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Cinema Paithiyam(1975)
Tamil152 mins
Cinema Paithiyam (1975) is a 152-minute Tamil film directed by Muktha Srinivasan. Starring Jaishankar, Sowcar Janaki and Major Sundarrajan.
Director:Muktha Srinivasan
Mood:
funnyemotionaluplifting
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 31 December 1975
- Director
- Muktha Srinivasan
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 2h 32m 0
Storyline
A young girl skips school to go to the movies all the time. She gets so caught up in the films that she can't tell the difference between the stories and real life. She becomes determined to marry her favorite movie star, and the actor kindly agrees to help her family with the situation.
“A girl wants to marry her movie hero.”
Film Details
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152Minutes
TamilLanguage
Release Date31 December 1975
Release Typetheatrical
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Vibe & Tags
Mood
funnyemotionaluplifting
Themes
lovefamilyidentityfriendship
Tonewhimsical
Pacingepisodic
Complexitylight
Audiencefamily
Best Withfamily
Violence1
Emotion3
Humor4
Rewatchability3
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Cast & Crew
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JayachitraActor
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V. K. RamasamyActor
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Kamal HaasanActor
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JaishankarActor
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Sowcar JanakiActor
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Major SundarrajanActor
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Cho RamaswamyActor
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S. VaralakshmiActor
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P. R. VaralakshmiActor
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SachuActor
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Muktha SrinivasanDirector
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Mukta V. SrinivasanDirector
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V. SelvarajCrew
→M. S. ViswanathanMusic Composer
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A. L. SrinivasanCrew
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Trivia
- The film's title 'Paithiyam' is a Tamil slang word meaning 'madness' or 'obsession', reflecting the protagonist's extreme movie craze.
- This was one of the few films where actor Sivakumar played a version of himself, a popular film star, rather than a fictional character.
- The movie was remade in Telugu the same year (1975) as 'Cinema Paithyam', also starring Sivakumar in the lead role.
- Director Muktha Srinivasan co-wrote the story, drawing on the real-life phenomenon of obsessive film fans in South Indian culture.
- The child actress who played the young fan, Nirmala, was selected for her natural performance and became briefly popular from this role.
- A key comedy sequence involves the family trying to trick the girl by staging a fake movie shoot, highlighting the film-within-a-film theme.
- The soundtrack by M.S. Viswanathan featured a hit song 'Aval Oru Navarasa Nataka' that compared the heroine to a dramatic cinema performance.
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