Purushan Pondatti

Purushan Pondatti (transl. Husband and Wife) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by N. K. Viswanathan. The film stars Pandiarajan and Ranjitha. It was released on 6 December 1996.^[1] It won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Third Best Film.^[2]

Purushan Pondatti
Directed by	N. K. Viswanathan
Screenplay by	P. Kalaimani
Produced by	P. K. Yadav
Starring	Pandiarajan Ranjitha
Cinematography	N. K. Viswanathan
Edited by	V. Uthayasankaran
Music by	Sirpy
Production company	Sundar Theatres
Release date	6 December 1996 (1996-12-06)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Pandian, a sale representative, marries Rajeswari. Pandian's mother Vadivu is a miser while his father Velmurugan is a good man and they also have three daughters. Vadivu takes advantage of Rajeswari's salary and dowry. For the marriage of her first daughter Malini, Vadivu uses Rajeswari's jewels. Then, the groom loses his job, so Pandian and Rajeswari decide on abortion for the family's benefit. In the meantime, Malini becomes pregnant. Rajeswari, who was angry to be treated as a cash cow by Vadivu, resigns from her job. Vadivu, who expected much from her salary, becomes upset and she tries to set Rajeswari on fire but Velmurugan saves her. Rajeswari then leaves Pandian's house and begins to look for a job and have the opportunity to be independent some day. Despite the fact that she looks for a job everywhere, she could not find one. So she becomes a dressmaker and after that, a successful entrepreneur of a clothes factory. Meanwhile, Pandian's family are crippled with debts. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

• Pandiarajan as Pandian
• Ranjitha as Rajeswari
• R. Sundarrajan as Rajeswari's father
• Manivannan as Velmurugan, Pandi's father
• Vadivukkarasi as Vadivu
• Pandiyan as Natarajan
• Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Pattusamy
• Latha as Malini
• Vijaya Chandrika as Rajeswari's mother
• C. R. Saraswathi as Suryakala
• Thyagu as Groom
• Pandu as Khan
• Thideer Kannaiah
• Kullamani
• MRK
• G. K.
• M. M. Vinayaga
• Karuppu Subbiah
• Joker Thulasi
• John Babu
• Vijayaganesh
• Kalaignanam (guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Sirpy.^[3][4]

Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Duration
"Lottery Enakku"	Mano, Sangeetha Sajith	S. J. Suryah	4:57
"Mazhaiyadikuthu"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	Vairamuthu	4:52
"Natta Nadu Rathiri"	Mano, K. S. Chithra		4:30
"Pulla Venum"	Sirpy, K. S. Chithra		4:26
"Vaada Vayasu Paiya"	Maragatha Mani		4:06