Petralthan Pillaiya (1966)
- Original title
- பெற்றால்தான் பிள்ளையா
- Directed by
- S. Panju, R. Krishnan
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 48m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A tramp finds a homeless boy and raises him as his son. Years later the boy's biological parents come looking for him.
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What happens
Petralthan Pillaiya is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Krishnan–Panju and written by Aaroor Dass. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi and Sowcar Janaki. Based on the 1921 American film, The Kid, it revolves around a tramp finding a homeless boy and raising him as his own son until five years later the boy's biological parents try to find him. Petralthan Pillaiya was released on 9 December 1966. The film emerged a commercial success, running for over 100 days in theatres. It was remade in Malayalam as Ashtamirohini (1975). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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