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title: 'Petralthan Pillaiya (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'R. Krishnan'
released: '1966-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/petralthan-pillaiya-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234457/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Petralthan Pillaiya (1966)

1966 · Drama · India

Original title: பெற்றால்தான் பிள்ளையா

## Synopsis

Petralthan Pillaiya is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Krishnan–Panju and written by Aaroor Dass. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi and Sowcar Janaki. Based on the 1921 American film, The Kid, it revolves around a tramp finding a homeless boy and raising him as his own son until five years later the boy's biological parents try to find him.

## Credits

- **Director:** [R. Krishnan](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-krishnan), [S. Panju](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-panju)
- **Original Music Composer:** [M. S. Viswanathan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-s-viswanathan)
- **Director of Photography:** [P. N. Sundaram](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-n-sundaram)

## Cast

- [M. G. Ramachandran](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-g-ramachandran)

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