Pavithra

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Pavithra (1993) (Tamil: பவித்ரா) is a Tamil film starring Ajith Kumar in the main role. The film's music was by A.R. Rahman and lyrics by Vairamuthu.The name Pavithra comes from Sanskrit. It means purity. This film won the the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 1993.

The film is about a quasi mother son relationship between Radhika and Ajith. Ajith is a patient suffering from Cancer and Radhika is a nurse in the hospital where Ajith is being treated. Due to a few reasons, Radhika showers maternal affection on Ajith, which Radhika's husband mistakes as something else. Confusion ensues and Radhika misunderstands Ajith and the climax is how all confusions are laid to rest, along with Ajith!