Snehaseema

Snehaseema
Directed byS. S. Rajan
Written byPonkunnam Varkey
Based onSnehaseema
by Ponkunnam Varkey
Produced byT. E. Vasudevan
StarringSathyan
Padmini
G. K. Pillai
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai
S. P. Pillai
P. J. Cheriyan
Baby Lalitha
CinematographyH. S. Venu
Edited byM. S. Mani
Music byV. Dakshinamoorthy
(songs)
Abhayadev
(lyrics)
Production
company
Associated Productions
Release date
  • 30 December 1954 (1954-12-30)
[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Snehaseema is a 1954 Malayalam film, directed by S. S. Rajan and written by Ponkunnam Varkey based on his own novel of the same name, which is a retelling of L. A. Tennyson's Enoch Arden in the context of Kerala culture. The lead roles were played by Sathyan, Padmini, G. K. Pillai, Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, S. P. Pillai, P. J. Cheriyan, Baby Lalitha and Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair. It received a certificate of merit at the 1st National Film Awards.

This film was dubbed in Tamil, with the title Punniyavathi and released in 1956.[2]

  1. ^ "Snehaseema 1954". The Hindu. 6 June 2008.
  2. ^ Film News Anandan (23 October 2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru [History of Landmark Tamil Films] (in Tamil). Chennai: Sivakami Publishers. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.