Panithirai (1961)

பனித்திரை

Shakuntala's family believes that she brings bad luck as her mother died as soon as she was born. She faces lot of criticism until she meets Mohan, a young man, who is against superstitions.

Date of release
1961-12-29
Runtime
3h 0m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Muktha Srinivasan

Casting

Interesting facts

Panithirai is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by V. Srinivasan and produced by his brother Ramaswamy. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi, K. A. Thangavelu and T. S. Balaiah. A remake of the Hindi film Ardhangini (1959), it revolves around a village girl who is shunned by everyone in her village as they believe she brings bad luck. She falls in love with, and marries a non-superstitious airline pilot, but problems arise when his aeroplane goes missing. The film was released on 29 December 1961.

Production

Panithirai, a remake of the Hindi film Ardhangini (1959), was the first film produced by V. Srinivasan and his brother V. Ramaswamy's banner Muktha Films. While Srinivasan directed, both he and Ramaswamy served as producers, although Ramaswamy remained the sole credited producer. The screenplay was written by G. Balasubramaniam, the editing was handled by T. Vijaya Rangam and K. Durairaj, and cinematography by Nemai Ghosh.

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