''Anaadhai Penn'' () is a 1938 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

-language film directed by R. Prakash. The film stars

M. K. Radha Madras Kandaswami Radhakrishnan (20 November 1910 – 29 August 1985), professionally known as M. K. Radha, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was born in Chennai and took up acting in Tamil stage at the age of 7. He was ...

and T. A. Sundarambal.

P. U. Chinnappa Pudukkottai Ulaganathan Pillai Chinnappa (5 May 1916 – 23 September 1951) was an Indian singer and film actor during the 30s era from Pudukottai, India. He is also credited as one of the first major influential actors of South Cinema. His no ...

, who was a budding artiste then, featured as a villain.

Kothamangalam Subbu Kothamangalam Subbu (born S. M. Subramanian, 10 November 1910 – 15 February 1974) was an Indian poet, lyricist, author, actor and film director based in Tamil Nadu. He wrote the cult classic Tamil novel ''Thillana Mohanambal'' and was awarded ...

was cast in a comedy role. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Vai. Mu. Kothainayaki Ammal.

Plot

The story is of an orphan young girl who falls in love with a young man from a rich family. The young man leaves for England for higher studies and the girl undergoes many hardships. However, finally the young man returns and both are happily united.

Cast

The following list is compiled from

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article and from the database of Film News Anandan. *

*T. A. Sundarambal *

* S. M. Subramaniam *L. Narayana Rao *T. S. Krishnaveni *P. R. Mangalam *M. R. Swaminathan *P. G. ''Azhvar'' Kuppusami *E. Krishnamurthi

Production

''Anaadhai Penn'' was first published as a novel. Jupiter Pictures sought to film the novel and booked M. K. Radha as the hero. Author Vai. Mu. Kothainayaki Ammal insisted that she should be informed from time to time, of the developments in the making of the film. M. K. Radha fully suited his role and was in fact proud of it. After the release of the film, many young people started imitating him. Kothamangalam Subbu was credited as S. M. Subramaniam.

Soundtrack

During the 1930s most of the films did not have a separate music composer. The lyricist set the tune and the artistes sang the songs while the company orchestra provided the background music. Lyrics for this film were penned by

Papanasam Sivan Paapanaasam Raamayya Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1971. He was also a film score composer in Kannada cinema ...

Reception

The film was a success at the box office. Film historian

Randor Guy Madabhushi Rangadorai (born 8 November 1937), better known by his pen name Randor Guy, is an Indian lawyer, columnist and film and legal historian associated with the English language newspaper ''The Hindu''. He is also the official editor of the ...

wrote that the film is "Remembered for: Radha’s performance and his sartorial elegance which became a craze those days, and Kothamangalam Subbu’s comedy."

References

External links

* *{{IMDb title, 0254087 Jupiter Pictures films 1930s Tamil-language films