Kavyamela

Poetry Fair) is a 1965 Indian Malayalam-language film written by S. L. Puram Sadanandan and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring Prem Nazir and Sheela in the lead roles.

Velan, who had earlier sold the copyrights of the Kannada movie Kantheredu Nodu to T. E. Vasudevan for Rs.1000, subsequently purchased it back for Rs.5000 to remake it in Tamil for a 1968 movie titled Devi, which bombed at the box office.

The film's story line is similar to Guru Dutt's Pyaasa (1957, Hindi).

Owing to the commercial success of Malayalam version, Velan wanted to remake the film into Tamil.

He bought back the rights for ₹ 5000, and made the Tamil film Devi (1968), which failed at the box office.