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

• Rajkumar
• B. Saroja Devi
• Vajramuni
• Balakrishna
• Dwarakeesh

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

• Rajkumar
• B. Sarojadevi
• Vajramuni
• Cinema of Karnataka