Pattanathil Bhootham

Not to be confused with Ee Pattanathil Bhootham.

Pattanathil Bhootham
File:Pattanathil Bhootham poster.jpg Film poster
Directed by	M. V. Raman
Produced by	T. Govindarajan
Written by	Javar Seetharaman
Starring	Jaishankar K. R. Vijaya Vijaya Lalitha Nagesh V. K. Ramasamy Javar Seetharaman
Music by	R. Govardhanam
Cinematography	H. G. Raju
Production company	Sharada Productions
Distributed by	Venus Pictures
Release dates	14 April 1967 (1967-04-14)
Running time	2 hr 46 min
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Pattanathil Bhootham (Tamil: பட்டணத்தில் பூதம்; English: Genie in the city) is a 1967 Indian Tamil fantasy film, directed by M. V. Raman and shot in Eastman Color. The plot is a straightforward adaptation of 1964 film The Brass Bottle with a romantic comedy twist, written by 'Javart' 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, realize 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

Soundtrack

Pattanathil Bhootham
Soundtrack album to Pattanathil Bhootham by R. Govardhanam
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	25:31
Language	Tamil
Producer	R. Govardhanam

The soundtrack album was composed by R. Govardhanam. The lyrics were penned by Kannadasan.

Tracklist

All lyrics written by Kannadasan. 

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.	"Andha 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

Reception

Film critic and historian Randor Guy wrote that the film will be "remembered for the interesting onscreen narration, good performances by Jaishankar and Nagesh, Vijaya in a swimsuit, and popular songs".

Remake

The film is to be remade by Thenappan, who also produced Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya, the remake of another classic Indru Poi Naalai Vaa. This remake will again be helmed by director K. S. Manikandan. Powerstar Srinivasan is to play the genie.

External links

• Pattanathil Bhootham at IMDb
• Pattanathil Bhootham — Rajshri Tamil on Youtube