Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Petra Manam (1960)

Petra Manam poster
Directed by
A. Bhimsingh
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother makes difficult sacrifices for her family. The story centers on her relationships and the emotional bonds between parents and children.

emotionalfamily-centeredpoignantheartfeltclassicsentimentalmelodramaticserious

What happens

Petra Manam (transl. The Mother's Heart) is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language film directed by A. Bhimsingh and produced by National Pictures. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Pushpavalli, S. S. Rajendran and Padmini Priyadarshini. It is the Tamil version of the 1953 Telugu film Pempudu Koduku. The film was released on 19 July 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?