Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966)

Original title

மோட்டார் சுந்தரம் பிள்ளை

Directed by

S. Balasubramanian

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 40m

Rated

U

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man secretly maintains two separate families and tries to balance both lives. The film follows the chaos and emotional fallout when his double life starts to unravel.

dramaticsoapybittersweetlivelyengagingclassictwistyemotionally charged

What happens

Motor Sundaram Pillai is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by S. S. Balan and written by Veppathur Kittoo. A remake of the Hindi film Grahasti (1963), itself based on the American film The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959), the film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Ravichandran, Sowcar Janaki and Jayalalithaa. It revolves around a man who leads a double life, having two sets of families. Motor Sundaram Pillai is the directorial debut of Balan, whose father Vasan produced the film under Gemini Studios. After Kittoo completed the screenplay, Ganesan was approached to star but declined; Vasan then produced Kittu's screenplay as Grahasti. When Ganesan saw this film, he offered to act if Kittu made a Tamil version, and was cast. Motor Sundaram Pillai was released on 26 January 1966. The film was commercially successful, running for over 100 days in theatres. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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