''Pattina Pravesam'' ( ) is a 1977 Indian

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written and directed by K. Balachander. It is based on the play of the same name, written by

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and staged the same year. The film stars

Delhi Ganesh Ganesan Mahadevan (1 August 1944 – 9 November 2024), known by his stage name Delhi Ganesh, was an Indian actor who mostly acted in supporting roles in Tamil cinema and serials. He was well known for the versatility of roles he played during h ...

Sivachandran Narayanan, better known by his stage name Sivachandran, is an Indian actor, director, and writer who was active in Tamil cinema mostly in the 1980s. Career Sivachandran was originally offered to act in ''Kizhakke Pogum Rail'' (1978), but decl ...

and

Sarath Babu Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (31 July 1951 – 22 May 2023), known by his stage name Sarath Babu, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He appeared in more than 300 films, including in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and ...

, all making their cinematic acting debuts. It was released on 9 September 1977. The plot's similarities to the 1964 film '' Birds of Exile'' (''Gurbet Kuslari'' in Turkish) have been noted.

Plot

A village family consisting of a widow, her four sons and daughter, are lured into living in a city. Each member goes through their own troubles in the city and on being completely disillusioned with city life, the family returns to their village.

Cast

as Murugan * Jai Ganesh as Saravanan *

as Kumaran * Kathadi Ramamurthy as Innocent Dhandapani *

* Meera * Swarna

Production

''Pattina Pravesam'' was written and directed by K. Balachander, and based on the play of the same name which was written by

and staged in 1977, by Stage Creations. The film adaptation was produced by R. Venkataraman under Premalaya Films, and marked the cinematic acting debuts of

and

. S. V. Subbaiah was originally cast in the role Ganesh portrayed in the play, but died before production could begin, so Ganesh reprised his role. Kathadi Ramamurthy, who played a character named "Innocent Dhandapani" in the play, also reprised his role in the film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and the lyrics were written 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 ...

. The song "Vaan Nila" was well received and attained cult status.

Release and reception

''Pattina Pravesam'' was released on 9 September 1977. The magazine ''

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'' gave the film a rating of 52 out of 100. Naagai Dharuman of ''Anna'' praised the performances of the cast, dialogues, direction and cinematography. It was later selected for screening at the Tashkent Film Festival.

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* {{K. Balachander 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films 1977 drama films 1977 films Films about families Films directed by K. Balachander Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian drama films Indian films based on plays Tamil-language drama films Tamil-language Indian films