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== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack album was composed by P. Adinarayana Rao with lyrics were by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/adutha-veettu-penn-mw0001359479 |title=Adutha Veettu Penn |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181226035252/https://www.allmusic.com/album/adutha-veettu-penn-mw0001359479 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> The song "Vanitha Maniye" is set in the [[Hamsadhvani]] raga,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-bright-start/article4465608.ece |title=A bright start |last=Mani |first=Charulatha |date=1 March 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303173615/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-bright-start/article4465608.ece |archive-date=3 March 2013 |dead-url=no |issn=0971-751X |author-link=Charulatha Mani}}</ref>{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=165}} while "Kannale Pesi Pesi Kolladhe" is set in [[Keeravani]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/ragas-hit-a-high/article5149905.ece |title=Ragas hit a high |last=Saravanan |first=T. |date=20 September 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181226035819/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/ragas-hit-a-high/article5149905.ece |archive-date=26 December 2018 |dead-url=no |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and "Kangalum Kavi Paaduthe" is set in [[Hindolam]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/12/12/know-your-raga-hindolam-soulful-swaras/ |title=Know your raga: Hindolam - Soulful swaras |date=12 December 2018 |work=[[The News Today (India)|The News Today]] |access-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226042728/https://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/12/12/know-your-raga-hindolam-soulful-swaras/ |archive-date=26 December 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=136}} The album was a major breakthrough for [[P. B. Sreenivas]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/his-voice-will-never-fade/article4629794.ece |title=His voice will never fade |last=Saqaf |first=Syed Muthahar |date=18 April 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227043259/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/his-voice-will-never-fade/article4629794.ece |archive-date=27 December 2018 |dead-url=no |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> who sang five of the film's songs.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://kommu.tripod.com/articles/pbs.html |title=Golden voice of a glorious era |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=3 October 1997 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227043836/http://kommu.tripod.com/articles/pbs.html |archive-date=27 December 2018 |dead-url=no |page=27}}</ref>
The soundtrack album was composed by P. Adinarayana Rao with lyrics were by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/adutha-veettu-penn-mw0001359479 |title=Adutha Veettu Penn |website=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181226035252/https://www.allmusic.com/album/adutha-veettu-penn-mw0001359479 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> The song "Vanitha Maniye" is set in the [[Hamsadhvani]] raga,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-bright-start/article4465608.ece |title=A bright start |last=Mani |first=Charulatha |date=1 March 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303173615/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-bright-start/article4465608.ece |archive-date=3 March 2013 |dead-url=no |issn=0971-751X |author-link=Charulatha Mani}}</ref>{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=165}} while "Kannale Pesi Pesi Kolladhe" is set in [[Keeravani]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/ragas-hit-a-high/article5149905.ece |title=Ragas hit a high |last=Saravanan |first=T. |date=20 September 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181226035819/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/ragas-hit-a-high/article5149905.ece |archive-date=26 December 2018 |dead-url=no |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and "Kangalum Kavi Paaduthe" is set in [[Hindolam]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/12/12/know-your-raga-hindolam-soulful-swaras/ |title=Know your raga: Hindolam - Soulful swaras |date=12 December 2018 |work=[[The News Today (India)|The News Today]] |access-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226042728/https://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/12/12/know-your-raga-hindolam-soulful-swaras/ |archive-date=26 December 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>{{sfn|Sundararaman|2007|p=136}} The album was a major breakthrough for [[P. B. Sreenivas]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/his-voice-will-never-fade/article4629794.ece |title=His voice will never fade |last=Saqaf |first=Syed Muthahar |date=18 April 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227043259/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/his-voice-will-never-fade/article4629794.ece |archive-date=27 December 2018 |dead-url=no |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> who sang five of the film's songs.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://kommu.tripod.com/articles/pbs.html |title=Golden voice of a glorious era |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=3 October 1997 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227043836/http://kommu.tripod.com/articles/pbs.html |archive-date=27 December 2018 |dead-url=no |page=27}}</ref> According to ''[[The Hindu]]''{{'}}s B. Kolappan, the film "proved beyond doubt that Sreenivas was going to secure an established place in Tamil film music."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/veteran-singer-pbs-passes-away/article4617069.ece |title=Veteran singer PBS passes away |last=Kolappan |first=B. |date=14 April 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20181227171657/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/veteran-singer-pbs-passes-away/article4617069.ece |archive-date=27 December 2018 |dead-url=no |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


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Adutha Veettu Penn
File:Adutha Veetu Penn.jpg
Film poster
Directed byVedantam Raghavaiah
Produced byAdhi Narayana Rao
Anjali Devi
StarringAnjali Devi
T. R. Ramachandran
K. A. Thangavelu
CinematographyC. Nageswara Rao
Edited byN. S. Prakasam
Music byAdhi Narayana Rao
Production
company
Release date
  • 11 February 1960 (1960-02-11)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Adutha Veettu Penn (English: The Girl Next Door) is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah. The film stars Anjali Devi (who co-produced the film with her husband, music director P. Adinarayana Rao), T. R. Ramachandran and K. A. Thangavelu in the lead roles. It is based on the Bengali short story Pasher Bari by Arun Chowdhury. In Adutha Veettu Penn, a man wants to impress a woman he loves by singing, but since he cannot, his friend sings in secret while the man merely lip syncs, and wins the woman's love. The film was released on 11 February 1960, and became a success.

Plot

A simple man (T. R. Ramachandran) falls in love with his neighbour Leela (Anjali Devi), who sings and dances well. He wants to impress her by singing, but he cannot sing. So he seeks the help of his friend, a singer (K. A. Thangavelu) who agrees. While Thangavelu sings in secret, Ramachandran merely lip syncs. Leela is charmed by what she thinks is Ramachandran singing and falls in love with him. Soon the truth comes out, and the rest of the film deals with how the tangle between the lovers is solved.[1]

Production

Adutha Veettu Penn was based on the Bengali short story Pasher Bari by Arun Chowdhury. It was produced by Anjali Devi (who also starred as the female lead) and her husband P. Adinarayana Rao, who also composed the music.[1] Anjali Devi reprised her role from Pasher Bari's Telugu adaptation Pakka Inti Ammayi (1953).[2] The film's animated opening credits were created by Dayabhai Patel.[1] The dialogues were written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, cinematography was handled by C. Nageswara Rao, and the editing by N. S. Prakasam.[3]

Influences

Although Adutha Veettu Penn is officially based on Pasher Bari, Saritha Rao Rayachoti (writing for Scroll.in) noted its similarities to Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, in which the male lead Cyrano loves his cousin Roxane but feels he is not worthy of her due to his large nose; so he romances her by proxy, i.e. he writes her love letters which another man, Christian de Neuvillette, claims to be the writer of, at Cyrano's request. Rayachoti noted that the film eschewed the play's tragedy elements in favour of romantic comedy overtones.[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was composed by P. Adinarayana Rao with lyrics were by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass.[5] The song "Vanitha Maniye" is set in the Hamsadhvani raga,[6][7] while "Kannale Pesi Pesi Kolladhe" is set in Keeravani,[8] and "Kangalum Kavi Paaduthe" is set in Hindolam.[9][10] The album was a major breakthrough for P. B. Sreenivas,[11] who sang five of the film's songs.[12] According to The Hindu's B. Kolappan, the film "proved beyond doubt that Sreenivas was going to secure an established place in Tamil film music."[13]

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length
1 "Maalayil Malar Solaiyil" P. B. Sreenivas Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass 03:30
2 "Mannava Vaa" P. Susheela 04:30
3 "Sayonaaraa Tokyo" P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki 03:18
4 "Katraar Niraindha Sangamidhu" A. L. Raghavan 03:32
5 "Kannale Pesi Pesi Kolladhe" P. B. Sreenivas 03:27
6 "Kangalum Kavi Paaduthe" Seerkazhi Govindarajan & Thiruchi Loganathan 03:09
7 "Malarkodi Naane" P. Susheela 03:15
8 "Kaiyyum Odala kaalum Odala" S. C. Krishnan & T. V. Rathinam 03:07
9 "Vaadaatha Pushpame.... Vanithaa Maniye" P. B. Sreenivas 02:48
10 "Kanni Thamizh" P. Susheela 04:02
11 "Enakkaga Neeye" P. Susheela & P. B. Srinivas 04:02

Reception

Adutha Veettu Penn was released on 11 February 1960.[3] A review from the magazine Ananda Vikatan, dated 27 March 1960, called the film a must-watch for the comedy and dance sequences which were in colour.[14] The film was a major hit mainly because of its full-length situational comedy, rare back then in Indian cinema and more so in Tamil. Film historian Randor Guy praised the film for the "comedy and the excellent performances by the actors."[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Guy, Randor (7 September 2013). "Adutha Veettu Penn 1960". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (29 September 2013). "Pakkinti Ammayi (1953)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b Film News Anandan (2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [Tamil film history and its achievements] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivagami Publishers. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Rayachoti, Saritha Rao (26 November 2018). "'Cyrano de Bergerac' is the gift that keeps giving, whether it's 'Padosan' or 'Bareilly Ki Barfi'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Adutha Veettu Penn". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Mani, Charulatha (1 March 2013). "A bright start". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Sundararaman 2007, p. 165.
  8. ^ Saravanan, T. (20 September 2013). "Ragas hit a high". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Know your raga: Hindolam - Soulful swaras". The News Today. 12 December 2018. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Sundararaman 2007, p. 136.
  11. ^ Saqaf, Syed Muthahar (18 April 2013). "His voice will never fade". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (3 October 1997). "Golden voice of a glorious era". The Hindu. p. 27. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Kolappan, B. (14 April 2013). "Veteran singer PBS passes away". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ முனுசாமி; மாணிக்கம் (27 March 1960). "சினிமா விமர்சனம்: அடுத்த வீட்டுப் பெண்". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

Bibliography

  • Sundararaman (2007) [2005]. Raga Chintamani: A Guide to Carnatic Ragas Through Tamil Film Music (2nd ed.). Chennai: Pichhamal Chintamani. OCLC 295034757. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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