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{{short description|1984 film by Bharathiraja}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Pudhumai Penn
| image = AVM's Pudhumai Penn.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Bharathiraja]]
| screenplay = Bharathiraja
| story = [[R. Selvaraj (screenwriter)|R. Selvaraj]]
| starring = [[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]]<br />[[Revathi]]
| producer = [[M. Saravanan (film producer)|M. Saravanan]]<br />M. Balasubramaniam
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[B. Kannan]]
| editing = V. Rajagopal
| studio = [[AVM Productions]]
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1984|7|14|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Pudhumai Penn''''' ({{Translation|Modern Woman}}), officially released as '''''AVMin Pudhumai Penn''''' ({{Translation|AVM's Modern Woman}}) is a 1984 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Bharathiraja]] and produced by [[AVM Productions]]. The film stars [[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]] and [[Revathi]]. It was released on 14 July 1984.

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=May 2021}}
A middle class home-maker woman gets rid of the social handcuffs and stands tall in the male chauvinist society.

== Cast ==
* [[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]]
* [[Revathi]] as Seetha<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shekar |first=Anjana |date=8 January 2018 |title=From demure to daring, actor Revathy's multi-faceted film career |work=[[The News Minute]] |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/demure-daring-actor-revathy-s-multi-faceted-film-career-74371 |url-status=live |access-date=8 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808104633/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/demure-daring-actor-revathy-s-multi-faceted-film-career-74371 |archive-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>
* [[Pratap Pothen]]
* [[Rajasekhar (actor)|Dr. Rajasekhar]]
* [[Y. G. Mahendran]]
* [[Janagaraj]]
* [[Chithra Lakshmanan]]
*[[Ra. Sankaran]] as Seetha's father<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shivpprasadh |first=S. |date=14 June 2012 |title=Father figure |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/arts/father-figure/article3527829.ece |url-status=live |access-date=8 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129043212/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/father-figure/article3527829.ece |archive-date=29 November 2014}}</ref>

== Production ==
''Pudhumai Penn'' marked the acting debut of [[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 May 2017 |title='Chennai 28' director Venkat Prabhu to helm project starring Dr Rajasekhar next |work=[[The News Minute]] |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/chennai-28-director-venkat-prabhu-helm-project-starring-dr-rajasekhar-next-62566 |url-status=live |access-date=8 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808104621/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/chennai-28-director-venkat-prabhu-helm-project-starring-dr-rajasekhar-next-62566 |archive-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> It was also [[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]]'s only collaboration with [[AVM Productions]].{{sfn|Saravanan|2013|p=425}} The studio's name was prefixed to the film's title (''AVMin Pudhumai Penn'', meaning ''AVM's Modern Woman'').{{sfn|Saravanan|2013|pp=282–283}}

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], while the lyrics were written by [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ilaiyaraaja |author-link=Ilaiyaraaja |date=1984 |title=Aviemmin Pudhumai Penn / Nallavanukku Nallavan |url=https://www.discogs.com/Ilaiyaraaja-Aviemmin-Pudhumai-Penn-Nallavanukku-Nallavan/release/9317525 |url-status=live |access-date=9 August 2018 |website=[[Discogs]] |publisher=AVM Music Service}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Length
|-
| 5 || "Oru Thendral" ||[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], Chorus || 04:40
|-
| 4 || "Kasthuri Mane" ||[[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Uma Ramanan]]|| 05:09
|-
| 3 || "Alamara Pondhu" ||[[Ilaiyaraaja]] || 04:18
|-
| 2 || "Kathal Mayakam" ||[[P. Jayachandran]], [[Sunanda (singer)|Sunanda]] || 06:12
|}

== Release and reception ==
''Pudhumai Penn'' was released on 14 July 1984,{{sfn|Saravanan|2013|p=278}} and ran for 208 days in the Mini Priya theatre, [[Madurai]]. The film failed during its first run. [[M. G. Ramachandran]], then the [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|chief minister of Tamil Nadu]], decided to re-release the film with tax exemption which led to huge success at box-office.{{sfn|Saravanan|2013|pp=279–281}}

In 2014, Malathi Rangarajan of ''[[The Hindu]]'' praised Revathi's performance, but noted that the melodrama quotient was "a little too high".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=7 March 2014 |title=Women of Steel |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/women-of-steel/article5760715.ece |url-status=live |access-date=8 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410221025/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/women-of-steel/article5760715.ece |archive-date=10 April 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Saravanan |first=M. |title=AVM 60 cinema |publisher=Rajarajan Pathippagam |year=2013 |edition=3rd |language=ta |author-link=M. Saravanan (film producer) |orig-year=2005}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0155978}}

{{AVM Productions}}
{{Bharathiraja}}

[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1984 films]]
[[Category:AVM Productions films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Bharathiraja]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]

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