Underplayed Gems

Periya Idathu Penn (1963)

Periya Idathu Penn poster
Directed by
T. R. Ramanna
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy woman gets involved in a romantic comedy situation. The story follows a man and a woman as they navigate misunderstandings and humorous situations.

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What happens

Periya Idathu Penn (transl. The Wealthy Woman) is a 1963 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by T. R. Ramanna. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran, B. Saroja Devi, M. R. Radha and T. R. Rajakumari. It was released on 10 May 1963. The film was blockbuster, the highest-grossing film of the year and ran more than 100 days. The film was remade in Telugu as Sabhash Suri and in Hindi as Jawab. The story of the 1982 Tamil film Sakalakala Vallavan was also inspired by this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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