Ponnagaram

Ponnagaram is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by K. S. Madhangan in his debut. The film stars Sarath Babu and Shoba. It was released on 4 July 1980, two months after Shoba's death.^[1][2]

Ponnagaram
Title card
Directed by	K. S. Madhangan
Written by	K. S. Madhangan
Produced by	K. Raja
Starring	Sarath Babu Shoba
Cinematography	A. V. Ramakrishnan
Edited by	Vellaichami
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production company	True Films
Release date	4 July 1980 (1980-07-04)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Sarath Babu as Raja
• Shoba as Bhavani^[3]
• Suruli Rajan as Mayil Vahanam
• Sachu as Muthukannu
• Sri Kumar
• I. Lavanya
• V. S. Raghavan as Bhavani's father
• M. N. Rajam as Bhavani's mother
• S. V. Ramadas

Production

Ponnagaram is the directorial debut of Madhangan.^[4] The title of the film is a reference to a short story of the same name by Pulamaipithan.^[5]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.^[6] The film marks lyricist Kamakodiyan's debut.^[7][8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Muthu Rathamo Mullai"	Sulthan	Vani Jairam, P. Jayachandran
2.	"Chithada Muthu Kannu"	Kamakodiyan	S. Janaki, Malaysia Vasudevan
3.	"Deyaandoe"	Kamakodiyan	S. Janaki, Chorus
4.	"Irupavarukku"	Kamakodiyan	K. J. Yesudas

Reception

P. S. M. of Kalki felt Madhangan gave himself work overload by handling both writing and directing, and criticised him for trying to capitalise on Shoba's death.^[9]