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

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.

emotionalheartfelttenderpoignantfamily-centereddramaticsentimentaluplifting

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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