Petralthan Pillaiya

A struggling mother leaves her young son at a temple where a tramp reluctantly takes him in, forming a close bond and taking on the responsibility of his care and education until the boys parents and the social services try to find him. Petralthan Pillaiya is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language film starring M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi and Sowcar Janaki. The movie is based on The Kid by Charlie Chaplin. Sri Muthukumaran Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) K. K. Vasu. The movie is directed by Krishnan Panju. The film has a running time of 168 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Aaroor Dass. Cinematography was done by P. N. Sundaram and editing by S. Panjabi. The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.