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{{Infobox film
| name = Pasi
| image = Pasi film poster.jpg
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| caption = Poster
| director = [[Durai (director)|Durai]]
| producer = C.K.Shanmugam
Lalitha <br /> G. Durai
| writer = Durai
| narrator =
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Shobha]]|[[Delhi Ganesh]]|[[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]]|[[Senthil]]}}
| music = [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| cinematography = V. Ranga
| editing = M. Vellaichamy
| distributor =
| released = 21 December 1979{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|p=260}}
| runtime =
| country =
| budget =
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Pasi''''' ({{translation|Hunger}}) is a 1979 Indian [[Tamil language]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Durai (director)|Durai]]. It stars [[Shoba]], [[Delhi Ganesh]], and [[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]] in prominent roles. The critically acclaimed film won two awards each at the [[National Film Awards]], the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]], and the [[Filmfare Awards South]]. This movie is remade in Hindi as Pet Pyaar Aur Paap.

==Plot==
Muniyan, a cycle-rickshaw puller, is a road-side dweller along with his wife Valliamma and their seven children – two daughters and five sons. Despite being the sole breadwinner of his family, Manian spends the majority of his meager earnings on liquor. His wife struggles to make ends meet with the remaining amount. Her friend Rakkamma, a street food vendor, lends financial support to Valliamma's family.

The educated Krishna, one of Manian's sons, elopes with a girl and separates himself from the family. Manian's daughter Kuppamma along with her friend Chellamma contribute a small income to the family by picking up rags on the roads. Rangan, a kindhearted lorry driver, befriends Kuppamma and offers assistance to her whenever she is in need of any help. They both get close to each other and their friendship leads to a physical relationship. When Valliamma gets to know this, she commits suicide fearing that Kuppamma's act has brought disgrace to the family. Meanwhile, Kuppamma gets shocked when she learns that Rangan is already married. With an intention to not disclose Rangan's identity, she keeps herself away from him. During this time, Kuppamma finds out that she's pregnant. Despite the advice of fellow road-side dwellers to abort the child, she refuses to do so. She also protects Rangan's identity by informing her relatives that her lover had died in an accident.

Knowing that she is about to deliver their child, Kuppamma wishes to meet Rangan. But Rangan had relocated to another locality after she turned down his support. When Rangan's wife gets to know of the relationship, she empathises with Kuppamma and insists that Rangan bring her to their home. When Rangan reaches the slum, he finds Kuppamma in throes of labour pain. Kuppamma dies soon after, upon delivering their child. Rangan and his wife then decide to adopt the child as penance for Rangan's sins.

==Cast==
* [[Shobha]] as Kuppamma
* [[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]] as Rangan
* [[Delhi Ganesh]] as Munian
*[[Praveena Bhagyaraj]] as Kumudha
* [[Tambaram Lalitha]] as Valliamma
*[[S. N. Parvathy]] as Rakkamma
*[[Pasi Sathya|Sathya]] as Chellamma
* [[Senthil]] as Aarumugam (Chellamma's Brother)
* [[Pasi Narayanan|Narayanan]] as Sound Kannaiya
* I.S.Ramachandran as common man
* [[Jayabharathi]] as Call girl
* [[Suruli Rajan]] as Begger\Rickshaw Owner

'''Guest appearance'''
* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Himself

==Production==
The film focused on the plight of roadside dwellers. Durai, who is known for making commercial films, made ''Pasi'' in a realistic manner by compromising on commercial aspects such as songs and dance sequences. The background score was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]]. The [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] provided a subsidy of {{INR}} 100,000 for the film.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|p=261}}

==Reception==
Released on 21 December 1979, the film met with unanimous critical acclaim. It was equally successful at the box-office, running for more than 100 days in the theatres.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|p=261}} In 1984, Durai himself remade the film in Hindi as ''Pet Pyaar Aur Paap'', starring [[Smita Patil]] and [[Raj Babbar]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/i-am-blingbling-bappi-da/292731 |title='I Am Blingbling Bappi-Da' |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |website=Outlook India |access-date=24 March 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{sfn|Rangan|2014|p=212}}

A review from the Tamil magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'', dated 13 January 1980, appreciated the film for its realistic depiction of the lives of the poor. It also praised Shobha's acting and Ranga's camerawork. Durai's script and dialogues received equal praise but the end credits of the film were criticised as it was considered as not being appropriate to the characters of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vikatan.com/anandavikatan/2008-oct-15/vikatan-pokkisham/43753.html |title=சினிமா விமர்சனம்: பசி |date=13 January 1980 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=ta |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The same year it was screened at the Tashkent Film Festival.<ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Debates: Official Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SA3AAAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Council of States, Secretariat}}</ref>

The film served as a launchpad for [[Senthil]], who would later go onto establish himself as one of the popular comedians in [[Tamil cinema]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hindu.com/2001/06/08/stories/0908022a.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914013504/http://hindu.com/2001/06/08/stories/0908022a.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2012 |title=From scratch to success |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=8 June 2001|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref> Another debutante Sathya, who played Shobha's friend Chellamma, acquired the prefix "Pasi" after the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/04/stories/2002040400320300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031110001809/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/04/stories/2002040400320300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2003 |title=Suspense-filled melodrama |date=4 April 2002 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|p=261}}

Shortly after receiving the [[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] award at the [[27th National Film Awards]] and a day before the 100th day celebration of the film's success, Shobha committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Madras (now [[Chennai]]).{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|p=261}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Shobha Mahendra death case: While mystery persists, rumours go on|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shobha-mahendra-death-case-while-mystery-persists-rumours-go-on/1/409727.html|website=[[India Today]]|access-date=23 August 2015|date=28 January 2014}}</ref>

==Awards==
===[[National Film Awards]]===
* 1980 – [[National Film Award for Best Actress|Silver Lotus Award - Best Actress]] - [[Shoba]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Ashok Kumar|first=S. R|title=It's a heavy price to pay|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/05/03/stories/2002050300330300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030704154904/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/05/03/stories/2002050300330300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2003|access-date=24 October 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 May 2002}}</ref>
* 1980 – [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]

;[[Filmfare Awards South]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N6kQAQAAMAAJ&q=+Pasi+Dorai|title = The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|year = 1982}}</ref>
* 1979 – [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil|Best Tamil Film]] (Durai)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbvqLIHMR2A</ref>
* 1979 – [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil|Best Tamil Actress]] (Shobha)

;[[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]]{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|p=261}}
* 1980 – [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film (first prize)]] (G. Lalitha)
* 1980 – [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize|Special Prize for Best Actor]] ([[Delhi Ganesh]])

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Dhananjayan|first=G.|author-link=G. Dhananjayan|title=Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2013|year=2014|publisher=Blue Ocean Publishers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e07vBwAAQBAJ|location=Chennai|isbn=978-93-84301-05-7}}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VHOBAAAQBAJ | title=Dispatches from the Wall Corner : A Journey through Indian Cinema | publisher=Tranquebar Press, Westland Ltd. | last=Rangan | first=Baradwaj | author-link=Baradwaj Rangan | year=2014 | isbn=978-9384030568 }}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0215037|Pasi}}

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[[Category:1979 films]]
[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Actress National Award-winning performance]]
[[Category:Films set in Chennai]]
[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Best Tamil Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Films directed by Durai]]

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