''Pottu Amman'' is a 2000 Indian

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bilingual devotional drama film. The Tamil version was handled by K. Rajarathinam and produced by Mangala Productions, while the Telugu version, ''Durga'' was directed by R. K. Selvamani and produced by Ramprasad Reddy. The film featured

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and

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alongside

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and Suresh Bala, while K. R. Vijaya plays a supporting role. The film was publicised as actress Roja's 100th film and got released during the month of December 2000.

Cast

as Pratap *

as Durga and Pottu Amman *

as Ganga * K. R. Vijaya as Navaneetham *

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(Telugu) *Suresh Bala as Prathmipadhi *Raviraj *Kadavul Kannan *

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*Bayilvan Ranganathan *

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* Ramyasri * Raviraj *Mannangatti Subramaniam * Raman Nayar * Ramya Krishnan as Amman (special appearance)

Production

The film was ghost directed by R. K. Selvamani, who opted to give his brother the directorial credits for the Tamil version, while he took credit for the Telugu version, ''Durga''. The film's release in Tamil was held up by financier Mukanchand Bothra, who filed a suit against

and her brother Kumarasamy Reddy for failing to repay a loan. Film director R. K. Selvamani intervened and agreed to settle the dues.

Soundtrack

Music by S. D. Shanthakumar.

Release

A critic noted "This film has a decent script but again modern treatment somehow doesn't work too well with superstitions. Director Rajarathnam has definitely been inspired by Hollywood's ''

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'' in some parts." ''The Hindu'' gave the film a more critical review, stating that "the film shows that the director has made it with less of ideas and more of compromise". Regarding the Telugu version, a critic noted that "Actress Roja’s 100th film “DURGA” lacks the distinctive touch of ace director R.K.Selvamani but nevertheless it is bound to attract female audience since it is another devotional horror film laced with graphics".

References

2000 films Hindu devotional films 2000s Tamil-language films 2000s Telugu-language films Indian multilingual films {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub