Pennai Vazha Vidungal

Pennai Vazha Vidungal
	Poster
Directed by	R. Devarajan
Produced by	M. Karnan
Starring	Jaishankar; K. R. Vijaya
Music by	S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
Cinematography	M. Karnan
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Production; company	Vijaya Chithra Films
Release date	1 August 1969;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Pennai Vazha Vidungal (transl. Let the woman live) is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and edited by R. Devarajan, and produced by M. Karnan who also handled the cinematography.

Plot

The film revolves around the change of heart of a wayward husband due to his submissive but just wife who, as a lawyer, fights for the rights of her own bigamous husband's other wife who has been deceived and maligned due to his promiscuity. The other woman eventually dies, thereby allowing the family to remain intact.[1]

Cast

Jaishankar as Anand [2]
K. R. Vijaya Amudha[2]
Sheela as Shanathi
Nagesh as Natarajan
M. R. R. Vasu as Vasu
V. K. Ramasamy as Singarapillai
S. V. Sahasranamam
V. S. Raghavan
M. S. Sundari Bai
O. A. K. Thevar
Shylashri as Shyla
Vijayachandrika as Parvathi
Ramamoorthy as Nagarajan
Karikol Raju as Chithambaram

Production

Pennai Vazha Vidungal, made under the Vijaya Chithra Films banner,[2] is the inaugural production of M. Karnan who also handled the cinematography. The film was directed by R. Devarajan who also handled the editing.[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, and the lyrics were written by Kannadasan.[4]

No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Nenje Unakkoru Virunthu"	P. Susheela, T. M. Soundararajan
2.	"Madhu Iranga"	T. M. Soundararajan, Kusala
3.	"Samaiyalukkum Maiyalukkum"	P. Susheela, T. M. Soundararajan
4.	"Azhagile"	L. R. Eswari

Release and reception

Pennai Vazha Vidungal was released on 1 August 1969, and emerged a commercial success.[5][6]

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References

Pillai 2015, p. 167.
Pennai Vazha Vidungal (motion picture) (in Tamil). Vijaya Chithra Films. 1969. Opening credits, from 0:00 to 2:32.
Pillai 2015, p. 165.
"Pennai Vazha Vidungal". ECRATER. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
Pillai 2015, p. 166.
Pillai 2015, p. 168.

Bibliography

Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran (24 April 2015). "Tamil B Movie Westerns: The Global South and Genre Subversion". The Western in the Global South. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-73113-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[FOOTNOTEPillai2015167-1] Pillai 2015, p. 167.

[movie-2] Pennai Vazha Vidungal (motion picture) (in Tamil). Vijaya Chithra Films. 1969. Opening credits, from 0:00 to 2:32.

[FOOTNOTEPillai2015165-3] Pillai 2015, p. 165.

[4] "Pennai Vazha Vidungal". ECRATER. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[FOOTNOTEPillai2015166-5] Pillai 2015, p. 166.

[FOOTNOTEPillai2015168-6] Pillai 2015, p. 168.