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{{short description|1959 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Alli Petra Pillai
| image = Alli Petra Pillai.jpg
| border = no
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = K. Somu
| producer = [[A. Maruthakasi]] [[K. V. Mahadevan]] ''Violin'' Mahadevan V. K. Muthuramalingam
| screenplay = [[A. P. Nagarajan]] (dialogues)
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Tonga-wali]]''}}
| starring = [[S. V. Sahasranamam]] [[Pandari Bai]] [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramaswamy]]
| narrator =
| music = K. V. Mahadevan
| cinematography = V. K. Gopanna<ref name="Anandan" />
| editing = T. V. Jayarangan<ref name="Anandan" />
| studio = M. M. Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1959|7|31}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Alli Petra Pillai''''' ({{translation|The son of Alli}})<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kantha |first=Sachi Sri |author-link=Sachi Sri Kantha |date=15 September 2020 |title=Lyricist Maruthakasi's Autobiographical Notes |url=https://sangam.org/lyricist-maruthakasis-autobiographical-notes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022032859/https://sangam.org/lyricist-maruthakasis-autobiographical-notes/ |archive-date=22 October 2020 |access-date=17 February 2021 |website=[[Ilankai Tamil Sangam]]}}</ref> is a 1959 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film directed by K. Somu and written by [[A. P. Nagarajan]]. Produced by [[A. Maruthakasi]] under the banner M. M. Productions, the film stars [[S. V. Sahasranamam]], [[Pandari Bai]] and [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramaswamy]]. It is a remake of the [[Hindi]] film ''[[Tonga-wali]]'' (1955).<ref name="Anandan">{{Cite book |last=Film News Anandan |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails6.asp |title=Saadhanaigal Padaitha thamizh thiraipada varalaru |publisher=Sivagami Publishers |year=2004 |location=Chennai |language=Tamil |trans-title=Tamil film history and its achievements |author-link=Film News Anandan |archive-url=https://archive.is/20170312123947/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1959-cinedetails6.asp |archive-date=12 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="maalaimalar">{{Cite news |date=17 January 2017 |title=மருதகாசி சொந்தமாக தயாரித்த அல்லி பெற்ற பிள்ளை |language=Tamil |trans-title=''Alli Petra Pillai'' was personally produced by Maruthakasi |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |url=http://www.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2017/01/17222254/1062702/cinima-history-maruthakasi.vpf |url-status=live |access-date=12 March 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20170312124047/http://www.maalaimalar.com/Cinema/CineHistory/2017/01/17222254/1062702/cinima-history-maruthakasi.vpf |archive-date=12 March 2017}}</ref>

== Cast ==
Credits adapted from [[Film News Anandan]]:<ref name="Anandan" />
* [[S. V. Sahasranamam]]
* [[Pandari Bai]]
* [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]]
* [[M. N. Rajam]]
* [[K. Sarangapani]]
* [[T. P. Muthulakshmi]]
* [[S. S. Rajendran]]
* [[Padmini Priyadarshini]]
* [[A. Karunanidhi]]

== Production ==
Besides producing the film under M. M. Productions, [[A. Maruthakasi]] also worked as lyricist. The other producers were [[K. V. Mahadevan]] (who also worked as music director), Violin Mahadevan and V. K. Muthuramalingam.<ref name="Anandan" /> The film prominently features a horse, which was brought from [[Mangalore]] by Maruthakasi. This was the only film Maruthakasi had produced and was supposed to be completed within six months; instead it took two years as Maruthakasi was busy writing lyrics and also false rumours of him not writing lyrics led to huge problems.<ref name="maalaimalar" />

== Soundtrack ==
Music was scored by K. V. Mahadevan while the lyrics were penned by A. Maruthakasi.<ref name="Anandan" /> [[Playback singer]]s are [[T. M. Soundararajan]], [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]], [[Thiruchi Loganathan]], [[G. Ramanathan]], [[S. C. Krishnan]], [[P. Susheela]], [[Jikki]] and [[L. R. Eswari]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Neelamegam |first=G. |title=Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 |publisher=Manivasagar Publishers |year=2014 |edition=1 |location=Chennai |page=160 |language=Tamil}}</ref>

Two songs from the film – "Ejaman Petra Selvame" and "Paisaavai Pottu Naisaaga Vaangi" – attained popularity.<ref name="maalaimalar" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gopalakrishnan |first=P. V. |date=14 August 2017 |title=Filmy Ripples – When the vendors lipped a song |url=https://tcrcindia.com/2017/08/14/filmy-ripples-when-the-vendors-lipped-a-song/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814174914/https://tcrcindia.com/2017/08/14/filmy-ripples-when-the-vendors-lipped-a-song/ |archive-date=14 August 2017 |access-date=14 August 2017 |website=The Cinema Resource Centre}}</ref> The former is set in the [[carnatic raga]] known as [[Vakulabharanam]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 March 2016 |title=பாடிய இசையமைப்பாளர்களும் வாடிய பாடகர்களும்! |language=ta |work=[[Dinamalar]] |location=Nellai |url=http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/4788 |url-status=live |access-date=7 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407081336/http://www.dinamalarnellai.com/web/news/4788 |archive-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singer/s !! Duration
|-
| 1 || "Asai Atthaan Kai Pidikka" || P. Susheela || 03:47
|-
| 2 || "Arivirukkum.... Idhu Theriyum" || T. M. Soundararajan || 03:01
|-
| 3 || "Ammaa Appaa Yenru" || Sirkazhi Govindarajan || 01:17
|-
| 4 || "Summa Summa Sirichukittu" || T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela || 03:16
|-
| 5 || "Kaatthiruken Veliyoram" || Thiruchi Loganathan & L. R. Eswari || 03:16
|-
| 6 || "Paisaavai Pottu Naisaaga Vaangi" || S. C. Krishnan || 02:35
|-
| 7 || "Ejaman Petra Selvame" || G. Ramanathan || 03:01
|-
| 8 || "Nalla Naalu Romba Nalla Naalu" || T. M. Soundararajan, Sirkazhi Govindarajan & Thiruchi Loganathan || 03:15
|-
| 9 || "Nalla Naalu Romba Nalla Naalu" || T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela || 01:39
|-
| 10 || "Onnum Onnum Serndhaakka" || Sirkazhi Govindarajan & Jikki || 02:55
|-
| 11 || "Idhukku Adhu Thevala" || Sirkazhi Govindarajan & Jikki || 03:12
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Alli Petra Pillai'' was released on 31 July 1959. The film was a commercial failure, and made Maruthakasi face huge debts.<ref name="maalaimalar" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0366158}}
{{A. P. Nagarajan}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by A. P. Nagarajan]]
[[Category:1950s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Hindi films]]
[[Category:1959 drama films]]
[[Category:1959 films]]

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