Pattina Pravesam

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. was written and directed by , 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 . was originally cast in the role Ganesh portrayed in the play, but died before production could begin, so Ganesh reprised his role. , who played a character named “Innocent Dhandapani” in the play, also reprised his role in the film. The soundtrack was composed by and the lyrics were written by . The song “Vaan Nila” was well received and attained cult status. was released on 9 September 1977. The magazine gave the film a rating of 52 out of 100. Naagai Dharuman of praised the performances of the cast, dialogues, direction and cinematography. It was later selected for screening at the Tashkent Film Festival.