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Petha Manam Pithu
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Wikipedia article
'Petha Manam Pithu' is a 1973 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by C. Guhanathan. A remake of the Marathi film 'Manini' (1961), it stars Savitri and R. Muthuraman. The film was released on 14 January 1973 and became a success.
Plot
Cast
* Savitri as Meenakshi
* R. Muthuraman as Ramu
* Major Sundarrajan
* B. Jaya as Seetha
* Jayasudha
* Srikanth
* Cho
* V. Gopalakrishnan
* A. Sakunthala
* Suruli Rajan
* Manorama
* Ganthimathi
Production
'Petha Manam Pithu', a remake of the Marathi film 'Manini' (1961), is S. P. Muthuraman's second film as director. It is Telugu actress Jayasudha's first Tamil film. C. Guhanathan, who wrote Muthuraman's directorial debut 'Kanimuthu Paappa' (1972), was retained as screenwriter for this project too.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by V. Kumar.
Release and reception
'Petha Manam Pithu' was released on 14 January 1973. Kanthan of 'Kalki' lauded the performances of Muthuraman and Jaya, but criticised the story for not offering anything new. The film was a success, and Muthuraman's first to run for over 100 days in theatres.
References
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