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Yaar Paiyyan (1957)

Yaar Paiyyan poster
Original title
யார் பையன்
Directed by
T. R. Raghunath
Genre
children's film
Country
India
Rated
U
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A poor boy sets out to find his missing parents. He encounters various people along the way as he searches for his family.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulgentlehopefulsimplecomedic

What happens

Yaar Paiyyan (transl. Whose Son?) is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language children's comedy film directed by T. R. Raghunath and written by Sridhar. A remake of the Bengali film Chheley Kaar (1954), it stars Gemini Ganesan, K. Savitri, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram and Daisy Irani. The film revolves around the efforts of a destitute boy to find his parents. Yaar Paiyyan was released on 26 July 1957 and emerged a success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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