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Naanum Oru Penn is a indian film of genre Drama directed by A. C. Tirulokachandar with S. S. Rajendran

Naanum Oru Penn (1963)

Naanum Oru Penn
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Length 2h35
OriginInde
Genres Drama

Naanum Oru Penn (English: I am a woman too) is a 1963 Indian Tamil drama film directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film was produced by A. V. Meiyappan under AVM Productions and stars S. S. Rajendran and C. R. Vijayakumari in the lead roles, while A. V. M. Rajan, S. V. Ranga Rao and M. R. Radha play pivotal roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by R. Sudarsanam, while the lyrics for the songs were written by Kannadasan, Panchu Arunachalam, Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam and V. Seetharaman.

In addition to being AVM Rajan's debut film, Naanum Oru Penn was conceived as an adaption on Sri Shailash Dey's Bengali play Podhu. The plot revolves around the dark complexioned and uneducated girl and how she convinces everyone that more than appearance and education, it is the character which is important for a woman.

Released on 6 June 1963, Naanum Oru Penn earned positive critical feedback and went on to become a commercial success. The songs "Kanna Karumai Nira" and "Emara Sonnadhu" remain popular today in Tamil Nadu. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil at 11th National Film Awards. It also won Filmfare Award for Best film and Cinema Fans Award for Best film.

Actors

S. S. Rajendran

(Bhaskar)Samarla Venkata Ranga Rao

(Zamindar of Selvapuram)C. R. Vijayakumari

(Kalyani)Madras Rajagopala Radhakrishnan Naidu

(Sabapathi)Nagesh

(Chidambaram)
And :
Chittor V. Nagaiah
S. A. Ashokan
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