Panakkaari

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Panakkaari

1953 Indian film

Panakkaari (transl. Rich woman) is a 1953 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan.[lower-alpha 1] Starring T. R. Rajakumari, M. G. Ramachandran and V. Nagayya, it is an adaptation of the 1877 novel Anna Karenina by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.[1]

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Cast

List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan[1]

Production

Panakkaari was based on Russian writer Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina. It was directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan[lower-alpha 1] under the technical supervision of Newtone Studio founder Jiten Bannerjee.[2]

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by S. V. Venkatraman, with lyrics by Papanasam Sivan, Thanjai Ramaiah Das, Lakshmana Das and Kuyilan.[3]

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Release and reception

Panakkaari was released on 1 May 1953.[4] According to film historian Randor Guy, the film failed at the box office "mainly because of its ‘anti-sentimental’ storyline". During the same period, another film, Pitchaikkari, became a major commercial success; people in Madras would often joke, "Those who bought Panakkari became pitchaikkaarans (beggars), while buyers of Pitchaikkari became panakkarans (rich men)!"[2]

Notes

  1. Not to be confused with the later director of the same name.[lower-alpha 2]

References

  1. [1]
    "1953 – பணக்காரி – உமா பிக்சர்ஸ்" [1953 – Panakkaari – Uma Pictures]. Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. [2]
    Guy, Randor (26 December 2008). "Panakkari 1953". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 July 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  3. [3]
    Neelamegam, G. (December 2014). Thiraikalanjiyam — Part 1 (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Manivasagar Publishers. p. 55.
  4. [4]
    "Panakkari". The Indian Express. 1 May 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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