Pathini Penn

Pathini Penn (transl. The Virtuous Woman) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by R. C. Sakthi. The film stars Rupini in title role and Livingston, with Nizhalgal Ravi, Janagaraj and V. Gopalakrishnan portraying supporting roles.^[1] The film, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by G. Thilakavathi,^[2] was released on 25 June 1993.

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• Rupini^[3] as Kavitha
• Livingston^[3] as Kadikalingam
• Nizhalgal Ravi^[3] as Prabhu
• Janagaraj^[3] as Narayanan
• V. Gopalakrishnan^[3]
• Vagai Chandrasekhar as Babu
• Chithra^[3]
• Sathyapriya

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and lyrics were written by Pulamaipithan.^[4]

Pathini Penn was released on 25 June 1993.^[5] Janagaraj bought the distribution rights of the film for Chennai.^[6] Malini Mannath of The Indian Express appreciated the film citing "Sakti's sensitive handling of the subject, his carefully etched scenes, his pithy hard-hitting dialogues, and his getting the best out of his artistes makes this film engrossing".^[3] The film won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film, R. C. Sakthi won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer,^[7] Rupini won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actress,^{[citation needed]} while Pulamaipithan won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Lyricist.^[8]

• Pathini Penn at IMDb