Pattikada Pattanama

Pattikada Pattanama
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Directed by	P. Madhavan
Produced by	P. Madhavan
Written by	Bala Murugan
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Jayalalitha Shubha V. K. Ramasamy Manorama
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography	P. N. Sundaram
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Production company	Arun Prasad Movies
Distributed by	Arun Prasad Movies
Release date	6 May 1972 (1972-05-06)
Running time	150 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Pattikada Pattanama (English: Village or Town) is a 1972 Indian Tamil language drama film produced and directed by P. Madhavan and written by Bala Murugan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa in the lead roles with Shubha, Manorama, V. K. Ramasamy and Sukumari in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by M.S. Vishwanathan and lyrics were written by Kannadasan. The film deals with Kalpana, a modern woman who gets married to villager Mookaiyan. After the marriage, differences of opinion arise between couple as Mookaiyan raises objections about city culture,which leads to separation. The rest of the film shows whether Kalpana reforms and the couple are united or not.

Pattikada Pattanama was released on 6 May 1972 and ran for 189 days in theatres and became one of the box office hits of year 1972. This was the last black and white film which celebrated 25 weeks silver jubilee in four centres — Chennai, Salem, Madurai and Trichy, and this was the first movie that ran daily four shows for more than 30 days at Salem.

The film was remade in Telugu as Palletoori Bava (1973), in Kannada as Putnanja (1995) and in Hindi as Banarasi Babu (1997).

Mookkaiyan (Sivaji Ganesan) belongs to a well-to-do family and lives in the village Sozhavandan. He is held in high esteem by the villagers for his prowess. One day, his uncle Chockalingam (V. K. Ramaswamy), Chockalingam's wife Bama (Sukumari) and their foreign-educated daughter Kalpana (Jayalalithaa) come to Sozhavandan to participate in the Mariamman festival. Kalpana is fascinated by Mookaiyan's prowess; her mother disapproves of Kalpana's emotional reaction while her father is happy. Bama settles a young man of Madurai to marry Kalpana. Moved by the pleas of Chockalingam, Mookaiyan goes to the bridegroom's house and brings back Kalpana, saying that he has the right by birth to marry her.