'' Thiruvilaiyadal '' was released on 31 July 1965 to critical praise for its screenplay , dialogue , direction , music and the performances of Ganesan , Nagesh and Balaiah . The film was a commercial success , running for over twenty-five weeks in several theatres and becoming a silver jubilee film . It was also responsible for a resurgence in mythological cinema , since it was released when Tamil cinema was primarily producing social films . '' Thiruvilaiyadal '' received the Certificate of Merit for the Second-Best Feature Film in Tamil at the 13th National Film Awards and the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil . A digitally-restored version was released in September 2012 , and was also a commercial success
13th National Film Awards
13th National Film Awards
Thiruvilaiyadal