''Ponnuchami'' is a 1993 Indian
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
-language drama film directed by
Ali Akbar and written by A. R. Mukesh, starring
Suresh Gopi and Chithra.
Plot
Ponnuchami is a
farrier, is assisted by an
apprentice
Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading). Apprenticeships can also enable practitioners to gain a ...
he adopted from the streets who is deaf and dumb Ranjappan. In the meantime, he marries a woman and has a child who is not walking despite many treatments, where as an astrologer tells him that it's because of a curse that his child is not walking on two legs, he then sees a doctor in a hospital where he is told that it is curable; when returning from hospital he sees his wife raped by Ranjappan. Upon seeing this, he decided to leave his wife, taking the boy with him, the day after he sees that Ranjappan has committed suicide out of guilt.
Years later he comes back to his home with his child now cured and able to walk, but with his wife he sees the child she had with his apprentice who is also deaf and dumb. He embraces them all and accepts life's fate.
Cast
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Suresh Gopi as Ponnuchammi
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Ashokan as Rajappan
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Vinodini
Vinodhini is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and Tamil serials. Beginning her acting career as a child artist, she went on to play lead and supporting roles before acting in television series as well. ...
as Maya
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Chithra as Kanakam
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Thodupuzha Vasanthi as Narayani
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Indrans
Indrans is an Indian actor and former costume designer, who appears in Malayalam films.His mentor was Shiyas M S, a law college student. He started his film career as a costume designer and actor in 1981 and got a breakthrough in 1994 with the ...
as Velappan
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Mansoor Ali Khan as Ratnam
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Lalitha Sree
Lalithasree (born 30 October 1957) is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 450 films. She acts mainly in supporting roles. She is known for her comedy roles with Jagathy Sreekumar.
Personal ...
as Mallika
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Kalpana as Vally
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Sainuddin as Aravindakshan
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Adoor Bhavani as Pathamavathi
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Jose Pellissery
Soundtrack
The songs of this movie was composed by
Mohan Sithara and penned by
O.N.V Kurup.
References
External links
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1993 films
1990s Malayalam-language films
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