Lavanya is a 1951 Indian Tamil language film directed by G. R. Lakshmanan. The film stars T. E. Varadan and Suryaprabha. It was released on 26 May 1951.
Two poor girls make their living by street dancing. Some heavenly maidens descend to Earth and want to have fun. They make one of the girls to get lost while bathing and turn the other girl into a handsome young man. Now the young man falls in love with a princess and they marry. A divine person presents the young man with a ring and says the ring will give whatever he wants but there is one condition. The young man should not consummate his marriage. So, the young man gets all he wants and strictly guards himself from making love to his wife. The wife does all sorts of things to seduce him. At last, one day he relents to her charms and makes love to her. But, Lo and behold! He loses everything he had. How he fights back to get back all the things and also the lost girl, forms the rest of the story.
List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and from the Hindu review article.
The film was produced and directed by G. R. Lakshmanan who also wrote the story and dialogues. Cinematography was handled by Marcus Bartley and Adi Irani while the editing was done by Jambu and A. S. Thangavelu. K. Nageswara Rao was in-charge of Art direction. K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai, Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai and Hiralal did the choreography. The film was shot at Vauhini studios.
Music was composed by S. V. Venkatraman while the lyrics were penned by Papanasam Sivan
The film did not fare well at the box office. However, according to Randor Guy, it is remembered for the dance sequences and cinematography.