Pudhumai Penn (1984 film)
| Pudhumai Penn | |
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| Directed by | Bharathiraja |
| Screenplay by | Bharathiraja |
| Story by | R. Selvaraj |
| Produced by | M. Saravanan M. Balasubramaniam |
| Starring | Pandiyan Revathi |
| Cinematography | B. Kannan |
| Edited by | V. Rajagopal |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pudhumai Penn (transl. Modern Woman), officially released as Aviemmin Pudhumai Penn (transl. AVM's Modern Woman) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Bharathiraja and produced by AVM Productions. The film stars Pandiyan and Revathi. It was released on 14 July 1984.
Plot
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A middle class home-maker woman gets rid of the social handcuffs and stands tall in the male chauvinist society.
Cast
- Pandiyan
- Revathi as Seetha[1]
- Pratap Pothen
- Dr. Rajasekhar
- Y. G. Mahendran
- Janagaraj
- Chithra Lakshmanan
- Ra. Sankaran as Seetha's father[2]
Production
Pudhumai Penn marked the acting debut of Rajasekhar.[3] It was also Pandiyan's only collaboration with AVM Productions.[4] The studio's name was prefixed to the film's title (Aviemmin Pudhumai Penn, meaning AVM's Modern Woman).[5]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, while the lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.[6]
| No. | Song | Singers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | "Oru Thendral" | Malaysia Vasudevan, Chorus | 04:40 |
| 4 | "Kasthuri Mane" | K. J. Yesudas, Uma Ramanan | 05:09 |
| 3 | "Alamara Pondhu" | Ilaiyaraaja | 04:18 |
| 2 | "Kathal Mayakam" | P. Jayachandran, Sunanda | 06:12 |
Release and reception
Pudhumai Penn was released on 14 July 1984,[7] and ran for 208 days in the Mini Priya theatre, Madurai. The film failed during its first run. M. G. Ramachandran, then the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, decided to re-release the film with tax exemption which led to huge success at box-office.[8]
In 2014, Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu praised Revathi's performance, but noted that the melodrama quotient was "a little too high".[9]
References
- ^ Shekar, Anjana (8 January 2018). "From demure to daring, actor Revathy's multi-faceted film career". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Shivpprasadh, S. (14 June 2012). "Father figure". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "'Chennai 28' director Venkat Prabhu to helm project starring Dr Rajasekhar next". The News Minute. 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Saravanan 2013, p. 425.
- ^ Saravanan 2013, pp. 282–283.
- ^ Ilaiyaraaja (1984). "Aviemmin Pudhumai Penn / Nallavanukku Nallavan". Discogs. AVM Music Service. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Saravanan 2013, p. 278.
- ^ Saravanan 2013, pp. 279–281.
- ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (7 March 2014). "Women of Steel". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
Bibliography
- Saravanan, M. (2013) [2005]. AVM 60 cinema (in Tamil) (3rd ed.). Rajarajan Pathippagam.