Adutha Veettu Penn

Adutha Veettu Penn
	Film poster
Directed by	Vedantam Raghavaiah
Produced by	Adhi Narayana Rao; Anjali Devi
Written by	Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Based on	Pasher Bari; by Arun Chowdhury
Starring	Anjali Devi; T. R. Ramachandran ; K. A. Thangavelu
Music by	Adhi Narayana Rao
Cinematography	C. Nageswara Rao
Edited by	N. S. Prakasam
Production; company	Anjali Pictures
Distributed by	Anjali Pictures
Release date	11 February 1960; ; ; ; ;
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Adutha Veettu Penn (English: The Girl Next Door) is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah. The film stars Anjali Devi, T. R. Ramachandran and K. A. Thangavelu in the lead. It is based on the Bengali short story Pasher Bari by Arun Chowdhury.

Plot

A simple man (Ramachandran) falls in love with his neighbour Leela (Anjali Devi), who sings and dances well. He wants to impress her by singing, but he cannot sing. So he seeks the help of his friend, a singer (Thangavelu) who agrees to help. While Thangavelu sings in the background, Ramachandran just lip-syncs. Leela is charmed by what she thinks is Ramachandran singing and falls in love with him. Soon the truth comes out, and the rest of the film deals with how the tangle between the lovers is solved.

Cast

Anjali Devi as Leela
T. R. Ramachandran
K. A. Thangavelu
‘Friend’ Ramasami
A. Karunanidhi
S. Venkataraman
Pakkirsamy
K. Sarangkapani
T. P. Muthulakshmi
M. Saroja
C. T. Rajakantham
M. R. Santhanam
L. Narayana Rao
P. D. Sambandham
T. R. Radharani
Rita

Crew

Producer: Adhi Narayana Rao
Production Company: Anjali Pictures
Director: Vedantam Raghavaiah
Music: Adhi Narayana Rao
Lyrics: Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Dialogues: Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Art Direction: A. K. Sekhar
Editing: N. S. Prakasam
Choreography: Vempati
Cinematography: C. Nageswara Rao
Stunt: None
Songs Recording: E. I. Jeeva
Dance: None

Production

Adutha Veettu Penn was based on the Bengali short story Pasher Bari by Arun Chowdhury. It was produced by Anjali Devi (who also starred as the female lead) and her husband P. Adinarayana Rao, who also composed the music. The film's animated opening credits were created by Dayabhai Patel.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was composed by P. Adinarayana Rao, with lyrics were by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass. The song "Vanitha Maniye" is set in the Hamsadhwani raga.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Maalayil Malar Solaiyil	P. B. Sreenivas	Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass	03:30
2	Mannava Vaa	P. Susheela		04:30
3	Sayonaaraa Tokyo	P. B. Sreenivas, S. Janaki		03:18
4	Katraar Niraindha Sangamidhu	A. L. Raghavan		03:32
5	Kannaale Pesi Pesi	P. B. Sreenivas		03:27
6	Kanngalum Kavippaadudhe	Seerkazhi Govindarajan & Thiruchi Loganathan		03:09
7	Malarkodi Naane	P. Susheela		03:15
8	Kaiyyum Odala kaalum Odala	S. C. Krishnan & T. V. Rathinam		03:07
9	Vaadaatha Pushpame.... Vanithaa Maniye	P. B. Sreenivas		02:48
10	Kanni Thamizh	P. Susheela		04:02
11	Enakkaga neeye	P. Susheela & P.B.Srinivas	04:02

Reception

Adutha Veettu Penn was released on 11 February 1960.^[4] The credit titles done in cartoon style with much humour served as an additional attraction for the film. The film was a major hit mainly because of its full-length situational comedy, rare back then in Indian cinema and more so in Tamil. Film historian Randor Guy praised the film for the "comedy and the excellent performances by the actors."^[1]