''Pona Machan Thirumbi Vandhan'' () is a 1954 Indian

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directed by C. Srinivasa Rao. The dialogues were written by V. Seetharaman and screenplay by Mercury Films' Story Department. Based on the novel ''Punarjanmam'' by Thumilan, it stars Sriram and

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. The film was released on 27 November 1954 and did not succeed commercially.

Plot

The film tells of a young man named Sambu. He is from a well-to-do family and spends his days chewing

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leaves and

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. He is fond of telling stories about old times to his servant Kittan. The young man is fond of his sister Chandra. He is keen on getting her married to a suitable young man and keeping the couple in his house. He releases a peculiar advertisement asking for a bridegroom who has to send money of to be considered for the alliance. A young man Thyagu, who was mostly in North India and sick of Chappathi – Kuruma, wishes to get back home and replies to the ad. Another person and his sister Vimala then come to Sambhu's house. Not interested in the "Ad for groom" business. Chandra leaves the house. She meets Thyagu and unaware of each other's identity, they fall in love. They meet with a car accident and the rich owners takes them home for treatment, thinking they are a married couple. Afraid of scandals, they change their names, leading to more complications. Resolving the complications occupies the rest of the film.

Cast

;Male cast * Sriram as Thyagu * Shankaramoorthi as Rathnam * Thangavelu as Sambu * Ganapathi Bhatt * Friend Ramasami * Sampathkumar *

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* Velappan * C. P. Kittan as Kittan * Ganesh Singh * Raja Wahab Kashmiri ;Male Support Cast * Shankar, Mani Bhagavathar, Kottayam Kailasa Bhagavathar, Prasad, Varadarajan, Kuntu Pillai, and R. K. Krishnan Mudaliar. ;Female cast *

as Chandra * Lakshmikantha as Vimala * Angamuthu as * Rathnam * Ranganayaki * Jayagowri *

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* Saroja * Varada Bai * Rukmani * Lakshmi

Soundtrack

Music by

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and lyrics were written by V. Seetharaman and N. S. Chithambaram.

Release

''Pona Machan Thirumbi Vandhan'' was released on 27 November 1954, and did not succeed commercially.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0261905 1950s Tamil-language films 1954 films 1959 comedy films Films based on Indian novels Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan Indian black-and-white films Films scored by C. N. Pandurangan Indian comedy films