Penn Endral Penn

Penn Endral Penn (transl. A woman is a woman) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Aaroor Dass, in his only directorial credit. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, C. R. Vijayakumari and B. Saroja Devi. It was released on 7 December 1967, and failed at the box office.

Penn Endral Penn
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Directed by	Aaroor Dass
Written by	Aaroor Dass
Produced by	A. L. Srinivasan
Starring	Gemini Ganesan C. R. Vijayakumari B. Saroja Devi
Cinematography	T. S. Rangasamy
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	ALS Productions
Release date	7 December 1967 (1967-12-07)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Gemini Ganesan as Babu
• C. R. Vijayakumari
• B. Saroja Devi as Usha
• S. A. Ashokan
• V. K. Ramasamy
• K. A. Thangavelu
• Cho
• A. Karunanidhi
• Pandari Bai
• M. Saroja
• B. V. Radha
• Baby Raji

Production

Penn Endral Penn is the directorial debut of Aaroor Dass. M. G. Ramachandran cautioned him against turning director, but Dass refused to listen. Saroja Devi, who had taken a hiatus from acting after marriage, sought a re-entry into film and asked producer A. L. Srinivasan to star in this film.^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Penn Endral Penn"	M. S. Viswanathan
2.	"Sirikkum Ulagil"	P. Susheela
3.	"Sirithalum Kanneer"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela
4.	"Thedi Thedi Kathirunthen"	P. Susheela
5.	"Un Kannukku Naan"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela

Release and reception

Penn Endral Penn was released on 7 December 1967.^[3] Kalki appreciated the performances of Saroja Devi and Vijayakumari, but criticised the music by Viswanathan.^[4] The film became a box office failure, and Dass never directed any other film afterwards.^[5]