Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (translation: From six to sixty) is a 1979 Tamil film directed by SP. Muthuraman, starring Rajinikanth.[1] The film was written and produced by Panju Arunachalam under P. A. Arts Productions. The cast also included Thilak, Cho, Thengai Seenivasan, Jayalakshmi, Sangeetha, Jaya and Mallika.[1] Soundtrack for the film was composed by Ilayaraja.The movie is a portrayal of the life of Santhanam (Rajinikanth), the eldest son of a poor widow who struggles to make the ends meet. He spends the first half of his life toiling day and night to provide his younger siblings an education & spends second half watching them leading comfortable lives while he continues his struggle for survival.
The film was screened for 25 weeks in the Midland theatre, Chennai.[2] It was dubbed in Telugu as O Inti Katha [3] and was remade into Telugu as Maharaju (1985) with Sobhan Babu. The film was also remade in Kannada as Poorna Chandra with Ambareesh.