Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan Pilla is a 1981 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film written, directed and scripted by Balachandra Menon.

The film stars Sudheer Kumar (Maniyanpilla Raju), Venu Nagavally, Jose Prakash and Ambika.

The film revolves around Maniyanpilla, an illiterate man from a poor household, who goes to the city to make a living.

The producer had signed Kamal Haasan for the film as the lead actor, but due to circumstances, Menon replaced Haasan with his real life friend Sudheer Kumar as the lead actor.

[5] An innocent, illiterate man from a poor family gets a job in an urban bungalow where he finds the people vile.