Thayilla Pillai (1961)

Original title

தாயில்லா பிள்ளை

Directed by

L. V. Prasad

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 53m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother struggles between her love for her orthodox husband and her son. The film criticizes the caste system in India.

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What happens

Thayilla Pillai (transl. The Motherless Child) is 1961 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and co-produced by L. V. Prasad and written by M. Karunanidhi from a story by S. R. Pinisetty. The film stars T. S. Balaiah and M. V. Rajamma, with G. Muthukrishnan, Kalyan Kumar, S. Rama Rao, Manohar, L. Vijayalakshmi, Madhuri Roy, Sandhya and T. P. Muthulakshmi in supporting roles. It revolves around a mother torn between her love for her orthodox Brahmin husband and her son. Thayilla Pillai speaks against the caste system in India. It was co-produced by A. Anand, photographed by K. S. Prasad, and edited by A. Sanjeevi. The film was released on 18 August 1961 and became a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. It was remade in Malayalam as Pravaham (1975). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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