Pennin Perumai

Pennin Perumai (English: Woman's Pride) is a 1956 Tamil language film starring Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savithri and M. N. Rajam in the lead roles.

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• Plot
• Cast
• Crew
• Soundtrack
• Other versions
• References

It is remake of Telugu movie Ardhangi which was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of Bengali novel Swayamsiddha written by Manilal Banerjee.Swayamsiddha went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of same name. Ardhangi was also remade in Hindi twice as Bahurani in 1963 and as Jyoti in 1981. The story of Swayamsiddha was also similar to the Kannada novel Mallammana Pavaada by B. Puttaswamayya which was adapted into 1969 movie titled Mallammana Pavaada for which screenplay was written by director P. Pullaiah based on his 1955 Telugu movie Ardhangi. The Kannada novel Mallammana Pavaada also inspired the 1987 Tamil movie Enga Chinna Rasa which went on to be remade in Telugu as Abbaigaru , in Hindi as Beta , in Kannada as Annayya and in Oriya as Santan (1998).

Plot

Padma (Savitri) is forced to marry a mentally retarded man Raghu (Gemini) whom she eventually nurses back to health while teaching a lesson to her scheming mother-in-law (Santha Kumari) and brother-in-law Nagu (Sivaji Ganesan).

Cast

Sivaji Ganesan as Nagu(Nagendran), Second Son of Zamindar

Gemini Ganesan as Ragu(Ragunathan), Elder Son of Zamindar

Savithri as Padma, Wife of Ragu

P. Santha Kumari

M. N. Rajam as Neela, Lover of Nagu

Chittor V. Nagaiah as Zamindar

Friend Ramasamy

P. S. Gnanam

K. S. Angamuthu

Crew

Producer: P. Pullaiah

Production Company: Ragini Films

Director: P. Pullaiah

Cinematography: P. L. Rai

Music: B. N. Rao, A. Rama Rao

Background Music: Master Venu

Lyrics: Tanjai N. Ramaiah Doss

Story: P. Pullaiah

Screenplay: P. Pullaiah

Dialogues: Tanjai N. Ramaiah Doss

Art Direction: K. Subba Rao

Editing: P. Narasimha Rao & Sri Ramulu

Choreography: P. Krishnamoorthy, V. P. Balaraman, Chinna Sathiyam & Sampath

Audiography: A. Seshadri

Songs Recording: T. S. Rangasamy

Stunt: None

Dance: None

Soundtrack

The music was composed by B. Narasimha Rao and A. Rama Rao. Background score was provided by Master Venu. All lyrics were penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass. Playback singers are Seerkazhi Govindarajan, Ghantasala, T. M. Soundararajan, P. Leela, Jikki & P. Suseela.

The song "Azhuvadhaa Illai Sirippadhaa" is the first duet T. M. Soundararajan and P. Susheela sung together.

Other versions

The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.