# Padunna Puzha

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Padunna Puzha
| image          = Padunna Puzha.jpg
| director       = [M. Krishnan Nair](/source/M._Krishnan_Nair_(director))
| writer         = V. Valsala<br />[S. L. Puram Sadanandan](/source/S._L._Puram_Sadanandan) (dialogues)
| screenplay     = [S. L. Puram Sadanandan](/source/S._L._Puram_Sadanandan)
| producer       = [T. E. Vasudevan](/source/T._E._Vasudevan)
| starring       = [Prem Nazir](/source/Prem_Nazir)<br />[Sheela](/source/Sheela)<br />[Jayabharathi](/source/Jayabharathi)<br />[Adoor Bhasi](/source/Adoor_Bhasi)
| cinematography = P. Dathu
| editing        = T. R. Sreenivasalu
| music          = [V. Dakshinamoorthy](/source/V._Dakshinamoorthy)
| studio         = Jaya Maruthi
| released       = {{Film date|1968|06|20|df=y}}
| country        = India
| language       = Malayalam
}}

'''''Padunna Puzha''''' ({{Translation|The Singing River}}) is a 1968 Indian [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam)-language film, directed by [M. Krishnan Nair](/source/M._Krishnan_Nair_(director)) and produced by [T. E. Vasudevan](/source/T._E._Vasudevan). The film stars [Prem Nazir](/source/Prem_Nazir), [Sheela](/source/Sheela), [Jayabharathi](/source/Jayabharathi) and [Adoor Bhasi](/source/Adoor_Bhasi). The film had musical score by [V. Dakshinamoorthy](/source/V._Dakshinamoorthy). The film was remade in [Tamil](/source/Tamil_language) as ''[Mannippu](/source/Mannippu)'' (1969).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=13 September 2015 |title=Padunna Puzha – 1968 |work=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/old-is-gold-padunna-puzha-1968/article7648637.ece |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629024345/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/old-is-gold-padunna-puzha-1968/article7648637.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
*[Prem Nazir](/source/Prem_Nazir)
*[Sheela](/source/Sheela)
*[Jayabharathi](/source/Jayabharathi)
*[Adoor Bhasi](/source/Adoor_Bhasi)
*[Sankaradi](/source/Sankaradi)
*[T. R. Omana](/source/T._R._Omana)
*[Aranmula Ponnamma](/source/Aranmula_Ponnamma)
*[G. K. Pillai](/source/G._K._Pillai_(actor))
*[K. P. Ummer](/source/K._P._Ummer)
*Panjabi
*Prathapan
*Thodupuzha Radhakrishnan
*[Ushanandini](/source/Ushanandini)
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [V. Dakshinamoorthy](/source/V._Dakshinamoorthy) with lyrics by [Sreekumaran Thampi](/source/Sreekumaran_Thampi).<ref>{{Cite web |title=പാടുന്ന പുഴ (1968) |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3299 |access-date=21 September 2022 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |language=ml |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123192744/https://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3299 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singers
|-
| "Bhoogolam Thiriyunnu" || [C. O. Anto](/source/C._O._Anto)
|-
| "Hridayasarassile" || [K. J. Yesudas](/source/K._J._Yesudas)
|-
| "Paadunnu Puzha"  || K. J. Yesudas
|-
| "Paadunnu Puzha" || [P. Leela](/source/P._Leela), [A. P. Komala](/source/A._P._Komala)
|-
| "Paadunnu Puzha"  || P. Leela
|-
| "Paadunnu Puzha" || [S. Janaki](/source/S._Janaki), P. Leela
|-
| "Paadunnu Puzha" (Bit) || S. Janaki
|-
| "Sindhubhairavi Raagarasam" || P. Leela, A. P. Komala
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0255454}}

Category:1968 Malayalam-language films
Category:1968 films
Category:Films directed by M. Krishnan Nair
Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages

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