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1975 film

Cinema Paithiyam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMuktha Srinivasan
Screenplay byA. S. Prakasam
Story byGulzar
Produced byA. L. Srinivasan
StarringJaishankar
Jayachitra
CinematographyV. Selvaraj
Edited byV. P. Krishnan
Music byShankar–Ganesh
Production
company		A. L. S. Productions
Release date
  • 31 January 1975 (1975-01-31)
Running time152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cinema Paithiyam (transl. Cinephile) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan. The film stars Jaishankar and Jayachitra. It is a remake of the Hindi film Guddi (1971). The film was released on 31 January 1975 and became a commercial success.

Plot

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Jaya is a cinephile. So obsessed is she with cinema, that she worships the popular actor 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 this juncture, her uncle steps in, taking it upon himself to show her the true world, by taking her on a trip around the real life of a star.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh, with lyrics by Kannadasan.

Song Singers
"En Ullam Azhagana" Vani Jairam
"Naan Ariyatha" T. M. Soundararajan
"I Will Sell My Beauty" L. R. Eswari

Release and reception

Cinema Paithiyam was released on 31 January 1975. Kanthan of Kalki positively reviewed the film, comparing it favourably to the Hindi original. Kumudam praised the performances of Kamal Haasan, Jayachithra and Sowcar Janaki and added that Guddi was pleasant and sweet; however Cinema Paithiyam lacked it. 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".

Notes

  1. ^ This actor makes a guest appearance.

References

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