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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1979 film by Balu Mahendra</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the 2019 film, see <a href="/wiki/Azhiyatha_Kolangal_2" title="Azhiyatha Kolangal 2">Azhiyatha Kolangal 2</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Azhiyatha Kolangal</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Azhiyatha_Kolangal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Azhiyatha_Kolangal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="334" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Balu_Mahendra" title="Balu Mahendra">Balu Mahendra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Balu Mahendra</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Pothen" title="Pratap Pothen">Pratap Pothen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Shoba" title="Shoba">Shoba</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Balu Mahendra</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">D. Vasu</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Salil_Chowdhury" title="Salil Chowdhury">Salil Chowdhury</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Devi Films</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>7 December 1979<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1979-12-07</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">100 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Tamil</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Azhiyatha Kolangal</b></i> (<abbr title="translation">transl.</abbr><span>  <i>Enduring Patterns</i></span>) is a 1979 Indian <a href="/wiki/Tamil-language" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil-language">Tamil-language</a> <a href="/wiki/Coming-of-age_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Coming-of-age film">coming-of-age</a> <a href="/wiki/Drama_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Drama film">drama film</a>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Balu_Mahendra" title="Balu Mahendra">Balu Mahendra</a>. It stars <a href="/wiki/Shoba" title="Shoba">Shoba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pratap_Pothen" title="Pratap Pothen">Pratap Pothen</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> played a guest role in the film. The film was Mahendra's second directorial venture and his first in Tamil.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Partly autobiographical, the film dealt with the events that happen during the adolescence of three friends who live in a small village. In addition to directing the film, Balu Mahendra wrote the screenplay and shot the film. </p><p><i>Azhiyadha Kolangal</i> was released on 7 December 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDhananjayan2014258_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDhananjayan2014258-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon release, it received critical acclaim, and was screened at the "Indian Panorama" of the <a href="/wiki/International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="International Film Festival of India">International Film Festival of India</a> in 1980. A spiritual successor, <i><a href="/wiki/Azhiyatha_Kolangal_2" title="Azhiyatha Kolangal 2">Azhiyatha Kolangal 2</a></i>, was released in 2019. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azhiyatha_Kolangal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gowrishankar, the managing director of a company in <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a>, receives a letter from his old friend Pattabi informing him about the death of their teacher, Indumathi. On reading the letter, Gowri becomes nostalgic and recollects his past. </p><p>In childhood, Gowri, Pattabi and Raghupathy are close friends and study at a village school. The three friends try to explore sex through a prostitute, but run away immediately after reaching her house. Pattabi likes the girl who visits his house and starts spending time with her. Gowri likes the new teacher Indu and dreams of living with her, despite the wide age gap. Raghupathy looks for excitement through his friends. </p><p>Gowri’s dreams are shattered when Indu’s fiance arrives. Indu spends more time with her fiancé, which upsets Gowri. Pattabi and Gowri fight on trivial issues, but stay united due to Raghupathy. The boys get influenced by the postmaster, who indulges in sexual activities outside the village. They also get tempted to smoke like Indu’s fiancé to experience it. All their excitement ends when Raghupathy drowns in the village pond when the three go swimming. When Gowri visits Indu, she is also in tears and shares her pain with him. </p><p>In the present, Gowri is filled with tears in his eyes after recollecting his childhood, his friend and teacher's demises and the time spent with his friends. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azhiyatha_Kolangal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shoba" title="Shoba">Shoba</a> as Indumathi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Pothen" title="Pratap Pothen">Pratap</a> as Indumathi's fiancé</li> <li>Nataraj</li> <li>Manohar as Raghupathy</li> <li>Shyam Sunder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vennira_Aadai_Moorthy" title="Vennira Aadai Moorthy">Vennira Aadai Moorthy</a> as the postmaster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._R._Indira_Devi" title="K. R. Indira Devi">Indira Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> as adult Gowrishankar (uncredited)</li> <li>Sridharan (uncredited)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azhiyatha_Kolangal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the critical and commercial success of his directorial debut <i><a href="/wiki/Kokila_(1977_film)" title="Kokila (1977 film)">Kokila</a></i>, Balu Mahendra decided to make a film in Tamil, that was partly autobiographical according to him.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was during this time, he was approached by <a href="/wiki/Mahendran_(filmmaker)" title="Mahendran (filmmaker)">Mahendran</a> to shoot <i><a href="/wiki/Mullum_Malarum" title="Mullum Malarum">Mullum Malarum</a></i>, the latter's directorial debut.<sup id="cite_ref-MM_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially hesitant to work in Tamil films, Balu Mahendra accepted the offer, thus entered the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil film industry</a> as a cinematographer. Because of his commitments with <i>Mullum Malarum</i>, he shelved his directorial venture. After the success of <i>Mullum Malarum</i>, he revived the project and named it <i>Azhiyadha Kolangal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-MM_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was produced by Devi Films of Devi Theatre Complex. The film was shot at Pettavaithalai, Sirugamani,Perugamani and Inungoor near Trichy in 27 days within the budget of 8 lakhs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDhananjayan2014259_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDhananjayan2014259-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inspired from the 1971 American film <i><a href="/wiki/Summer_of_%2742" title="Summer of '42">Summer of '42</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-babu_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babu-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the central characters of the film are played by three adolescent boys, who are on the verge of sexuality.<sup id="cite_ref-DFF_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Shoba" title="Shoba">Shoba</a>, played a small role as a school teacher. Kamal Haasan played a guest role as a token of friendship for Balu Mahendra and his portions were shot in a day at three locations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDhananjayan2014259_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDhananjayan2014259-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from direction, Balu Mahendra assumed his usual responsibility of cinematography and wrote the screenplay, while D. Vasu edited the film.<sup id="cite_ref-DFF_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soundtrack">Soundtrack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azhiyatha_Kolangal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Soundtrack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The music was composed by <a href="/wiki/Salil_Chowdhury" title="Salil Chowdhury">Salil Chowdhury</a>, with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Gangai_Amaran" title="Gangai Amaran">Gangai Amaran</a>. 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with <i><a href="/wiki/Uthiripookkal" title="Uthiripookkal">Uthiripookkal</a></i> it was the only Tamil film to be shown at the <a href="/wiki/International_Film_Festival_of_India" title="International Film Festival of India">International Film Festival of India</a> in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-DFF_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFF-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film's camera work was considered to be very innovative and was very different from other Tamil films that had come before.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film is widely considered to be one of Mahendra's "masterpieces".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span 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