Apoorva Raagangal (English: Rare Melodies; Tamil: அபூர்வ ராகங்கள்) (1975) is a Tamil film directed by K. Balachander. This film was controversial upon release as it examines relationships between people with wide age gaps, which challenge Indian social mores. This film was also actor Rajinikanth's debut.
Prasanna (Kamal Haasan) is nursed back to health after a bloody fight by singer Bhairavi (Srividya). The two are slowly drawn to each other and they decide to marry inspite of their age gap, and a past relationship she is still unextricably tied to. In the meantime, Prasanna's father (Sundarrajan) embarks on a relationship with a younger girl Ranjini (Jayasudha). Both relationships are given a new twist by the addition of an unexpected new variable. A couple of daring concepts thrown in, but too much of the standard tamil film melodrama and reliance on fabulous coincidences. Written by Joyojeet Pal
