Cinema Paithiyam

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] Jayachitra later claimed in an interview that this film ran for 100 days at Devi-Sridevi Complex in Madras, and that "this was the first Tamil black-and-white film that ran for so long in that theater complex."[4]

Cinema Paithiyam
Poster
Directed byMuktha Srinivasan
Written byA. S. Pragasam
Screenplay byA. S. Pragasam
Story byGulzar
Produced byA. L. Srinivasan
StarringJayachitra
Jaishankar
Sowcar Janaki
Major Sundarrajan
Kamal Haasan
Cho
CinematographyV. Selvaraj
Edited byV. P. Krishnan
Music byShankar–Ganesh
Production
company
A. L. S. Productions
Release date
  • 31 January 1975 (1975-01-31)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

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

Guest appearances

Guest directors

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.[10]

No.SongSingersLyrics
1"En Ullam Azhagana"Vani JairamKannadasan
2"Naan Ariyatha"T. M. Soundararajan
3"I Will Sell My Beauty"L. R. Eswari

References
  1. "சினிமா பைத்தியம்". Kalki (in Tamil). 16 February 1975. p. 61. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. "மறக்க முடியுமா...? சினிமாப் பைத்தியம்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. "The common man's film maker". The New Indian Express. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. Sri (8 March 2008). "Retrospect : Kalpana (1977)". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. Rangan, Baradwaj (3 July 2015). "Papanasam: A faithful remake, a solid thriller". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. "Cho Ramaswamy passes away: Six films that immortalised the veteran Tamil political satirist". Firstpost. 7 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. "எங்க வீட்டுக்கு வந்துடுங்கன்னு எல்லாரும் கூப்பிடுறாங்க! – 'சுந்தரி' அப்பத்தா வரலட்சுமி". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. Lakshmi, K.; Poorvaja, S. (31 May 2018). "Remembering Muktha Srinivasan". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. "Veteran actor T K S Natarajan no more". Deccan Herald. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  10. "Cinema Paithiyam Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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