
Mallammana Pavaada

Mallammana Pavaada (Meaning: The miracle of Mallamma) is a 1969 Kannada film, directed by Puttanna Kanagal.
The film is based on the novel "Mallammana Pavaada", written by B. Puttaswamayya. The screenplay was by P. Pullaiah based on his 1955 Telugu movie with similar story titled "Ardhangi", which itself was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel "Swayamsidda", written by Manilal Banerjee. "Swayamsiddha" went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of the same name. "Ardhangi" was remade in Tamil as "Pennin Perumai" and in Hindi twice as "Bahurani" in 1963 and as "Jyoti" in 1981. The Kannada novel "Mallammana Pavaada" also inspired the 1987 Tamil movie "Enga Chinna Rasa", which went on to be remade in Telugu as "Abbaigaru", in Hindi as "Beta", in Kannada as "Annayya" and in Odia as "Santana" (1998).
Plot details.
The female lead of the film, Mallamma (B. Saroja Devi) is married to a dullard by her parents. While at her in-laws house, Mallamma realises that her husband has been made a dullard by his scheming stepmother, who wants to appropriate the vast property. She educates her husband and frees him from the clutches of his stepmother and makes him realise the value of life.
Other versions.
The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.