Petha Manam Pithu

1973 Indian film

14 January 1973 (1973-01-14)

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Petha Manam Pithu (transl. The mother's heart is mad) 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^[1]
R. Muthuraman as Ramu
Major Sundarrajan
B. Jaya as Seetha
Jayasudha as Radha
Srikanth as Ramesh
Cho
V. Gopalakrishnan
A. Sakunthala
Suruli Rajan
Manorama
Gandhimathi

Production

Petha Manam Pithu, a remake of the Marathi film Manini (1961),^[2] is S. P. Muthuraman's second film as director.^[1]^[3] It is Telugu actress Jayasudha's first Tamil film.^[4] C. Guhanathan, who wrote Muthuraman's directorial debut Kanimuthu Paappa (1972), was retained as screenwriter for this project too.^[5]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by V. Kumar.^[6]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Ammadi Uzhaikkum Kai Onga Vendum"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela, Manorama, S. V. Ponnusami
2.	"Ilamaiyin Ragasiyam Sollamal"	L. R. Eswari
3.	"Kalam Namakku Thozhan"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela

Release and reception

Petha Manam Pithu was released on 14 January 1973.^[7] Kanthan of Kalki lauded the performances of Muthuraman and Jaya, but criticised the story for not offering anything new.^[8] The film was a success, and Muthuraman's first to run for over 100 days in theatres.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c தீனதயாளன், பா. (19 September 2015). "சாவித்ரி-20. கல்யாணப் பரிசு!". Dinamani (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "AABHIJATYAM 1971". The Hindu. 10 January 2010. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ முத்துராமன், எஸ்.பி. (4 November 2015). "சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 33: எங்க வீட்டுப் பிள்ளை!". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ ஆனந்தராஜ், கு. (22 June 2021). "சிவாஜி கொடுத்த அடி, கணவரின் இழப்பு, இன்றுவரை நடிப்பு!". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "~சுடரும் சூறாவளியும்' கதாநாயகி nஜயாவை காதலித்து மணம் முடித்தார் குகநாதன்". Thinakaran (in Tamil). 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Petha manam Pithu". Tamil Songs Lyrics. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Petha Manam Pithu (1973)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ காந்தன் (11 February 1973). "பெத்த மனம் பித்து". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 23. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.