''Pondattiye Deivam'' () is a 1994 Tamil language comedy film directed by N. K. Viswanathan. The film stars

S. Ve. Shekher Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekher (born 26 December 1950) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, politician and a playwright of Tamil-language plays. In 2006, he was elected as an MLA for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIA ...

and Sithara, with Janagaraj, V. K. Ramasamy, Vennira Aadai Moorthy, Vinu Chakravarthy, Livingston, Kovai Sarala and

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playing supporting roles. The film, produced by T. S. Saravanan, was released on 4 March 1994.

Plot

Pattabi (

) is submitted to his dominating wife Parimala ( Sithara) and she makes his life a living hell. Parimala is goodwill but she has a hysterical temper that is frightening his husband Pattabi. Pattabi works as a secretary in Cholla company and earns a decent salary, but his miserly wife forbids him to spend money and keeps all his money. So Pattabi spends his time lamenting about his wife's torture to others. The poor Pattabi is not helped by his irresponsible father Sundaram ( Janagaraj) who always bets on horse races, his father-in-law Periya Karuppu Thevar ( Vinu Chakravarthy) who only supports Parimala's choices and his nosy neighbour Vaidhyanathan ( Vennira Aadai Moorthy) who doesn't miss an opportunity to put Pattabi in trouble. Only his Pattabi's boss ( V. K. Ramasamy) understands his feelings. The killjoy Parimala has a twin sister: Shyamala. Unlike Parimala, Shyamala is a deaf and fearful person. In the past, Parimala was an honest police officer. One day, Pattabi rushed to work in the morning with his scooter, he went through a red traffic light. Parimala and the police constables followed him, Pattabi ran away from them and fell into a swimming pool. Parimala then saved him from drowning. Because of this accident, she lost her job. Pattabi then married her. One day, Parimala throws Sundaram out of their house, for Pattabi it's the straw that broke the camel's back. Pattabi's boss has a friend Pandiyan ( Livingston), he is a jailbird and a true misogyny. He comes to help Pattabi from Parimala, but things don't go as planned. Pandiyan killed Parimala and with Pattabi's help, Pandiyan throws the dead body in a river. Sundaram returns home with his newfound mistress Margaret ( Kovai Sarala) and her daughter Julie (

). Sundaram then makes believe Periya Karuppu Thevar that Parimala ran away with another man. Periya Karuppu Thevar is hell bent to save his family's prestige so Shyamala passes off as Parimala. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Pattabi * Sithara as Parimala and Shyamala * Janagaraj as Sundaram, Pattabi's father * V. K. Ramasamy as Pattabi's boss * Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Vaidhyanathan * Vinu Chakravarthy as Periya Karuppu Thevar * Livingston as Pandiyan * Kovai Sarala as Margaret *

as Julie *Sharmili as Manonmani * Idichapuli Selvaraj * Typist Gopu as Kandaswamy *

O. A. K. Sundar O. A. K. Sundar (born 3 January 1970) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Tamil cinema and television. He is known for his antagonistic roles starting with ''Virumaandi''. He played the main character in the television series, ''Romapuri Pan ...

Karuppu Subbiah Karuppu Subbiah was an Indian actor who had acted over 300 Tamil language films in comedy roles and minor roles. He also has another name 'Mottai' Subbiah. He is notable for his comedian roles along with actor Goundamani. And also he acted alon ...

T. K. S. Natarajan T. K. S. Natarajan (23 July 1933 – 5 May 2021) was an Indian actor and folk singer. Natarajan debuted as a film actor in the 1954 film Ratha Paasam (1954 film), Ratha Paasam. Since then, he has acted in more than 500 films. The song 'Ennadi M ...

as Natarajan

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Bala Bharathi. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by

Pulamaipithan Pulavar Pulamaipithan (6 October 1935 – 8 September 2021) was an Indian scholar, poet and lyricist who got recognition through the song "Naan yaar nee yaar" which was featured in the Tamil film ''Kudiyirundha Koyil'' in 1968. He briefly serve ...

and Muthulingam.

Reception

Malini Mannath of '' The Indian Express'' labelled the film as "average entertainer" but she praised the lead pair.

References

{{reflist 1994 films 1990s Tamil-language films Indian comedy films Films directed by N. K. Vishwanathan 1994 comedy films