Padatha Painkili
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| Directed by | P. Subramaniam |
| Produced by | P. Subramaniam |
| Screenplay by | Muttathu Varkey |
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Padatha Painkili by Muttathu Varkey |
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Prem Nazir Miss Kumari Shanthi |
| Music by | Brother Lakshmanan |
| Edited by | K. D. George |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Padatha Painkili (Malayalam: പാടാത്ത പൈങ്കിളി, English: The Mute Nightingale) is a 1957 Malayalam social 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 is a social drama that revolves around marriage and dowry problems. It depicts the machinations of a wicked, though wealthy man, against a poverty-stricken, God-fearing school master, with the final defeat of evil in the end. It stars Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari and Shanthi in the lead roles.
The film released in theatres on 22 March and went on to become a major critical and commercial success. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.
Vendor Kutty (Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair), a wealthy villager, is jealous and scheming to marry his daughter Lucy (Shanthi) to the richest bachelor of the town. He is, however jealous of Luke (T. S. Muthiah), the neighbour, who is kind-hearted village school teacher and has a daughter Chinnamma (Miss Kumari), of marriageable age.
Thankachan (Prem Nazir) is the rich man of the locality and the prospective groom of Lucy. When he meets an accident, both Chinnamma and Lucy happen to be there and Lucy rushes home to get some cloth for a bandage, the simple hearted Chinnamma tears her only upper cloth and offers first-aid to Thankachan. This simple act makes a bond between the two and Thankachan in turn offers financial help to Chinnamma when her father is taken sersiouly ill.
Chinnamma is being engaged to the Beeri-maker, Chakkaravakkal (Bahadoor), whose father demands a big dowry. Luke makes herculian effort to raise money but Kutty is determined to see that he is unable to secure the loan.
Chinnamma's marriage is fixed for the day when Lucy is to be betrothed to Thankachan. The marriage party is at Luke's door. On the instigation of Kutty, Vakkan's father insists on the promised dowry. But the poor father is unable to produce it. The marriage stands dissolved.
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