Periya Veetu Pannakkaran

Periya Veetu Pannakkaran (transl. Big house farm man) is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language romance film, directed and photographed by N. K. Viswanathan in his directorial debut. The film stars Karthik, Kanaka, M. N. Nambiar and S. S. Chandran. It was released on 11 May 1990.^[1]

Periya Veetu Pannakkaran
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Directed by	N. K. Viswanathan
Written by	Rajavarman (dialogues)
Story by	Sangili Murugan
Produced by	Kalyani Murugan
Starring	Karthik Kanaka M. N. Nambiar S. S. Chandran
Cinematography	N. K. Viswanathan
Edited by	Rajkeerthi
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Meenakshi Arts
Release date	11 May 1990 (1990-05-11)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Chellameena is the daughter of a wealthy big family. In the same village, Sundarapandi is the grandson of a poor farmer there. He is a do-gooder and is always rubbing the villains (Kanaka's cousins) the wrong way. When they both decide to get married after a few teasings and duets, her family refuses and gets Sundarapandi beaten, and his father gets killed in the process. Nambiar who resides in the next village, adopts him. After hearing his story, he extends his proposal to Chellameena's family, who still refuses despite Sundarapandi now having millions in his name thanks to Nambiar. The village horse festival is announced. After much violence and fights, Sundarapandi and Chellameena get together, and he wins the competition.

Cast

• Karthik as Sundarapandi
• Kanaka as Chellameena
• M. N. Nambiar
• S. S. Chandran
• Gandhimathi
• Senthil
• Kovai Sarala
• Vijayakumar
• S. N. Lakshmi
• Y. Vijaya
• Sathyapriya
• Sangili Murugan
• Senthamarai
• Kallapetti Singaram

Production

When N. K. Viswanathan was directing Inaindha Kaigal, Sangili Murugan requested him to direct a film for him which became Periya Veettu Pannakkaran. It was completed within a single schedule and became his directorial debut as it released before Inaindha Kaigal.^[2][3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.^[4][5] The song "Nikkattumaa Pogattuma" is set in the Carnatic raga Vachaspati,^[6] and the songs "Muthu Muthu Medai" and "Malligaiye Malligaiye" are set in Sarasangi.^[7][8]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Malligaiye Malligaiye"	K. S. Chithra, K. J. Yesudas	Na. Kamarasan	04:56
"Summa Nee"	Mano	Piraisoodan	04:28
"Vanthaara Vazha Vaikkum"	Ilaiyaraaja	Ilaiyaraaja	04:08
"Nikkattumaa Pogattuma"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	Mu. Metha	05:04
"Muthu Muthu Medai"	S. Janaki, K. J. Yesudas	Muthulingam	04:54
"Pattikaattu Paattu"	Malaysia Vasudevan	Gangai Amaran	04:48
"Pallaakku Kuthiraiyile"			04:53

The movie was dubbed into Telugu as Prema Sasanam

Song	Singers
"Idhe Ra Naa Mata"	Mano
"Sandekada"	Mano
"Sandelamma"	S. P. Balasubramanyam, Sudha Radhakrishnan
"Pooche Poola"	Vani Jayaram, S. P. Balasubramanyam
"Mallikave"	S. P. Sailaja, S. P. Balasubramanyam
"Pallakilo"	S. P. Balasubramanyam
"Title Song"	S. P. Balasubramanyam