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Wikipedia article
'Ponmaanai Thedi' is a 1998 Indian Tamil language comedy drama film directed by Paari. The film stars Saravanan and Suvarna Mathew, with Vinu Chakravarthy, R. Sundarrajan, Delhi Ganesh, Vadivelu, Venniradai Moorthy and Sathyapriya playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Suba. Senthik Kumar, had musical score by Soundaryan and was released on 6 November 1998.
Plot
Sundaram (Saravanan) is a young wastrel while his father Ayyappan (Vinu Chakravarthy) is a rich house owner. Ayyappan can't bear Sundaram's laziness. One day, his cousin Priya (Suvarna Mathew) and her parents come from Mumbai to Sundaram's village. Priya is a well-educated and modern girl. Sundaram falls in love with her. Ayyappan decides to solemnise the marriage between Sundaram and Priya. In the meantime, Priya's parents arrange her marriage with another man. Ayyappan hides the truth to the naive Sundaram. At the wedding day, Sundaram manages to stop the wedding in time. In contrast, Priya slaps him and reveals that she was not in love with Sundaram. The groom's family cancels the wedding and Shanmugam dies of heart attack. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*Saravanan as Sundaram
*Suvarna Mathew as Priya
*Vinu Chakravarthy as Ayyappan, Sundaram's father
*R. Sundarrajan as Chinna Paiyan
*Delhi Ganesh as Priya's father
*Vadivelu
*Venniradai Moorthy
*Sathyapriya as Hamsavalli, Priya's mother
*Vichithra
*S. N. Lakshmi
*A. Sakunthala
*C. K. Saraswathi as Sundaram's grandmother
*Latha
*Kavyasri
*Sempuli Jagan
*Pandu
*King Kong as Kuruvi
*Thangavel
*Omakuchi Narasimhan
*Bhaskar
*Manikandan as Sundaram's brother
*Kovai Senthil
*Karuppu Subbaiah as Subbaiah
*Bonda Mani
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Soundaryan. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Soundaryan, Piraisoodan and Hussein Bharathi.
References
Category:1998 films
Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:Indian drama films
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