Ponmana Selvan

1989 Indian film

Vijayakanth
Shobana
Vidhyashree

CinematographyM. C. SekarEdited byP. Mohan RajMusic byIlaiyaraaja

Production
company

V. N. S. Films

Release date

15 August 1989 (1989-08-15)

Running time

139 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Ponmana Selvan is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Vijayakanth and Shobana, with Vidhyashree, Gemini Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi in supporting roles. It was released on 15 August 1989.^[1] The film was a remake of the Kannada film Karunamayi.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

Ambalakarar and Meenakshi have four children – Raja, Raghu, Ravi and Radha. The family is highly respected in their home town for always standing up for justice. They successfully fight to keep alcohol from being sold in town. Meenakshi's older brother, Ammavasai, joins the family after a years-long feud but still harbors resentment. He gets the two younger brothers – Raghu and Ravi – to start drinking. Hong Kong Annamalai, the local Nataamai, has a daughter, Parvathi that's recently returned home. She falls for and pursues the clueless Raja. Marriages are arranged for both Raghu and Ravi. Parvathi maneuvers her father and Ambalakarar into arranging her marriage with Raja as well. As the wedding talks take place, Annamalai won't permit his daughter to marry Raja as he is the adopted son of the couple. The other three are their biological children and this is the first time any of the children learn the truth. Raghu and Ravi, egged on by their uncle and Annamalai, treat Raja very poorly. At the two youngest brothers' insistence, their respective marriages take place. Kaadher Baai, Ambalakarar's closest friend, is in desperate need of money for his daughter's wedding and steals a necklace from his friend. Raja stops the theft but gets caught when returning the necklace. He takes the blame for attempted theft and gets kicked out of the home. This leaves Ammavasai with free rein and he is instrumental in the younger brothers leaving home. Raja must deal with the problems in his family while also working to establish his business and reunite with Parvathi.

Cast

Vijayakanth as Raja
Shobana as Parvathi
Vidhyashree as Radha
Gemini Ganesan as Ambalakarar
B. Saroja Devi as Meenakshi
Goundamani as Hong Kong Annamalai
Jaishankar as Mettupalayam Jameen
Radha Ravi
V. K. Ramasamy Kaadher Baai
S. S. Chandran as Ammavasai
Ravikiran
Udayashankar
Pradeep
Vaithi
Dr. Muthu
Rafi
Sindhu
Anjana
Srilatha
Sanjeev Venkat as Parvathi's brother

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[2]^[3]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Adichen"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	Vaali	04:35
"Inimelum"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Uma Ramanan	Gangai Amaran	04:30
"Kana Karunguyile"	Mano, K. S. Chithra		04:28
"Nee Pottu Vacha"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Mano, K. S. Chithra		04:26
"Poovana"	Mano, Vani Jayaram		04:38
"Thoppile Irunthaalum"	Malaysia Vasudevan	Ilaiyaraaja	04:33

In 1992 the movie was dubbed into Telugu as Gharana Raja

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Ichuko Teepi Muddu"	Mano, S. P. Sailaja	Velidendla	04:35
"Kasimeedha Vunnanolammi"	Mano, S. P. Sailaja		04:30
"Kaalam Kaatesindhile"	Mano, S.P. Sailaja		04:28
"Nee Maatantene Aaro Vedham"	Mano, S. P. Sailaja		04:26
"Pettane Pelliki Laggam"	Mano, S. P. Sailaja		04:38
"Emitora Ee Lokam"	Mano		04:33

References

^ "நட்சத்திர படப் பட்டியல்". Cinema Express (in Tamil). 1 December 2002. pp. 41–43. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Ponmana Selvan (1989)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "Ponmana Selvan Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraaja". Macsendisk. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.