Kodimalar

<p>Lakshmi, a mute woman, faces numerous troubles with her mother-in-law. Although the film (1956), based on Debnarayan Gupta’s play of the same name was a failure, C. V. Sridhar still decided to adapt the story in Tamil. The remake, titled , was produced by Sree Productions and directed by Sridhar who also wrote the screenplay. Cinematography was handled by Balu, and editing by N. M. Shankar. Filming was suspended, but resumed in October 1965 after sixth months. The music was composed by , with lyrics by . The song Mouname Paarvayaal is based on raga . was released on 4 March 1966, and distributed by Rajshri Productions. On 12 March 1966, wrote, “The main defect with the film is that its characters and incidents are so strikingly similar to those seen in some previous Tamil movies that we do not feel like viewing a new film.” Writing for , T. M. Ramachandran wrote “The delineation of the story follows the conventional pattern. The direction by Sridhar is uninspiring in the first half of the film, in which they are dull patches though it improves in the second”. said Vijayakumari’s performance salvaged the film’s flaws. The film was commercially unsuccessful.</p>