Pennin Perumai
About Pennin Perumai
Padma, played by Savitri, is pushed into marrying Raghu, played by Gemini Ganesan, a man the film treats as mentally dull. She brings him back to health and turns the tables on his stepmother Rajeswari, played by Santha Kumari, and his stepbrother Nagu, played by Sivaji Ganesan. The family later asks her pardon.
Cast & crew
More about Pennin Perumai
P. Pullayya directed and produced this Tamil remake of his 1955 Telugu film Ardhangi. The source is Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of Manilal Banerjee's Bengali novel Swayamsiddha. Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass wrote the dialogue. P. L. Rai photographed it. P. Narasimha Rao and Sri Ramulu edited. V. Nagayya plays the zamindar, and M. N. Rajam plays Neela.
Themes
Music
B. N. Rao and A. Rama Rao composed the songs. Master Venu wrote the background score. Ramaiah Dass wrote the lyrics.
Notes
- It was the first film in which Gemini Ganesan and Sivaji Ganesan acted together.
- Sivaji's Nagu is one of his few villain roles from this period.
Influenced by
- Ardhangi
- Swayamsiddha