Mallammana Pavaada

Mallammana Pavaada
Directed by Puttanna Kanagal
Written by B. Puttaswamayya
Screenplay by P. Pullayya
Based on Mallammana Pavada 
by B. Puttaswamayya
Starring Rajkumar
Saroja Devi
Vajramuni
Music by Vijaya Bhaskar
Cinematography V. Selvaraj
Edited by V. P. Krishnan
R. Shanmugam
Release dates
1969
Country India
Language Kannada

Mallammana Pavaada (Kannada: ಮಲ್ಲಮ್ಮನ ಪವಾಡ) is a 1969 Kannada film directed by Puttanna Kanagal. The film is based on the novel "Mallammana Pavaada" written by B. Puttaswamayya.

Plot details

The female lead the film, Mallamma (Saroja Devi) is married to a dullard by her parents. While in her in-laws house, Mallamma realises that her husband has been made a dullard due to his scheming stepmother, who wants to appropriate the vast property. She educates her husband and frees him from the clutches of his stepmother and makes him realise the value of life.

This movie was remade in Hindi in 1981 as Jyothi starring Jeetendra and Hema Malini. This Movie was remade in Tamil by Bhagyaraj as Enga Chinna Rasa and then was again remade in Hindi by Indra Kumar as Beta in which Madhuri Dixit played the role played by Saroja Devi and Anil Kapoor, the role played by Rajkumar.Enga Chinna Rasa Dubbed in telugu as Chinna Raja

Cast

Other versions

The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.

This film was remade to Tamil as Enga Chinna Rasa (1987), to Hindi as Beta (1992), starring Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit and then to Telugu as Abbaigaru, but finally again to Kannada as Annayya, starring Ravichandran and Madhubala

Year Title Language Director Cast
Step-mother Son Wife
1969 Mallammana Pavaada Kannada Puttanna Kanagal Advani Lakshmi Devi Rajkumar B Sarojadevi
1981 Jyothi Hindi Pramod Chakravorty Shashikala Jeetendra Hema Malini
1987 Enga Chinna Rasa Tamil K. Bhagyaraj C. R. Saraswathy K. Bhagyaraj Rada
1992 Beta Hindi Indra Kumar Aruna Irani Anil Kapoor Madhuri Dixit
1993 Abbaigaru Telugu Satyanarayana E.V.V. Jayachitra Venkatesh Meena
1993 Annayya Kannada D Rajendra Babu Aruna Irani V. Ravichandran Madhoo

Other References

Also there exists a Telugu version of this movie Ardhangi made in 1955 starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri in lead roles. This movie is based on the story of Saratchandra Chatterjee.

See also

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