Pettredutha Pillai

Pettredutha Pillai (transl. Biological son) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Poornachandran, with lyrics, music and story by T. Rajendar. The film starred Saravanan and Chithra with an extensive cast, which also featured Rajendar's two sons, Silambarasan and Kuralarasan. The film was released on 10 April 1993.^[1][2]

Pettredutha Pillai
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Directed by	Poornachandran
Written by	T. Rajendar
Produced by	Usha Rajendar
Starring	Saravanan Chithra Rohini
Cinematography	Vipindas
Edited by	P. R. Shanmugam
Music by	T. Rajendar
Production company	Chimbu Cine Arts
Release date	10 April 1993 (1993-04-10)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Saravanan as Saravanan
• Chithra
• Rohini as Vaidehi
• Pandiyan
• Silambarasan as Kumaran
  • Kuralarasan as young Kumaran
• Mohankumar
• Sithara as Kalyani
• Vennira Aadai Moorthy
• Vadivukkarasi
• Gandhimathi
• Vasuki
• Kumarimuthu
• Oru Viral Krishna Rao
• Ponnambalam

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by T. Rajendar who also wrote lyrics for all songs.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Komatha"	K. S. Chithra
2.	"Paattu Onnu"	K. S. Chithra
3.	"Pethavale"	Minmini
4.	"Petha Manam"	K. J. Yesudas

Reception

Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "Petredutha Pillai [..] has all trappings of a T. Rajender film. The treatment is not very subtle, the artistes over react and the film is prosy."^[4]