Pattanathil Bhootham (1967)

Original title

பட்டணத்தில் பூதம்

Directed by

M.V. Raman

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

India

Runtime

2h 50m

Rated

U

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young people accidentally release a genie from an urn they won. They then use the genie to get what they want, leading to comic situations.

lightheartedfunwhimsicalcomedicfantasticalplayfullivelyeasygoing

What happens

Pattanathil Bhootham (transl. Genie in the city) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film, directed and co-edited by M. V. Raman, written by Javar Seetharaman and produced by Venus Pictures. An adaptation of the American film The Brass Bottle (1964), it stars Jaishankar and K. R. Vijaya, with Nagesh, Balaji, Manohar, V. K. Ramasamy, V. S. Raghavan, Seetharaman, Rama Prabha and Vijaya Lalitha in supporting roles. The film revolves around two youngsters who inadvertently unleash a genie from an urn they won, and use him to satisfy their wants. It was released on 14 April 1967 and became a major commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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