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Panakkara Pillai (1968)

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How it feels

A rich man's son pretends to be poor to win the love of a woman from a less wealthy background. The story involves mistaken identities and comic misunderstandings.

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What happens

Panakkara Pillai (transl. The Rich Boy) is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language film. It stars Jayalalithaa opposite Ravichandran with a supporting cast including Nagesh, S. N. Lakshmi and M. N. Nambiar. The story was written by Mahendran and has Ravichandran in a double role. It was a successful film on its release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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