''Cinema Paithiyam'' () is a 1975 Indian

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-language

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, directed by

Muktha Srinivasan Muktha Srinivasan (1929 – 2018) was an Indian film director and producer. Personal life V. Srinivasan was born in Malapuram on 31 October 1929 in a Tamil Brahmin family. His parents were Venkatachariar and Chellamma. His elder brother is M ...

. The film stars Jaishankar and

Jayachitra Jayachitra (born 5 September 1957) is an Indian actress films who works mostly in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Early life Her father Mahea was a veterinary doctor, who had earlier worked as a lawyer. Her mother Ammaji (a.k.a. Jayasree) ...

. It is a remake of the

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film ''Guddi'' (1971). The film was released on 31 January 1975 and became a commercial success.

Plot

Jaya is a

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. 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 Shankar–Ganesh is an Indian music director duo who has worked on Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu movies for around 50 years. They also directed one movie '' Jagathalaprathapan'' in 1990 Personal life Shankar was the younger brother of ...

, with lyrics by

Kannadasan Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important l ...

Release and reception

''Cinema Paithiyam'' was released on 31 January 1975. Kanthan of ''

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'' 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

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, and that "this was the first Tamil black-and-white film that ran for so long in that theater complex".

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