Penn Manam


Penn Manam is a 1952 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and produced by S. Soundararajan. The film features T. K. Shanmugam and M. V. Rajamma in the lead roles.

Plot

Paramasivam, a farmer who lives with his wife Meenakshi and three children in Thanjavur, finds life difficult. Unable to face the difficulties, he goes to Colombo without informing his wife, and joins a drama troupe there. One of his children dies and Meenakshi is harassed by people. She tries to kill the other two children along with herself by jumping into a river with the children. However, they are saved by a sadhu. In Colombo, Paramasivam saves a child from being run over by a car. The car owner gives Paramasivam money in gratitude, and the latter returns to his village in India. Whether he succeeds in finding his family and whether all are able to live together forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Paramasivam

V. K. Ramasami

S. A. Natarajan

M. V. Rajamma as Meenakshi

M. N. Rajam

C. T. Rajakantham

Menaka

K. S. Angamuthu

Muthulakshmi

Pulimoottai Ramasami

Kottapuli Jayaraman

Crew

Production, Screenplay and Direction: S. Soundararajan

Story, Dialogues and Lyrics: Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass

Cinematography: M. R. Purushotham

Studio: Shyamala Studios

Production

Shooting took place at the now non-existent Shyamala Studios.

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer assisted by T. A. Kalyanam. The singers are M. L. Vasanthakumari, A. E. Saraswathi, A. P. Komala, T. A. Mothi and Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer.