16 Vayathinile came in as opportunity turn into gold for all the main cast. Rajnikanth went on to become Superstar of Tamil Stars, Kamal Hassan's career catapulted to Successful career from a stuntman/Choreographer role, This movie identified Sridevi as mainstream actress from Child artist. This movie revolves around 16 year old Mayil played by Sridevi. Owing to her 16 year old a local vet hangs out with her later to ditch her for a homely girl. After Mayil is deserted, there are only two people in her life, Parattai (played by Rajnikanth) and Chappani(Played by Kamal Hassan). When Parattai sees opportunity of attaining her Chappani acts in. Worth watching, beautiful music scored by Illayaraja.
7 Reviews
16 Vayathinile
rajdoctor22 March 2008
Warning: Spoilers
This is an old Tamil movie of 1970s that was highly recommended by veteran directors of India as a must see movie. It is available on Google Video - so it was easy to see this masterpiece.
The story is about the dreams of 16 year old girl Mayil (Sridevi) in a remote south Indian Tamilian village of India. Mayil is secretly adored and love by her handicapped cousin Chappani (Kamal Hasan) and village rowdy Prayattayan (Rajnikant). Like all young girls Mayil aspires to be the school teacher and when she knows that a doctor from city is coming in her village, she gets attracted towards him. The doctor uses Mayil and leaves her to get married. After that slowly Mayil realizes the love of Chappani towards her. When Prayattayan tries to rape Mayil, in rage of anger Chappani kills Prayattayan and goes to jail. Mayil stands by the railway track waiting for Chappani to come back.
I do not know Tamil, but this movie brought such wonderful memories of good cinema and the nostalgia of the greats like Kamal, Sridevi and Rajnikant. This was Director Bharati Raja's first movie and I hear that a turning point of Tamil cinema where he gifted three brilliant gems to the industry. Kamal's acting is world class - and there are no words to express the respect he commands in a losing lover roles. He is the best in that character - I think he has given a totally new dimension to this one sided lover boy role. Sridevi is brilliant and looks extremely beautiful in this movie. Rajnikant is a pleasure to watch in a small but mean role of villain.
Bharati Rajas has encapsulated brilliant cinematography, locale and life style of village people - the simplicity, the aspirations, and the innocence. Ilaya Raja has given soul stirring memorable songs that you do not get tired of hearing even today.
A very good cinema to watch. The movie was re-made by Bharati Raja himself in Hindi as "Solwa Sawan" and bombed miserably at box office. Sridevi has introduced for the first time as lead lady and I think Amol Palekar played the role of Kamal. The stage of the career Sridevi, Kamal and Rajni were in Tamil cinema, that too helped the movie such a boost and become a major all time hit. History could not repeat itself in Hindi cinema. So that was the end of Bharati Raja's career in Bollywood, but not of Sridevi, Kamal and Rajnikant, who though not very successful - gave huge hits in the debut in Bollywood.
(Stars 7.5 out of 10)
The story is about the dreams of 16 year old girl Mayil (Sridevi) in a remote south Indian Tamilian village of India. Mayil is secretly adored and love by her handicapped cousin Chappani (Kamal Hasan) and village rowdy Prayattayan (Rajnikant). Like all young girls Mayil aspires to be the school teacher and when she knows that a doctor from city is coming in her village, she gets attracted towards him. The doctor uses Mayil and leaves her to get married. After that slowly Mayil realizes the love of Chappani towards her. When Prayattayan tries to rape Mayil, in rage of anger Chappani kills Prayattayan and goes to jail. Mayil stands by the railway track waiting for Chappani to come back.
I do not know Tamil, but this movie brought such wonderful memories of good cinema and the nostalgia of the greats like Kamal, Sridevi and Rajnikant. This was Director Bharati Raja's first movie and I hear that a turning point of Tamil cinema where he gifted three brilliant gems to the industry. Kamal's acting is world class - and there are no words to express the respect he commands in a losing lover roles. He is the best in that character - I think he has given a totally new dimension to this one sided lover boy role. Sridevi is brilliant and looks extremely beautiful in this movie. Rajnikant is a pleasure to watch in a small but mean role of villain.
Bharati Rajas has encapsulated brilliant cinematography, locale and life style of village people - the simplicity, the aspirations, and the innocence. Ilaya Raja has given soul stirring memorable songs that you do not get tired of hearing even today.
A very good cinema to watch. The movie was re-made by Bharati Raja himself in Hindi as "Solwa Sawan" and bombed miserably at box office. Sridevi has introduced for the first time as lead lady and I think Amol Palekar played the role of Kamal. The stage of the career Sridevi, Kamal and Rajni were in Tamil cinema, that too helped the movie such a boost and become a major all time hit. History could not repeat itself in Hindi cinema. So that was the end of Bharati Raja's career in Bollywood, but not of Sridevi, Kamal and Rajnikant, who though not very successful - gave huge hits in the debut in Bollywood.
(Stars 7.5 out of 10)
BEAUTIFUL Screenplay.
MandalBros-51 June 2021
16 VAYATHINILE is the story of a 16-year-old schoolgirl, and the challenges she faces and overcomes. This film is all about beautiful storytelling. It says that the iconic character of Forrest gump is inspired from Kamal's character in Swathi Muthyam and I think Swathi Muthyam is also bit inspired from this movie.
The story is not new now but it attained cult status in Tamil cinema and is considered to be the trendster of films depicting realistic portrayals of rural life. Haasan's performance was considered a tour de force by critics since he was typecast as a romantic hero at that time.
Available on Amazon Prime Video & Youtube With English Subtitle.
© MandalBros.
The story is not new now but it attained cult status in Tamil cinema and is considered to be the trendster of films depicting realistic portrayals of rural life. Haasan's performance was considered a tour de force by critics since he was typecast as a romantic hero at that time.
Available on Amazon Prime Video & Youtube With English Subtitle.
© MandalBros.
Stunningly beautiful
chembai9 January 2002
At a time when Tamil cinema lay submerged in cliched studio dramas starring aging heroes, Bharathiraja came with a breath of fresh air with this lovely pastoral tale. Rajini, Kamal, Sridevi and a host of new faces star in this all-time classic, with Ilayaraja's mind-blowing score making it an unmissable.
The bellwether of Rural Romance in Tamil Cinema. Not tragic but a sentimental romance which grows from Adolescence to Maturity with realistic theories.
SAMTHEBESTEST1 September 2021
Pathinaaru Vayathinile / 16 Vayathinile (1977) :
Brief Review -
The bellwether of Rural Romance in Tamil Cinema. Not tragic but a sentimental romance which grows from Adolescence to Maturity with realistic theories. Pathinaaru Vayathinile seemed quite like a mix-up of many old Hollywood and Bollywood films but it had its own original storyline while dealing the mainstream content. We have seen this formula before that a Teenage girl falls in love with a wrong man while her childhood buddy who is a true lover of her is always ignored by her. And then after getting abandoned by that wrong man she realises the true love of her childhood companion. Pathinaaru Vayathinile uses the same formula but keeps all the characters very original except for the heroin and that's fine because i don't think anybody could have done anything different with that character. It focuses on the strengths and vulnerabilities of Mayil, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, and the challenges she faces and overcomes. Sridevi plays 16 years old Mayil when she was actually 14 herself. But i didn't really see her that young, i mean the maturity when she speaks and the way she looks seemed like above 20 sometimes. I don't know why that happened to me but sorry i couldn't help saying this. Kamal Haasan as Chappanni is terrific. He is the best performer in this film, and very much credit of that goes to writing too as he was the only character in the film who had the highest scope. Rajinikanth plays an evil guy and he definitely looks one. 'How's this?', he asks. 'Very Good', i say. Bharathiraaja made an impressive debut, no doubts about that. 16 Vayathinile was the first Tamil film to be shot predominantly outdoors and yes that helped it very much because without that Real Village Layout, it might have lost that humour and realistic touch. Overall, a Classic Romance and you can call it tragic if you wish but i would rather call it a senti one.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest.
The bellwether of Rural Romance in Tamil Cinema. Not tragic but a sentimental romance which grows from Adolescence to Maturity with realistic theories. Pathinaaru Vayathinile seemed quite like a mix-up of many old Hollywood and Bollywood films but it had its own original storyline while dealing the mainstream content. We have seen this formula before that a Teenage girl falls in love with a wrong man while her childhood buddy who is a true lover of her is always ignored by her. And then after getting abandoned by that wrong man she realises the true love of her childhood companion. Pathinaaru Vayathinile uses the same formula but keeps all the characters very original except for the heroin and that's fine because i don't think anybody could have done anything different with that character. It focuses on the strengths and vulnerabilities of Mayil, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, and the challenges she faces and overcomes. Sridevi plays 16 years old Mayil when she was actually 14 herself. But i didn't really see her that young, i mean the maturity when she speaks and the way she looks seemed like above 20 sometimes. I don't know why that happened to me but sorry i couldn't help saying this. Kamal Haasan as Chappanni is terrific. He is the best performer in this film, and very much credit of that goes to writing too as he was the only character in the film who had the highest scope. Rajinikanth plays an evil guy and he definitely looks one. 'How's this?', he asks. 'Very Good', i say. Bharathiraaja made an impressive debut, no doubts about that. 16 Vayathinile was the first Tamil film to be shot predominantly outdoors and yes that helped it very much because without that Real Village Layout, it might have lost that humour and realistic touch. Overall, a Classic Romance and you can call it tragic if you wish but i would rather call it a senti one.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest.
Kamal hassan Really wonderful actor
kuttyvp-806902 September 2023
Kamal hassan Really wonderful, super, Awesome Actor in the world no one can do like a Kamal hassan 👌 👏 👍🙏🙏🙏
For this movie should we became to Oscar award National Award Filmfare Award all the world no one can do like this acting such kind of actor I was Bollywood Hollywood I am never seen such kind of actor in the world new Hollywood movie or Hollywood movie Kamal Hassan actor no one will be choosing the best stories awesome stories wow it's possible to know but really busy one of the actors actor wonderful okay what to say I can see about Kamal Hassan please really Gmail in Indian cinema actor actress weekend from it no one can come with Kamal sir Fantastic Actor 👏 👍 👌 😀 🙌 😊 👏 👍 Humanity in Kamal sir.
For this movie should we became to Oscar award National Award Filmfare Award all the world no one can do like this acting such kind of actor I was Bollywood Hollywood I am never seen such kind of actor in the world new Hollywood movie or Hollywood movie Kamal Hassan actor no one will be choosing the best stories awesome stories wow it's possible to know but really busy one of the actors actor wonderful okay what to say I can see about Kamal Hassan please really Gmail in Indian cinema actor actress weekend from it no one can come with Kamal sir Fantastic Actor 👏 👍 👌 😀 🙌 😊 👏 👍 Humanity in Kamal sir.
Pathinaru Vayathinile
santhosh-1029015 July 2019
Good Movie. Everybody acted very well in the movie. Songs and BGM in the movie were good. The Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth combo scenes were main highlight in the movie. Those combo scenes were excellent in the movie. The movie bored and lagged a lot at some scenes in 1st half. Good Movie.
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