{{short description|1978 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox film | image = Alli Darbar.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = K. M. Balakrishnan | producer = K. N. Subbaiah | starring = Vijayakumar<br />Manjula | music = Shyam | studio = S.P.V. Films | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1978|9|1}} | runtime = 141 minutes<ref name="IndianFilms" /> | country = India | language = Tamil }} '''''Alli Darbar''''' ({{translation|The Court of Alli}})<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqMiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Alli+Petra+Pillai%22 |title=Atlantis |volume=26-27 |pages=78 |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903102143/https://books.google.com/books?id=kqMiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Alli+Petra+Pillai%22 |archive-date=3 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|"Alli Darbar" is also a colloquial expression used by Tamil people to refer to a house where the wife's hand is the upper one.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Abbi |first=Anvita |title=The Mahābhārata in the tribal and folk traditions of India |publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study |year=1994 |pages=222}}</ref>}} is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. M. Balakrishnan, and produced by Aiyaa Creations.<ref name="IndianFilms">{{Cite book |last=Dharap |first=B. V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AckHAQAAIAAJ&q=alli+dharbar |title=Indian Films |publisher=Motion Picture Enterprises |year=1978 |pages=310 |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903102145/https://books.google.com/books?id=AckHAQAAIAAJ&q=alli+dharbar |archive-date=3 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film stars Vijayakumar and Manjula. It was released on 1 September 1978.<ref name="Anna">{{Cite news |date=31 August 1978 |title=அல்லி தர்பார் |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP372-6-23-2-61 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251006015916/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_2_61/4.jp2/full/1000%2C1366/0/default.jpg |archive-date=6 October 2025 |access-date=6 October 2025 |work=Anna |pages=4 |language=Ta |via=Endangered Archives Programme}}</ref>
== Plot == {{more plot|date=June 2022}} Vijay, a youth, goes searching for a gang of women criminals, to stop their terrorising the people and to earn the police-sponsored {{INRConvert|1|l|year=1978}}. Vijay and his two friends, with help of some pet animals, thwart some of the robbery attempts. Alli, one of the chief gangsters, decides to capture Vijay but falls in love with him and Malliga from the same gang comes to know the truth of Vijay as her long lost elder brother.
== Cast == * Vijayakumar as Vijay * Manjula as Alli * Kavitha as Malliga * Bhavani as Lily * Abarna * Jayamalini * M. N. Nambiar
== Soundtrack == The music was composed by Shyam.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alli Darbar Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shyam |url=https://macsendisk.com/product/alli-darbar-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-shyam/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524050846/https://macsendisk.com/product/alli-darbar-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-shyam/ |archive-date=24 May 2022 |access-date=27 June 2022 |website=Macsendisk}}</ref>
{{Track listing | headline = Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | title1 = Puratchi Thalaivarai | lyrics1 = Pulavar Chidambaranathan | extra1 = T. M. Soundararajan | title2 = Naan Paadancholli Koduppein | lyrics2 = Vaali | extra2 = Vani Jairam, chorus | title3 = Naan Paadancholli Koduppein | lyrics3 = Vaali | extra3 = T. M. Soundararajan | title4 = Singari Sirikkum | lyrics4 = Vaali | extra4 = S. Janaki, chorus }}
== Critical reception == {{Empty section|date=April 2024}} <ref>{{Cite magazine |last=பி. எஸ். எம். |date=17 September 1978 |title=அல்லி தர்பார் |url=https://postimg.cc/McZRQqfN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627092507/https://postimg.cc/McZRQqfN |archive-date=27 June 2022 |access-date=27 June 2022 |magazine=Kalki |page=33 |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 September 1978 |title=அல்லி தர்பார் |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_2_83/4.jp2/full/1000,1366/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515014203/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_2_83/4.jp2/full/1000%2C1366/0/default.jpg |archive-date=15 May 2025 |access-date=6 October 2025 |work=Anna |pages=4 |language=ta |via=Endangered Archives Programme}}</ref>
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Category:1978 films Category:1978 Indian films Category:1978 Tamil-language films Category:Films scored by Shyam (composer) Category:Tamil-language Indian films