Pennin Perumai

Pennin Perumai
பெண்ணின் பெருமை

Theatrical Release Poster
Directed by P. Pullaiah
Produced by P. Pullaiah
Written by Tanjai N. Ramaiah Doss (Dialogues )
Story by P. Pullaiah
Starring Sivaji Ganesan
Gemini Ganesan
Savithri
M. N. Rajam
Chittor V. Nagaiah
P. Santha Kumari
Music by B. N. Rao
A. Rama Rao
Master Venu (background)
Cinematography P. L. Rai
Edited by P. Narasimha Rao
Sri Ramulu
Production
company
Ragini Films
Distributed by Ragini Films
Release dates
 17 February 1956
Running time
 17224 feet
Country India
Language Tamil

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

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.[1] 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

Crew

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.

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 Kannaa Maraiyaadhedaa Jikki Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass 02:56
2 Azhuvadhaa Illai Sirippadhaa T. M. Soundararajan & P. Suseela 04:22
3 Idhaya Vaanil Oliyai Veesum Vennilaave P. Leela 03:52
4 Kanni Thamizh Naadu Seerkazhi Govindarajan 02:51
5 Koovudhu Koovudhu Seval Koovudhu P. Leela & Jikki 03:05
6 Krishnaa Un Seyalaal Ghantasala 03:03
7 Kanden Kanavile En Pangiye P. Leela 02:36
8 Mudiyumaa Adhu Mudiyumaa P. Suseela 03:13
9 Vandhu Vandhu Konjuvathen Vennilaave Jikki 03:30
10 Utthamane Ulagil Nilaippadhu Seerkazhi Govindarajan 01:42
11 Vaazhkai Odam Karai Serum Munne P. Leela 04:07
12 Mukoorttha Naaum Mudivaachchaa Jikki 03:41

Other versions

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

Year Title Language Director Cast
Step-mother Son Wife
1955 Ardhangi Telugu P. Pullaiah Santha Kumari Akkineni Nageswara Rao Savitri
1956 Pennin Perumai Tamil P. Pullaiah Santha Kumari Sivaji Ganesan Savitri
1963 Bahurani Hindi T. Prakash Rao Lalita Pawar Guru Dutt Mala Sinha
1969 Mallammana Pavaada Kannada Puttanna Kanagal Advani Lakshmi Devi Rajkumar B Sarojadevi
1975 Swayamsiddha Bengali Sushil Mukherjee Ranjit Mallick Mithu Mukherjee
1981 Jyothi Hindi Pramod Chakravorty Shashikala Jeetendra Hema Malini
1987 Enga Chinna Rasa Tamil K. Bhagyaraj C. R. Saraswathy K. Bhagyaraj Radha
1992 Beta Hindi Indra Kumar Aruna Irani Anil Kapoor Madhuri Dixit
1993 Abbaigaru Telugu E. V. V. Satyanarayana Jayachitra Venkatesh Meena
1993 Annayya Kannada D. Rajendra Babu Aruna Irani V. Ravichandran Madhoo
1998 Santan Oriya Snigdha Mohanty Siddhanta Mahapatra Rachana Banerjee

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ardhangi-1955/article6086551.ece
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