Irulum Oliyum (1971)
- Directed by
- Puttanna Kanagal
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- India
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two cousin sisters who look alike decide to swap lives for a few days to get away from their own troubles. The film follows what happens when they take each other's places.
dramaticemotionalromanticsuspensefulwhimsicalintriguingpoignantlight-hearted
What happens
Irulum Oliyum (transl. The Darkness and the Light) is a 1971 Indian Tamil-language film, directed and co-written by Puttanna Kanagal. A remake of his own Kannada film Kappu Bilupu (1969), itself based on a novel by Aryamba Pattabhi, it stars Vanisri in dual roles with A. V. M. Rajan and R. Muthuraman. The film revolves around two look-alike cousin sisters who switch places for a few days to escape from their respective problems. It was released on 10 September 1971 and became a commercial success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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