Petha Manam Pithu

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.

Petha Manam Pithu
Poster
Directed by	S. P. Muthuraman
Screenplay by	C. Guhanathan
Based on	Manini by Mahadevshastri Joshi
Produced by	R. Ratnamala S. Baskar
Starring	Savitri R. Muthuraman
Cinematography	Babu
Edited by	R. Vittal
Music by	V. Kumar
Production company	Victor Movies
Release date	14 January 1973 (1973-01-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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)	Length
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]