| released = {{Film date|df=y|1979|12|07|ref1={{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=258}}}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
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'''''Azhiyatha Kolangal''''' ({{translation|Enduring Patterns}}) is a 1979 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[coming-of-age film]] directed by [[Balu Mahendra]], starring [[Pratap Pothen]] and [[Shoba]]. [[Kamal Haasan]] played a guest role in the film. The film was Balu 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.
The''Azhiyadha filmKolangal'' was released on 7 December 1979.{{Sfn|Dhananjayan|2014|page=258}} Upon release, ''Azhiyadha Kolangal''it received critical acclaim, and was premièredscreened at the "Indian Panorama" of the [[International Film Festival of India]] in 1980. A spiritual successor, ''[[Azhiyatha Kolangal 2]]'', was released in 2019.
