Thayilla Pillai

Thayilla Pillai தாயில்லாப்பிள்ளை
Directed by	L. V. Prasad
Produced by	Prasad Movies
Written by	M. Karunanidhi
Screenplay by	M. Karunanidhi
Story by	S. R. Bennycity
Starring	Kalyan Kumar G. Muthukrishnan L. Vijayalakshmi, T. S. Balaiah M. V. Rajamma R. S. Manohar T. P. Muthulakshmi Nagesh
Music by	K. V. Mahadevan
Cinematography	V. Madhan Mohan K. S. Prashanth
Edited by	A. Sanjeevi
Production company	Vijya — Vahini Studios
Distributed by	Prasad Movies
Release date	18 August 1961
Running time	162 Mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thayilla Pillai (தமிழ்: தாயில்லாப்பிள்ளை, English: Motherless Child) is 1961 Tamil language drama film directed by L. V. Prasad producer under his prasad movies. The film script was written by M. Karunanidhi and story were written by S. R. Bennycity. Music by K. V. Mahadevan assets to the movie. The film starring Kalyan Kumar, G. Muthukrishnan, T. S. Balaiah and M. V. Rajamma played lead with R. S. Manohar, Santhiya, Nagesh, L. Vijayalakshmi, T. P. Muthulakshmi and Rama Rao played portraying supporting role. The film was Fourteen years later remade in Malayalam under the title as Pravaham in 1975 the film was directed by Sasikumar. But the Malayalam film was could not create waves.

Music composed by K. V. Mahadevan and lyric written by Kannadasan, Kothamangalam Subbu and A. Maruthakasi. The playback singers consists of T. M. Soundararajan, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, P. B. Srinivas, A. L. Raghavan, P. Suseela, K. Jamuna Rani, Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, R. Balasaraswathi Devi and L. R. Eswari.