Manavan is a 1970 Tamil-language Drama motion picture written by Balamurugan and directed by M. A. Thirumugam and produced by Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar under the banner of Vahini - AVM Studios. Manavan features Jaishankar, R. Muthuraman, Lakshmi, Sowcar Janaki, Kamal Haasan, Showkar Janaki and Kutti Padmini. The music was composed by Shankar Ganesh along with Shankar - Ganesh. Cinematography was done by T. M. Sundara Babu and V. Selvaraj and editing by M. A. Thirumugam , M. G. Balu Rao , R. Thyagarajan and C. dhandayudhapani. The movie has a running time of 130 Mins. It was released on 10th July 1970. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Dhandayudhapani Films.