Ponvandu

Ponvandu (transl. Golden Beetle)^[1] is 1973 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film^[2] written, produced and directed by N. S. Maniam. The film stars Jaishankar, Bharathi, Ushanandini, Shubha and Jayachitra. It was released on 29 June 1973.^[3]

Ponvandu
Poster
Directed by	N. S. Maniam
Written by	N. S. Maniam
Produced by	N. S. Maniam
Starring	Jaishankar Bharathi Ushanandini Shubha Jayachitra
Cinematography	C. Ramachandran
Edited by	R. Devarajan
Music by	V. Kumar
Production company	Maniam Pictures
Release date	29 June 1973 (1973-06-29)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Jaishankar as Kannan^[4]
• Bharathi as Leela
• Ushanandini as Sathya Bama
• Shubha as Rukmani
• Jayachitra as Radha
• Manorama as Rathna Devi
• Thengai Srinivasan as Rukmani's father
• Cho as Sikkal Singaravelan
• Suruli Rajan as Gothandam
• Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Kumar
• S. A. Ashokan as Kannan's father (guest appearance)
• Srikanth as Pichandi (guest appearance)
• M. N. Rajam as Kamala (guest appearance)
• Sachu as Vasantha (guest appearance)
• P. R. Varalakshmi as Lakshmi (guest appearance)
• Jayakumari as Prema (guest appearance)
• Kalpana as Mangamma (guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by V. Kumar and lyrics were written by Vaali and Alangudi Somu.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Naan Oru Thani Ragam"	L. R. Eswari, T. M. Soundararajan	4:14
2.	"Pani Malaro"	T. M. Soundararajan	3:33
3.	"Adi Vaadiyamma"	T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, K. Swarna	5:07
Total length:			12:54

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki appreciated the performances of Jaishankar, Manorama and humour of Cho, Suruli Rajan, Srinivasan and Moorthy but panned Bharathi's makeup and costumes.^[6]