Padatha Painkili (1957)

Padatha Painkili is a Malayalam-language drama film from 1957 directed by P. Subramaniam.

Padatha Painkili (transl. The Mute Nightingale) is a 1957 Indian Malayalam-language drama film based on the novel of the same name by Muttathu Varkey and directed by P. Subramaniam from a screenplay by Varkey. The film revolves around marriage and dowry problems. It depicts the machinations of a wicked, though wealthy man, against a poverty-stricken, God-fearing schoolteacher, with the final defeat of evil in the end. It stars Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari and Shanthi.

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