''Penn Ondru Kanden'' ( ) is a 1974 Indian

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-language film directed by Gopu. The film stars Muthuraman and Prameela, with

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M. R. R. Vasu Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Vasudevan was an Indian actor who was active in Tamil cinema and theatre during the latter half of the 20th century. He was known for playing negative roles, but he was also a successful character actor. He acte ...

, I. S. R. and

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in supporting roles. It was released on 11 July 1974.

Plot

Cast

Production

''Penn Ondru Kanden'' is titled after a song from ''

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'' (1962). The dialogues were written by Chari from a story by Moulee. The film was produced by Venkatesan, Sundaram and Periyasami of Sangeetha Films. Cinematography was handled by K. S. Bhaskar.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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, with lyrics by Vaali.

Release and reception

''Penn Ondru Kanden'' was released on 11 July 1974, and distributed by Gemini Studios. Kanthan of '' Kalki'' appreciated the performances of the cast members, including Muthuraman, Prameela and Vasu.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films 1974 films Films directed by Chithralaya Gopu Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Tamil-language Indian films