Ponvizha

Ponvizha is a 1999 Tamil drama film directed by Ashokan. The film features Napoleon and Suvalakshmi in lead roles. The film, produced by K. S. Sinivasan and K. S. Sivaram, had musical score by Deva and was released on 6 August 1999.^[1]

Plot

Ponni (Suvalakshmi) lives with her grandmother and they are set aside by the villagers. Bharathi (Napoleon), a jobless man, landed in Ponni's village. Manivanan was village chief(gounder).

In the past, Ponni was the village and she was going to marry. Before the marriage, the villagers including her father and Velusamy (Ranjith) met an accident and many villagers lost their lives in the accident. Since that day, the villagers began to hate Ponni. Bharathi was, in fact, the lorry driver who perpetrated the accident but nobody knows about it.

Bharathi felt guilty for the accident and he is now on a quest for redemption so he wants to help Ponni.

Cast

• Napoleon as Bharathi
• Suvalakshmi as Ponni
• Manivannan as Vettuva Gounder
• Ranjith as Velusamy
• Swathi as Parvathi
• Senthil
• Balu Anand
• Crane Manohar
• S. N. Lakshmi as Ponni's grandmother
• Sukumari
• Visu as a district collector (guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1999, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Kasthuri Raja, Kalidasan, Piraisoodan Kadhalmathi and Ashokan.^[2]

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