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Yaar Paiyyan is a film of genre Drama with Gemini Ganesan

Yaar Paiyyan (1957)

Yaar Paiyyan
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Genres Drama
Rating60% 3.0135353.0135353.0135353.0135353.013535

Yaar Paiyan? (English: Whose Son?) is a 1957 Tamil film directed by T. R. Raghunath. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, K. Savitri and Daisy Irani in the lead roles, while N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram, K. Sarangkapani, T. R. Ramachandran, Surabhi Balasaraswathi, Vidyavathi, M.K. Musthafa, C.S. Pandyan, C.P. Kittan, Sethupathi, P.S. Gnanam, Indra Acharya, M.S. Jaya, Mariappan, Sankaramurthi, D. Indra, Chittoor V. Nagaiah and V. K. Ramasamy play supporting roles.

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It is an interesting tale woven around a cute kid named ‘Poori’ (Daisy Irani). Not knowing who his parents are, the kid has been looking high and low to get back to them. Seated in a park bench beside the hero (Gemini Ganesan), the kid asks his name and as soon as he replies, he proclaims that the hero is his father.

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