''Chella Pillai'' () is a 1955 Indian

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-language

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film directed by M. V. Raman and produced by A. V. Meiyappan of

AVM Productions AVM Productions is an Indian film production studio founded by A. V. Meiyappa Chettiar. It is the oldest film studio in India. The filming studios are located in Vadapalani, Chennai. It has produced over 300 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, ...

. The film script was written by

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. Music was composed by R. Sudarsanam. It stars K. R. Ramasamy and Savitri, with T. S. Balaiah, B. R. Panthulu, P. Kannamba,

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, K. A. Thangavelu,

and

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in supporting roles. The film was remade in

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

as ''

Vadina ''Vadina'' () is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by A. V. Meiyappan of AVM Productions and directed by M. V. Raman. It stars Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Savitri and music jointly composed by R. Sudarshanam and Ashwatthama. ...

'' (1955).

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was by R. Sudarsanam and lyrics were written by

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, K. P. Kamakshi, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam, and V. Seetharaman.

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* {{AVM Productions 1950s Indian films 1950s Tamil-language films 1955 comedy-drama films 1955 films AVM Productions films Films directed by M. V. Raman Films scored by R. Sudarsanam Films with screenplays by Javar Seetharaman Indian black-and-white films Indian comedy-drama films Tamil films remade in other languages Tamil-language comedy-drama films Tamil-language Indian films