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{{distinguish|Gumasthavin Magal}}
{{short description|1941 film directed by B. N. Rao}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Gumasthavin Penn
| image = Gumasthavin Penn (Clerk's Daughter).jpg
| alt =
| border = no
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = B. N. Rao
| producer =
| screenplay =
| based_on = {{Based on|''Annapurnaar Mandir''|[[Nirupama Devi]]}}
| starring = T. K. Shanmugam<br />T. K. Bhagavathi<br />[[M. V. Rajamma]]
| music =
| cinematography = Rustom M. Irani
| editing =
| studio = TKS Brothers<br />Murthi Films
| distributor = Gemini Pictures Circuit
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1941|5|10}}
| runtime = 183 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Gumasthavin Penn''''' ({{lang-en|italic=yes|Clerk's Daughter}}) is a 1941 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romance film]] directed by B. N. Rao. It is an adaptation of the play ''Gumasthavin Magal'', itself based on [[Nirupama Devi]]'s [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novel ''Annapurnaar Mandir''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vamanan |author-link=Vamanan |date=23 April 2018 |title=Tamil cinema's Bong connection |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/articleshow/63873364.cms |url-status=live |access-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180923110436/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/articleshow/63873364.cms |archive-date=23 September 2018}}</ref> The film was released on 10 May 1941 and became a success.

== Plot ==
Seetha and Sarasa are sisters. Their father Ramaswami, a clerk working under the wealthy philanderer Mani, is unable to get them married. Ramu, another wealthy man in the same village, opposes marriage as it would interfere with his reformist ideals. Ramu's mother wants him to marry Seetha. He refuses, so a desperate Ramaswami gets Seetha married to a much older man. Seetha becomes a widow soon after. Mani tries to rape her one day, but Ramu saves her. Traumatised and depressed, Seetha commits suicide. Feeling he is responsible for her demise, Ramu decides to arrange Sarasa's marriage. When the bridegroom and his family back out due to an argument regarding [[Dowry system in India|dowry]], Ramu marries Sarasa.<ref name="BFTP" />

== Cast ==
Adapted from ''[[The Hindu]]'':<ref name="BFTP" />
* [[T. K. Shanmugam]] as Ramu
* [[T. K. Bhagavathi]] as Mani
* [[M. V. Rajamma]] as Seetha
* [[K. R. Ramasamy (actor)|K. R. Ramasamy]] as V. P. Var
* M. S. Draupadhi as Sarasa
* ‘Friend’ Ramasami as Seetha's husband
* Subbaiah Pillai as Ramaswami

== Production ==
''Gumasthavin Magal'' was a Tamil play staged by TKS Brothers, based on [[Nirupama Devi]]'s [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novel ''Annapurnaar Mandir''.<ref name="BFTP" /> Following its critical and commercial success, TKS Brothers decided to adapt it as a film with the title ''Gumasthavin Penn'', co-producing it with Murthi Films financed by [[S. S. Vasan]] under his banner Gemini Pictures Circuit. B. N. Rao was hired as director, Rustom M. Irani as the cinematographer, and Panju (who later gained fame as one half of the [[Krishnan–Panju]] director duo) as assistant director.<ref name="BFTP" /> The name of K. R. Ramasamy's character V. P. Var,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raman |first=Mohan V. |author-link=Mohan Raman |date=20 September 2014 |title=The man who started the trend |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/k-r-ramaswamy-the-man-who-started-the-trend/article6429708.ece |url-status=live |access-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103154151/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/k-r-ramaswamy-the-man-who-started-the-trend/article6429708.ece |archive-date=3 November 2016}}</ref> was the reverse of the name of director P. V. Rao.<ref name="BFTP" />

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by Narayanan and Padmanabhan Party. The song "Paarai Maanida", sung by P. G. Venkatesan, attained popularity.<ref name="BFTP" />

== Release and reception ==
''Gumasthavin Penn'' was released on 10 May 1941, and was distributed by Vasan through Gemini.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 May 1941 |title=Clerk's Daughter |pages=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19410510&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref> The film was commercially successful, leading to youngsters "raising their voices wherever girls were being married to old men as second or third wives".<ref name="BFTP" />

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="BFTP">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=15 October 2009 |title=Gumasthavin Penn (1941) |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Gumasthavin-Penn-1941/article16886875.ece |url-status=live |access-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327031242/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Gumasthavin-Penn-1941/article16886875.ece |archive-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0280717}}
* {{CITWF title|139718}}

[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films based on adaptations]]
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]
[[Category:1940s romance films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1940s Tamil-language films]]

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