Avargal is a 1977 Tamil film made by
K. Balachander starring
Sujatha,
Kamal Hassan and
Rajinikanth. The film had a reputation of being one of most sensitive movies on women’s lib. A
triangular love story, it revolves around a woman who is caught between the man she fell in love with and her former sadistic husband who is supposedly reformed and wants to rejoin her.