Gumasthavin Penn (English: Clerk's Daughter) is a 1941 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by B. N. Rao.

It is an adaptation of the play Gumasthavin Magal, itself based on Nirupama Devi's Bengali novel Annapurnaar Mandir.

[2] Adapted from The Hindu:[2] Gumasthavin Magal was a Tamil play staged by TKS Brothers, based on Nirupama Devi's Bengali novel Annapurnaar Mandir.

[4] The film was commercially successful, leading to youngsters "raising their voices wherever girls were being married to old men as second or third wives".

[2] A. P. Nagarajan, who portrayed a female character in the play, directed the remake of this film, Gumasthavin Magal in 1974.