Padatha Painkili

Padatha Painkili Malayalam , 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 povertystricken, Godfearing school master, with the final defeat of evil in the end. It stars Prem Nazir, Miss Kumari and Shanthi in the lead roles.

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 kindhearted 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 firstaid 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. ........

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