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Wikipedia article
'Ponmanam' is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by debutant S. P. Rajkumar, assistant of K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Prabhu, Suvalakshmi and Priya Raman. The film produced by V. Natarajan, had musical score by S. A. Rajkumar, was released on 14 January 1998 coinciding with Thai Pongal to positive reviews and ran for 100 days in a couple of theaters.
Plot
Anandhan (Prabhu), a kind-hearted singer, has a wife Maheshwari (Suvalakshmi) and a baby boy. He lives in a house leased by Naidu (Manivannan). Kumar (Karan), a youth who supposed to work in a bank, moves into a new house near Anandhan's house. Poornima (Priya Raman), a middle-class family woman, quarrels with Anandhan on multiple occasions.
One day, Poornima tells Anandhan about her bitter past. When Poornima's family were in Sri Lanka, a bomb killed Poornima's mother, amputated her sister's legs and blinded her another sister. Now, Poornima had to work hard to support her family. After hearing her past, Anandhan becomes Poornima's friend but Poornima falls in love with him. Kumar then proposes his love to Maheshwari because Anandhan revealed to him that they were not married.
In the past, Anandhan was a jobless graduate and was from a poor family. Anandhan's sister Shanthi eloped with her lover. Later, Anandhan's parents cannot digest it and they hung themselves. So Anandhan attempted to suicide in turn but there, he saved Maheshwari and her nephew from drowning. Her brother-in-law killed her sister and Maheshwari had to escape with her sister's baby. To face the troubles, they decided to live together without marrying.
Poornima's boss (Nizhalgal Ravi) wants to marry Poornima, her father accepts and begs Anandhan to forget his daughter. Anandhan lies to Poornima that he never loves her and then she challenges to marry another man. Poornima marries her boss and Anandhan is humiliated during the wedding. Maheshwari and Kumar then marry and leave the city. Meanwhile, Anandhan finds himself alone again and decides to raise Maheshwari's nephew.
Cast
*Prabhu as Anandhan
*Suvalakshmi as Maheshwari
*Priya Raman as Poornima
*Karan as Kumar
*Manivannan as Naidu
*Delhi Ganesh as Poornima's father
*Nizhalgal Ravi as Poornima's boss
*Charle
*Mayilsamy
*Muthukaalai
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Kamakodiyan, Ilandevan, Arivumathi and Pazhani Bharathi.
Reception
P. Balan of 'Indolink.com' rated the film 2.5 out to 5 and stated that : "a good movie to watch". A critic from 'Screen' noted "the family drama highlighted by an excellent performance by Prabhu, has been attracting family audiences and even though the collections are not 100 per cent, the trade expects it to emerge a winner after a slow start."
References
Category:1998 films
Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:Films directed by S. P. Rajkumar
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