Pattanathil Bhootham
| Pattanathil Bhootham | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | M. V. Raman |
| Screenplay by | Javar Seetharaman |
| Produced by | T. Govindarajan |
| Starring | Jaishankar K. R. Vijaya Vijaya Lalitha Nagesh V. K. Ramasamy Javar Seetharaman |
| Cinematography | Ravikant Nagaich |
| Music by | R. Govardhanam |
Production company | Sharada Productions |
| Distributed by | Venus Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pattanathil Bhootham (lit. 'Genie in the city') is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language comic fantasy film, directed by M. V. Raman, edited by him and R. Bhaskaran and shot in Eastmancolor. The plot is an adaptation of the 1964 film The Brass Bottle with a romantic comedy twist, written by Javar Seetharaman. The film stars Jaishankar, K. R. Vijaya and Nagesh in the lead roles while Seetharaman himself played the genie.
Plot
Thangavel (V. K. Ramasamy) runs a successful business enterprise with his partner Sabapathy (V.S. Raghavan). He has a large urn which he considers bad luck. To get rid of it he donates it as a prize for a competition at his daughter Latha's (K.R. Vijaya) college.
Bhaskar (Jaishankar) lives with his best friend Seenu (Nagesh). He is in love with Latha and they go to the same college. At the competition, Bhaskar wins the urn and back home while cleaning the urn, Seenu and Bhaskar unwittingly release a Genie imprisoned in the vase for three thousand years.
The name of the genie is Jee-Boom-Baa (The Tamil version of Abracadabra) (Javar Sitaraman), who vows to help the two guys who set it free. It offers them money, cars, mansions to live and takes care of every need of them. Bhaskar who is in love with Latha, seeks the magic powers of Jee-Boom-Ba to impress Latha's dad but things don't go quite as planned.
Sabapathy and his son (K. Balaji) who are running a smuggling racket, realise that something is amiss with Bhaskar's sudden ascent. The enemies of Bhaskar seize this opportunity to abduct Latha and a series of dramatic incidents ensues. Will Jee-Boom-Baa come back to help the friends?
Cast
- Jaishankar as Bhaskar
- K. R. Vijaya as Latha
- Nagesh as Seenu
- Vijaya Lalitha
- K. Balaji
- R. S. Manohar
- V. K. Ramasamy as Thangavel
- V. S. Raghavan as Sabapathy
- Javar Seetharaman as Jee Boom Baa[2]
Production
The 1964 American film The Brass Bottle was a worldwide success, especially in Madras (now Chennai). Javar Seetharaman rewrote the film as Pattanathil Bootham, and starred as the genie, reprising the role originally played by Burl Ives.[3]
Soundtrack
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The soundtrack album was composed by R. Govardhanam and the lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[4] Kannadasan, who wanted to join the Indian National Congress was waiting for the acceptance from the then Congress President K. Kamaraj, which made him to write the lines "Antha Sivagami maganidam seithi cholladi, ennai serum naal parka cholladi, veru yeverodum naan pesa vaarthai yethadi" (Tell Sivagami’s son to fix the date to enrol me), indirectly referring to Kamaraj (whose mother's name was Sivagami).[5][6] A trombone was used as an instrument in the song "Ulagathil Sirandhadhu".[7] The songs "Kannil Kandathellam", "Naan Yaar", "Ulagathil Sirandhadhu" and "Andha Sivagami" attained popularity.[8] Music historian Vamanan wrote, "Whether it be a ghazal-like romantic number (Andha Sivakami Maganidam), or a competition song that must flow through the comic to the romantic to the sentimental (Ulagathil Sirandhadhu Edhu) or a poignant number (Kannile Kandadhellaam Kaatchiyaa), Govardhanam measures up to his melody like a master."[9]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kannil Kandathellam" | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | 04:10 |
| 2. | "Ithazhlai Virithathu" | T. M. Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari | 05:58 |
| 3. | "Naan Yaar" | P. Susheela | 03:14 |
| 4. | "Antha Sivagami" | T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela | 06:07 |
| 5. | "Ulagathil Sirandhadhu" | T. M. Soundararajan, A. L. Raghavan, P. Susheela | 06:02 |
| Total length: | 25:31 | ||
Release and reception
Pattanathil Bhootham was released on 14 April 1967, during Puthandu.[11][12] Despite facing competition from Magaraasi, released on the same day, it became a major commercial success.[13] Ananda Vikatan, in a review dated 30 April 1967, applauded the cinematography by Ravikant Nagaich, particularly the trick shots and colour scenes.[14] Film critic and historian Randor Guy wrote that the film would be "remembered for the interesting onscreen narration, good performances by Jaishankar and Nagesh, Vijaya in a swimsuit, and popular songs".[3]
References
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