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Manipayal (1973)

Manipayal poster
Directed by
A. Jagannathan
Genre
children's film
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy tries to be well-behaved to please his family. The story follows his everyday adventures and the small troubles he gets into.

lightheartedgentleplayfulinnocentfamily-orientednostalgicwarmsimple

What happens

Manipayal (transl. Good Boy) is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by A. Jagannathan in his debut and produced by R. M. Veerappan. The film stars Master Sekhar and Baby Indra, with A. V. M. Rajan, Jayanthi, V. K. Ramasamy and S. V. Subbaiah playing supporting roles. It was released on 14 January 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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