Panithirai is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language film directed by V. Srinivasan and produced by his brother Ramaswamy.
The film stars Gemini Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi, K. A. Thangavelu, and T. S. Balaiah.
It is a remake of the Hindi film Ardhangini (1959) and revolves around Shakuntala, a village girl who is shunned by everyone due to her supposed bad luck.
Shakuntala falls in love with and marries an airline pilot, but problems arise when his aeroplane goes missing.
The film was released on 29 December 1961.
