Adimai Penn
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| Tamil | அடிமைப்பெண் |
| Directed by | K. Shankar |
| Produced by | R.M. Veerappan |
| Written by | Swornam (dialogues) |
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| Music by | K. V. Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | V. Ramamoorthy |
| Edited by | K. Narayanan |
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1 May 1969 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹ 60 lacs first run |
Adimaippenn (English: Slave Girl) is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language peplum film directed by K. Shankar.
The film features M. G. Ramachandran as the main character, with Jayalalithaa, S. A. Ashokan, Pandari Bai, Rajasree, R. S. Manohar, J. P. Chandrababu and Cho Ramaswamy in supporting roles.This film was box office hit and a Silver Jubilee movie (Madurai - Chinthamani ) and it ran more than 100 days in all other major cities. This industrial record was beaten by Ulagam Sutrum Valiban four years later.
Adimai Penn broke many records. For the first time in Tamil film history, a movie was houseful for 400 shows in four theatres in Chennai.
Jayalalithaa plays the role of a peasant and a queen, two very different characters, which she carried off with equal conviction.
Abhirami Mangamma (Pandari Bai), a queen is desired by another ruler, Sengodan (S. A. Ashokan). Several years later, Sengodan sees the girl (now a queen) out hunting. He declares his love, but the queen says that she is a mother. Sengodan tries to kill her son, prince Vengaiya and the queen cuts off Sengodan's leg with an axe.
The king Vengaiyan (M. G. Ramachandran) from the Vengaiya Mount Kingdom goes to Sengodan's country (Soorukathu Kingdom) seeking justice, and Sengodan agrees to a duel. The duel takes place over a net with spears below it; whoever falls on the net will die. A dueler will lose if he loses his weapon or falls from the net, and his country will be enslaved by the winner.
Since Sengodan has only one leg, king Vengaiyan binds his own leg and they begin the duel. Although king Vengaiyan wins, Sengodan kills him with a spear. Sengodan orders his men to seize the country and summon the queen and her son. One of the king's aides escapes and saves the queen, but the prince Vengaiya is taken prisoner. All women in the country are enslaved.
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