Cinema Paithiyam
| Cinema Paithiyam | |
|---|---|
 VCD cover | |
| Directed by | Muktha Srinivasan |
| Written by | A. S. Pragasam |
| Screenplay by | A. S. Pragasam |
| Story by | Gulzar |
| Produced by | A. L. Srinivasan |
| Starring | Jayachitra Jaishankar Sowcar Janaki Major Sundarrajan Kamal Haasan Cho |
| Cinematography | V. Selvaraj |
| Edited by | V. P. Krishnan |
| Music by | Shankar–Ganesh |
Production company | A. L. S. Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Cinema Paithiyam (transl. Cinephile) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan. The film stars Jayachitra, Jaishankar and Kamal Haasan. The film was produced by A. L. Srinivasan under his A. L. S. Productions.[1][2] It is a remake of the Hindi film Guddi (1971).[3]
Actress Jayachitra later claimed in an interview that this film ran for 100 days at Devi-Sridevi Complex in Chennai, and that "this was the first Tamil black-and-white film that ran for so long in that theater complex."[4]
Plot[]
Jaya is a cinephile. So obsessed is she with movies and the movie world, that she worships the popular film hero Jaishankar, believing all that he portrays on screen, to be his real self. He becomes the ideal man of her dreams, and she even tattoos his name in her arm. Hell breaks loose when she refuses to marry Natarajan, the boy arranged by her brother and her sister-in-law. At his juncture, steps in her uncle, who takes it upon himself to show her the true world, by taking her on a trip around the real life of a star.
Cast[]
Lead Actors
- Jaishankar as Jaishankar (himself)
- Jayachitra as Jaya
- Sowcar Janaki as Lakshmi
- Major Sundarrajan as Sivalingam
- Kamal Haasan as Nataraj[5]
- Cho Ramaswamy as Ramani /Jaishankar's manager[6]
- V. K. Ramasamy as Chidambaram / Lakshmi's uncle
- S. Varalakshmi as Teacher
- P. R. Varalakshmi as Kamala[7]
- Sachu as Pappa /Jaya's friend[8]
- Senthamarai as himself
- Neelu as Kadha kaalatchebam singer
- S. N. Parvathy as Teacher
- T. K. S. Natarajan as Bhoopathy[9]
- Guest appearances
- Sivaji Ganesan as Actor Sivaji Ganesan / (Vanchinathan)
- Jayalalithaa as Actress Jayalalithaa / (Rani Mangammal)
- K. Balaji as K. Balaji / (Ashe Durai)
- Manorama as Ponnamma / Junior artist agent
- A. Sakunthala as Actress A. Sakunthala / Item Dance
Guest Director's
- A. Bhimsingh as himself
- P. Madhavan as himself
- C. V. Rajendran as himself
Soundtrack[]
The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.[10]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "En Ullam Azhagana" | Vani Jairam | Kannadasan |
| 2 | "Naan Ariyatha" | T. M. Soundararajan | |
| 3 | "I Will Sell My Beauty" | L. R. Eswari |
References[]
- ^ https://kalkionline.com/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1975/feb/16-02-1975/p61.jpg
- ^ "மறக்க முடியுமா...? சினிமாப் பைத்தியம்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 7 May 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "The common man's film maker". The New Indian Express. 27 August 2013.
- ^ Feature Articles : Retrospect : Kalpana (1977) Archived 12 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (3 July 2015). "Papanasam: A faithful remake, a solid thriller". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Cho Ramaswamy passes away: Six films that immortalised the veteran Tamil political satirist". Firstpost. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "எங்க வீட்டுக்கு வந்துடுங்கன்னு எல்லாரும் கூப்பிடுறாங்க! – 'சுந்தரி' அப்பத்தா வரலட்சுமி". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Lakshmi, K.; Poorvaja, S. (31 May 2018). "Remembering Muktha Srinivasan". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Veteran actor T K S Natarajan no more". Deccan Herald. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Cinema Paithiyam Songs". inbaminge. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
External links[]
- 1975 films
- Tamil-language films
- 1970s Tamil-language films
- Films directed by Muktha Srinivasan
- Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan
- Indian black-and-white films
- Indian films
- Tamil remakes of Hindi films