Ponmaanai Thedi

Ponmaanai Thedi
Ponmaanai Thedi
Directed by	Paari
Written by	Paari
Produced by	Suba. Senthik Kumar
Starring	Saravanan; Suvarna Mathew;
Cinematography	Visvam Nataraj
Edited by	M. Kesavan
Music by	Soundaryan
Production; company	Suba Seelu Films
Release date	6 November 1998;
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Ponmaanai Thedi (transl. In search of the golden deer) is a 1998 Indian Tamil language film directed by Paari. The film stars Saravanan and Suvarna Mathew, with Vinu Chakravarthy, R. Sundarrajan, Delhi Ganesh, Vadivelu, Vennira Aadai Moorthy, and Sathyapriya playing supporting roles. It was released on 6 November 1998.^[1]^[2] Two years after release, the producers were given a ₹5 lakh (equivalent to ₹21 lakh or US$25,000 in 2023) subsidy by the Tamil Nadu government along with several other films.^[3]

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. On 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
Vennira Aadai 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 soundtrack was composed by Soundaryan, with lyrics written by Soundaryan, Piraisoodan and Hussein Bharathi.^{[citation needed]}

Song	Singer(s)	Duration
"Idhu Kadhal Pattu"	Shahul Hameed	3:31
"Naan Paadum Pallavi"	S. Janaki	4:43
"Ponmaanai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki, Chorus	4:56
"Solvathellam Unmai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	4:49
"Urumi Melam Nadaswaram"	Shahul Hameed, Malaysia Vasudevan	4:10

References

^ "Ponmaanai Thedi / பொன்மானைத் தேடி". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "ponmaanai thedi ( 1998 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ Mass Media in India. Publications Division. 2001. p. 181. ISBN 9788123009421.

External links

Ponmaanai Thedi at IMDb

[1] "Ponmaanai Thedi / பொன்மானைத் தேடி". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[2] "ponmaanai thedi ( 1998 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

[3] Mass Media in India. Publications Division. 2001. p. 181. ISBN 9788123009421.

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