Padikkadha Medhai (1960)
With Sivaji Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, S. V. Ranga Rao, Pasupuleti Kannamba, T. R. Ramachandran, R. Muthuraman, S. A. Ashokan, E. V. Saroja
Directed by A. Bhimsingh
Padikkadha Medhai (transl. The uneducated genius) is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed and co-written by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, S. V. Ranga Rao, Kannamba and Sowcar Janaki. It is a remake of the 1953 Bengali film Jog Biyog, itself based on the novel of the same name by Ashapurna Devi. The film was released on 25 June 1960 and became a commercial success. It was remade in Telugu as Aatma Bandhuvu (1962), with Ranga Rao and Kannamba reprising their roles, and in Hindi by A. Bhimsingh as Mehrban (1967).
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