Pava Mannippu (1961)

Original title

பாவ மன்னிப்பு

Directed by

A. Bhimsingh

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

3h 16m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four children are separated from their parents and raised by foster parents from different religious backgrounds. The story focuses on their lives and the eventual reunification of the family.

melodramaticsentimentalemotionally chargedfamily-centricthoughtfulheartfeltmoralistic

What happens

Paava Mannippu (transl. Forgiveness of sins) is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and edited by A. Bhimsingh, who co-produced it under his banner Buddha Pictures, with AVM Productions. The film features an ensemble cast of Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Savitri, Devika and M. R. Radha. M. V. Rajamma, V. Nagayya, S. V. Subbaiah and T. S. Balaiah play supporting roles. It revolves around four children who are separated from their parents in childhood, then found and raised by foster parents of different religious backgrounds. Bhimsingh initially began work on a film titled Abdullah, starring J. P. Chandrababu who narrated the story to him. Though some scenes were filmed, Bhimsingh was unconvinced with the results; after AVM volunteered to co-produce the film, Bhimsingh redeveloped the script as Paava Mannippu, with Chandrababu replaced by Sivaji Ganesan. The soundtrack and score were composed by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy while Kannadasan was the lyricist. Paava Mannippu was released on 16 March 1961. The film became a commercial success and a silver jubilee film. It received the National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film, becoming the first South Indian film to do so. The film achieved cult status in Tamil cinema and was remade in Telugu as Oke Kutumbham (1970) by Bhimsingh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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