. 50ఏళ్లు.. |url=https://www.eenadu.net/cinema/newsarticle/fifty-years-of-super-star-krishna-ave-kallu-movie/0208/119057872 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214145808/https://www.eenadu.net/cinema/newsarticle/fifty-years-of-super-star-krishna-ave-kallu-movie/0208/119057872 |archive-date=14 December 2019 |access-date=21 November 2022 |website=[[Eenadu]] |language=te}}</ref>
-'''''Ave Kallu''''' ({{trans|Same Eyes}}) is a 1967 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Mystery fiction#Classifications|murder mystery film]], starring [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]]. It is a bilingual film which is simultaneously made in  Tamil  ''[[Adhey Kangal]]'' (1967).
-==Plot==
+== Plot ==
+A woman named Vasantha gets ready for a party but finds her husband Ranganatham dead. A masked murderer tries to kill her as well, but she escapes from him. Vasantha is left in a state of shock and becomes mentally paralysed. A case is registered and the investigation takes place with a police inspector in charge. Suseela aka Susi, a college student, along with her friends, arrives to her aunt Vasantha's home for vacation. There lives her younger paternal uncles Rajasekhar and Chandrasekhar, her aunt Vasantha, a butler Naganna, and a regularly visiting old ayurvedic doctor, Ramayya who is a close aide and good friend of the family. During her stay, a series of murders take place at the house with every time a cigar bit being left by the murderer intentionally.
+Since Vasantha is the only eyewitness of the murderer, her life is in danger. Despite tight security, Vasantha is killed by the murderer, who frequently makes calls to Susi and threatens that she will be his next target. Susi is disturbed by the incidents at her home and the threatening phone calls. Susi meets Bhaskar, a young man who eventually falls in love with Susi. He also promises to help her. Bhaskar investigates Chandrasekhar, and later Rajasekhar; he follows him to a strange house where a woman wanders like a ghost. She is actually Rajasekhar's lover, who was rescued some years back by him when she attempted suicide. Rajasekhar kept quiet as he wants Susi to get married first, only then he would marry his lover.
-A woman gets ready to leave for a get-together and finds her husband dead in their room. In no time, a masked man tries to kill her, too. His attempt fails and he escapes. The woman is now in a state of shock and mentally paralysed. A murder case is registered and the investigation takes place. Susi ([[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]]) a young college girl comes to her home for vacation along with her friends. She lives with three younger paternal uncles – the victim who was killed in the first scene, Kamalanathan, Vimalanathan and her aunt who was supposed to be the victim in the hands of the murderer. A long time ago itself Susi's parents were killed. Susi meets Baskar (Krishna), a singer and both of them fall in love with each other at first sight.
+Bhaskar sends everyone out of the house for a night to lure the murderer. As expected, the murderer shows up to Susi's room to kill her. Bhaskar tries to unmask the murderer but fails, seeing only his eyes before he escapes leaving his mask behind. Then, the doorbell rings and Bhaskar answers, only to find Chandrasekhar murdered at the doorstep. Rajasekhar wants everyone to vacate the house after celebrating Susi's birthday party. On the day of the party, the murderer shoots at Susi but misses. Bhaskar chases him, but loses track. He sees Ramayya injured in the garden and brings him home. Everyone begins to theorize the reason behind the murders and figure out the killer. Ramayya urges Rajasekhar to tell about his family which might help them find the identity of the murderer. Rajasekhar reveals that his father had an extramarital affair with a woman and they had a son. When Rajasekhar's father was ailing and on his deathbed, the woman and her son came to visit him but Rajasekhar's eldest brother (Susi's father) angrily necked them out. The woman and her 10-year old son died 15 years ago, in a fire allegedly set by Susi's father.
-Series of murders take place at Susi's house with every time a smoking cigar bit being left by the murder intentionally. Police suspect visiting doctor, an old Siddha doctor who is like a brother to Kamalanathan's family, butler etc. Since Susi's aunt is the only eyewitness of the murderer her life is in danger. In spite of tight protection she is killed by the murderer. The murderer frequently calls Susi and threatens that her time is up and he is nearing her to kill her. Susi is very frustrated by the incidents at her home and the threatening phone call. Baskar hears her problem and promises to help her. Baskar starts his investigation from Vimalanathan who is a drunkard. Then he follows Kamalnathan when he does something suspicious. Baskar follows him to a house which looks like a haunted house and a woman who wanders like a ghost. She is actually the lover of Kamalanathan who is rescued some years back by him when she tried to commit suicide. Kamalnathan keeps quiet as he wants Susi to get married first and then only marry his lover. Baskar sends everybody out of Susi's house for a night and waits for anything to happen. As expected, a black masked man comes to Susi's room to kill Susi. Baskar and the masked murderer fight and Baskar tries to uncover his face. In the attempt Baskar manages to grab the mask of the man and see the eyes alone of the man. The murderer escapes from him. After a while Baskar opens the main door of the house only to find Vimalanathan dead at the doorsteps.
+Bhaskar theorizes that the son may not have died and is actually the murderer killing the family members as vengeance. Given that Rajasekhar's father died 15 years ago and the woman's son was about 10 years old at that time, Bhaskar confirms his theory as the murderer who fought him was also about 25 years of age. He also states that the murderer is present along with them in the same room as he has seen the murderer's eyes multiple times around him. Bhaskar has everyone line up and places the murderer's mask on the face of each man present to verify whose eyes match with the murderer's eyes. He ultimately exposes Ramayya, who has disguised himself using prosthetics, as the murderer. Ramayya confirms that Bhaskar's theory is correct, and he escaped from the fire set by his elder brother, but saw his mother die in flames. He swore vengeance and that he shall destroy the family. When he attempts to kill Rajasekhar and Susi, Bhaskar intervenes and they engage in combat. In the ensuing fight, the murderer escapes and Bhaskar chases him. While he is struggling to run, the police shoot him, where he disappears in a tunnelway in the garden. Everyone finds a secret room beneath the garden which leads to the murderer's house, thus everyone realizes this is how he escaped after committing each murder. A tearful Rajasekhar sees the murderer's dead body and indicates he accepted him as his brother. The film ends with Bhaskar marrying Susi and staying happily in the same house, while Rajasekhar marries his lover.
-Kamalanathan and Susi plan to vacate the house after celebrating the birthday party of Susi. On the day of the party a gunshot sound is heard and Susi's birthday cake is shot on the missed target by a masked man. Baskar chases the masked man but could not find him. He sees the old siddha doctor injured at a place who tells him that masked man attacked him and ran away. Everybody at the home does not know why the murders are happening and who kills every member of their family. Siddha doctor urges Kamalnathan to tell about his family which might help to find out who is the murderer. Kamalnathan tells that his father had an illegal affair with a woman and they had a son. But they are all dead in a fire accident fifteen years back. Actually, Kamalnathan's elder brother (Susi's Father) had set fire to kill the woman and her ten-year-old son. Baskar doubts what if the son had not died in the fire and turned out to be the murderer killing the members of the family to seek revenge. Also, Baskar screams that he found who is the murderer as he can remember the eyes which is like fire which can kill as many as possible. He has seen the 'Same Eyes' in that house itself and seeing the 'Same Eyes' each and every second. He comes to a conclusion that the murderer is present in the hall where all are gathered. Hence he places the black mask in face of all men in the hall like family doctor, Kamalnathan and the old Siddha doctor to verify whose eyes matches with the eyes he had seen. While placing the black mask on the old Siddha doctors eyes, he screams "Same eyes", "Same eyes" but the old Siddha doctor questions, "You said the guy was young enough to attack you and run so fast, how can I do that?" . Baskar agrees to that and step away from him, but in a fraction of a second he yells. "Why can't you be a younger guy?" and tears his beard and wig, everyone in the house screams while seeing the Siddha doctor who was none other than the long last love child of their father and he is the murderer. The murderer shows the picture of their father and tells that he have the same face as that of their father unlike the other four sons. Baskar chases him he falls off through the window and apparently broke his leg, while he was struggling to run the police shoots him and he disappears suddenly, while everyone was searching, they found a secret room beneath the garden which leads to the Siddha doctors house, there he was lying dead due to the gunshot. Hence everyone figure's out that this is how he escaped after killing everyone. Kamalnathan closes his eyes in sadness telling "Brother!".
+== Cast ==
-At the end Baskar and Susi get married, Kamalanathan also gets married with his secret girlfriend and everyone lives happily ever after
+{{Cast listing|
-==Cast==
 *[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] as Bhaskar
 *[[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]] as Susila "Susi"
 *[[Rajanala Kaleswara Rao|Rajanala]] as Rajasekhar
 *[[Padmanabham (actor)|Padmanabham]] as Nityanandam
 *[[Ramana Reddy]] as Naganna
-*[[Gummadi Venkateswara Rao|Gummadi]] as Inspector
+*[[Gummadi (actor)|Gummadi]] as Inspector
 *[[Nagabhushanam (actor)|Nagabhushanam]] as Doctor
 *[[S. V. Ramadas]] as Chandrasekhar
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 *[[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]] as Mala
 *Pushpa Kumari as Vasantha
-==Soundtrack==
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+== Soundtrack ==
-Music composed by [[Vedha (music director)|Vedha]].<ref name=itunes/><ref name=gaana/> The song ''Maa Oollo Oka Paduchundi'' is very popular. Music released on Audio Company.
+Music composed by [[Vedha (composer)|Vedha]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 1967 |title=Ave Kallu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/ave-kallu-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1330428433 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104050624/https://music.apple.com/au/album/ave-kallu-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1330428433 |archive-date=4 November 2022 |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Avey Kallu (1967)-Song_Booklet |url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/CFB/info |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221121080215/https://indiancine.ma/documents/CFB/info |archive-date=21 November 2022 |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=Indiancine.ma}}</ref>
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-!S. No!!Song Title !!Lyrics !!Singers !!length
+!Song Title !!Singers !!Length
 |-
-|1
 |"Chakkani Parku Vundhi"
-|
 |[[L. R. Eswari]], [[Pithapuram Nageswara Rao]]
 |3:25
 |-
-|2
 |"Chelimi Chenthaku Piluchuko"
-|
 |L. R. Eswari
 |4:00
 |-
-|3
 |"Dum Dum Dum Gangireddhu"
-|
 |[[P. Susheela]]
 |3:43
 |-
-|4
 |"Evaru Nee Vaaru"
+|[[Ghantasala (musician)|Ghantasala]]
-|
-|[[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]]
 |3:34
 |-
+|"Maa Oollo Oka Paduchundhi"
-|5
-|"Maa Voollo Oka Paduchundhi"
-|
 |Ghantasala, Pithapuram Nageswara Rao
 |5:26
 |-
-|6
 |"Muddhuloluku Chinnadhi"
-|
 |Ghantasala, P. Susheela
 |3:35
 |-
-|7
 |"Oh Oh Yentati Andham"
-|
 |Ghantasala, P. Susheela
 |4:53
 |-
-|8
 |"O Priyathama"
-|
 |P. Susheela
 |4:42
 |}
-==References==
+== References ==
-{{reflist|refs=
+{{reflist}}
-<ref name=itunes>https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/ave-kallu-original-motion/id914482237</ref>
-<ref name=gaana>http://gaana.com/album/ave-kallu</ref>
-}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
-* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371554/ Ave Kallu] at IMDB
+* {{IMDb title|id=tt0371554}}
 {{A. C. Tirulokchandar}}
 {{AVM Productions}}
-[[Category:1967 films]]
+[[Category:1960s mystery thriller films]]
-[[Category:Indian films]]
 [[Category:1960s Telugu-language films]]
-[[Category:Films directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar]]
+[[Category:1960s Indian films]]
+[[Category:1967 films]]
 [[Category:AVM Productions films]]
-[[Category:Telugu remakes of Tamil films]]
+[[Category:Films directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar]]
-[[Category:1960s thriller films]]
+[[Category:Indian mystery thriller films]]
-[[Category:Indian thriller films]]