Ponnana Neram

Ponnana Neram (transl. The Golden Hour) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by the duo Ravi-Raja.^[1] The film stars Ramarajan and Prathyusha, while Shanmugasundaram and Sukumar appear in supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Pradeep Ravi, the film was released on 14 November 2001.

Ponnana Neram
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Directed by	Ravi-Raja
Screenplay by	Ravi-Raja
Story by	V. Selvaraj
Produced by	S. Rukmani
Starring	Ramarajan Pratyusha
Cinematography	Dayal Osho
Edited by	A. Joseph
Music by	Pradeep Ravi
Production company	Alamelu Pictures
Release date	14 November 2001 (2001-11-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Manivel is a police officer and Pooja is a college student, who is a prankster who often gets others into trouble. Pooja witnesses few terrorists planning to kill a minister, but nobody is ready to believe her. Whether Manivel stops the terrorist attack forms the crux of the story.

Cast

• Ramarajan as A.C Manivel
• Prathyusha as Pooja
• Mansoor Ali Khan
• Alex as Pugazhendi
• Shanmugasundaram
• Gandhimathi
• Sukumar
• Omakuchi Narasimhan
• Suruli Manohar
• Bayilvan Ranganathan (uncredited)^[2]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Pradeep Ravi.^[3][4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Naan Ready"	Kamakodiyan	Palakkad Sreeram
2.	"Hello Hai Mamo"	Kamakodiyan	Harini, V. V. Prasanna
3.	"Kolusu Kolusu"	Kamakodiyan	Yugendran, Gopika
4.	"Thimu Thimu Roja"	Pa. Vijay	Anuradha Sriram
5.	"Machanin"	Kamakodiyan	Karma

Reception

Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote that "Almost all of Ramarajan's roles have been that of a rustic. And one often felt that the hero should go in for a change of image. But after watching him in action as the super cop here, one feels the hero was better off playing the rustic simpleton!".^[2]