''Mazhalai Pattalam'' () is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language

children's film A children's film, or family film, is a film genre that contains children or relates to them in the context of home and family. Children's films are made specifically for children and not necessarily for a general audience, while family films ar ...

simultaneously filmed in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

as ''Makkala Sainya'' (). The directorial debut of

Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...

, it stars Vishnuvardhan and

Sumithra Sumitra ( sa, सुमित्रा, IAST: Sumitrā) is a princess of Kashi in Hindu mythology. The wise Sumitra is the third queen consort of Dasharatha, the king of Kosala, who ruled from Ayodhya. She is the mother of the twins Lakshman ...

. The story is based on the 1968 film '' Yours, Mine and Ours''.

Plot

The love story of the hero, taking care of his now-orphaned brother's children and the heroine, taking care of her now-orphaned sister's children. The children, who are always at loggerheads, makes their marriage an impossibility until they are forced to join forces.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Shivaraman alias Gowri Manohari *

as Uma

Production

The film is the directorial debut of

, who was supervised by K. Balachander. The story is based on the 1968 film '' Yours, Mine and Ours''.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

M. S. Viswanathan Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan (24 June 1928 – 14 July 2015), also known as M.S.V., was an Indian music director, singer and actor who predominantly worked in Tamil film industry. He was popularly known as ''Mellisai Mannar''. He compose ...

. The song "Gowri Manohari" is based on

Gourimanohari Gourimanohari or Gaurimanohari is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 23rd ''Melakarta'' rāgam in the 72 ''melakarta'' rāgam system of Carnatic music. The 23rd ''melakarta'' rāgam as per Muthu ...

raga. The song was named after Gowri Manohar, a character from the film.

Release

''Mazhalai Pattalam'' was released on 9 May 1980, and ''Makkala Sainya'' on 21 July that year.

References

External links

* * * {{BFI, 4ce2b73eeda2d, Makkala Sainya 1980 directorial debut films 1980 films 1980 multilingual films 1980s children's films 1980s Kannada-language films 1980s Tamil-language films Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian children's films Indian multilingual films