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| director = [[Balu Mahendra]]

| writer = Balu Mahendra

| starring = {{ubl|[[Pratap PothenShoba]]|[[ShobaPratap Pothen]]}}

| cinematography = Balu Mahendra

| editing = D. Vasu

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'''''Azhiyatha Kolangal''''' ({{translation| ''Enduring [[Kolam|Patterns]]''}}) is a 1979 Indian [[Tamil-language]] [[coming-of-age film|coming-of-age]] [[drama film]], directed by [[Balu Mahendra]]. It stars [[Shoba]] and [[Pratap Pothen]]. [[Kamal Haasan]] played a guest role in the film. The film was Mahendra's second directorial venture and his first in Tamil.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 February 2014 |title=டைரக்டர் பாலுமகேந்திரா திடீர் மரணம் |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2014/02/13105628/famous-director-Balu-Mahendra.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204103813/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2014/02/13105628/famous-director-Balu-Mahendra.html |archive-date=4 December 2014 |access-date=28 November 2014 |work=[[Maalai Malar]] |language=Tamil}}</ref> 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.

''Azhiyadha Kolangal'' was released on 7 December 1979.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=258}} Upon release, it received critical acclaim, and was screened at the "Indian Panorama" of the [[International Film Festival of India]] in 1980. A spiritual successor, ''[[Azhiyatha Kolangal 2]]'', was released in 2019.

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== Cast ==

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*[[Shoba]] as Indumathi

*[[Pratap Pothen|Pratap]] as Indumathi's fiancé

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* [[K. R. Indira Devi|Indira Devi]]

* [[Kamal Haasan]] as adult Gowrishankar (uncredited)

* Sridharan (uncredited)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sridharan-interview-a-man-of-multiple-shades/article19125339.ece|title=Sridharan: A man of multiple shades|date=22 June 2017|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035750/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sridharan-interview-a-man-of-multiple-shades/article19125339.ece|archive-date=12 November 2020|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=19 October 2024}}</ref>

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== Production ==

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== Soundtrack ==

The music was composed by [[Salil Chowdhury]], with lyrics by [[Gangai Amaran]].

The music was composed by [[Salil Chowdhury]], with lyrics by [[Gangai Amaran]]. Mahendra originally wanted his friend [[Ilaiyaraaja]] to compose the music, but Chowdhury who had previously worked with Mahendra in ''Kokila'' was keen to work in his Tamil film too.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2012 |title=இளையராஜா என்ற மகாவித்வானும் நானும்.. -1 |url=http://www.filmmakerbalumahendra.blogspot.in/2012/09/1_12.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112083257/http://www.filmmakerbalumahendra.blogspot.in/2012/09/1_12.html |archive-date=12 November 2014 |access-date=27 November 2014 |website=filmmakerbalumahendra.blogspot.in |language=Tamil}}</ref>

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