Yaar Paiyyan (1957)
யார் பையன்
Poori (Daisy Irani) does not know who his parents are, and has been looking high and low to get back to them. Seated in a park bench beside Sundararajan (Gemini Ganesan), Poori asks his name and as soon as he replies, he proclaims that Sundararajan is his father. This creates complications in Sundararajan’s life and ruins his plans of marrying his lover Latha (Savithri). The president of a hospital for the mentally ill with a not-so-mentally-strong daughter creates more problems for the hero. After many interesting twists and turns, the truth emerges — Poori is the illegitimate child of a soldier (Mustafa) and the abandoned mother commits suicide, leaving the child behind. Sundararajan ro and Latha are so attracted to Poori that they decide to adopt him.
- Date of release
- 1957-07-26
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- T. R. Raghunath
Casting
- Gemini Ganesan — Mahagana Porundhiya Sriman Sundararajan
- Savitri — Latha
- Daisy Irani — Poori
- N. S. Krishnan — Kandasamy Mudaliyar
- T. R. Ramachandran — Ramesh
- K. Sarangapani
- Chittoor V. Nagayya — Poori's Grandfather
- V. K. Ramasamy
- Kusala Kumari
- P. S. Gnanam
- Surabhi Balasaraswati — Mangamma
- M. K. Mustafa
Interesting facts
Yaar Paiyyan is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language children's comedy film directed by T. R. Raghunath and written by Sridhar. A remake of the Bengali film Chheley Kaar (1954), it stars Gemini Ganesan, K. Savitri, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram and Daisy Irani. The film revolves around the efforts of a destitute boy to find his parents. Yaar Paiyyan was released on 26 July 1957 and emerged as a box-office success.
Production
Yaar Paiyyan, a remake of the Bengali film Chheley Kaar (1954) written by Sriyuktha Jyothirmaye Roy, was directed by T. R. Raghunath and produced by N. S. Thiraviam and T. A. Dorairajan under Vijaya Films. The screenplay was written by Sridhar, cinematography was handled by A. Vincent, editing by S. A. Murugesh, and art direction was handled by Ganga. The final length of the film was 15,600 feet (4,800 m).
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