S. V. Subbaiah

Lalitha, the eldest daughter of a Brahmin family, is saddled with the responsibility of supporting her family, led by a father who does little to contribute; as poverty gets worse, Lalitha must turn to desperate measures to keep the food coming.

Palum Pazhamum is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language film directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi. The film, produced by G. N. Velumani under Saravana Films, had musical score by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy and was released on 9 September 1961. The film was a hit at the box office. It was remade in Kannada as Beratha Jeeva, and in Hindi as Saathi.