Ponnu Mappillai

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Ponnu Mappillai
Ponnu Mappillai.jpg
Poster
Directed by S. Ramanathan
Written by'Usilai' T. Somanathan
Produced by P. S. Veerappa
P. S. V. Hariharan
Starring Jaishankar
Kanchana
CinematographyP. Bhaskar Rao
A. Venkat
Edited byA. Paul Durai Singam
Music by Vedha
Production
company
P. S. V. Pictures
Distributed byVeerakumar Movies
Release date
  • 26 September 1969 (1969-09-26)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Ponnu Mappillai (transl.Bride and Bridegroom) is a 1969 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. Ramanathan and written by 'Usilai' T. Somanathan. The film stars Jaishankar and Kanchana. [1] It was released on 26 September 1969. [2]

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Plot

The film opens with a smuggler getting down from a plane in Madras airport. He comes out of the airport and places a guitar inside a car. The passenger in the car is a masked man who opens a secret compartment in the guitar to find a pouch with many diamonds. The masked man notices that he is being pursued by a police car. He stops the car in front of a shop and places the guitar inside another car parked in front of the shop and hides in a nearby place. The car belongs to a couple Ramesh and Bhuvana who have entered the shop. Meanwhile a bystander notices the guitar and takes it out of the car. The couple come out of the shop and drive away. The masked man notes down the car number so that he can track down the diamonds. The rest of the movie is about how the guitar changes many hands and Ramesh tackles the smugglers.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music composed by Vedha. Lyrics were written by Kannadasan & Thanjai Vanan. [3]

Song TitleSingersLength
"Ellorum Kai Thattungal" L. R. Eswari 04:10
"Manamagan Azhagane" A. L. Raghavan 3:10
"Naalaa Naalaa Palanaalaa"T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela 04:20
"Sirittha Mugam Sivandhadhenna"T. M. Soundararajan & P. Susheela04:28

Reception

The Indian Express wrote, "The script is very intelligent and that is the first thing. The credit goes to Usili Somanathan. [..] the credit goes to the director S. Ramanathan who handles the script sensitively and intelligently". [4]

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