Penn (film)

Penn is a 1954 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written by Ra. Venkatachalam and directed by M. V. Raman. It stars Vyjayanthimala, Gemini Ganesan, S. Balachander and Anjali Devi while V. Nagayya, V. K. Ramasamy, K. N. Kamlam, K. R. Chellam and K. Sankarapani as the ensemble cast, was produce by A. V. Chettiar of AVM Productions. The score is composed by R. Sudharsanam with the lyrics by Papanasam Sivan and Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Ku. Sa. Krishnamurthy, K. P. Kamakshi and V. Seetharaman. Editing was done by K. Shankar and M. V. Raman while the camera was handled by T. Muthu Sami.

Plot
The film's story revolves around two friends Rani and Kanmani.

Cast

 * Male cast
 * Gemini Ganesan as Raju
 * S. Balachander as Raghu
 * S. V. Sahasranamam
 * K. Sarangapani
 * V. Nagayya
 * V. K. Ramasamy
 * P. D. Sambandam


 * Female cast
 * Vyjayanthimala as Rani
 * Anjali Devi as Kanmani
 * K. N. Kamalam
 * K. R. Chellam
 * Baby Rhadha

Production
Penn was produced by A. V. Meiyappan, the founder of AVM Productions. It was simultaneously shot in Hindi as Ladki and in Telugu as Sangham. Vyjayanthimala appeared as the female lead in all three versions. Gemini Ganesan was cast after Meiyappan was impressed with his performance in Thai Ullam (1952).

Soundtrack
The music was composed by R. Sudharsanam. Lyrics by Papanasam Sivan, Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Ku. Sa. Krishnamurthy, K. P. Kamakshi and V. Seetharaman. The song Kalyaanam Kalyaanam....... Ullaasamaagave Ulagaththil Vaazhave sung by J. P. Chandrababu for S. Balachander becomes an instant hit and was still played in many television. It was remixed by Sundar C. Babu for Thoonga Nagaram (2011).

Box office
The film was a failure at box office.