''Pondattiye Deivam'' () is a 1994 Indian

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directed by N. K. Viswanathan. The film stars

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and Sithara, with

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, V. K. Ramasamy,

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and

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playing supporting roles. The film, produced by T. S. Saravanan, was released on 4 March 1994.

Plot

Pattabi (

) is submitted to his dominating wife Parimala ( Sithara) and she makes his life a living hell. Parimala is goodwill but she has a hysterical temper that is frightening her husband Pattabi. Pattabi works as a secretary in Cholla company and earns a decent salary, but his miserly wife forbids him to spend money and keeps all his money. So Pattabi spends his time lamenting about his wife's torture to others. The poor Pattabi is not helped by his irresponsible father Sundaram (

) who always bets on horse races, his father-in-law Periya Karuppu Thevar (

) who only supports Parimala's choices and his nosy neighbour Vaidhyanathan (

) who doesn't miss an opportunity to put Pattabi in trouble. Only his Pattabi's boss ( V. K. Ramasamy) understands his feelings. The killjoy Parimala has a twin sister: Shyamala. Unlike Parimala, Shyamala is a deaf and fearful person. In the past, Parimala was an honest police officer. One day, Pattabi rushed to work in the morning with his scooter, he went through a red traffic light. Parimala and the police constables followed him, Pattabi ran away from them and fell into a swimming pool. Parimala then saved him from drowning. Because of this accident, she lost her job. Pattabi then married her. One day, Parimala throws Sundaram out of their house, for Pattabi it's the

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. Pattabi's boss has a friend Pandiyan (

), he is a jailbird and a true misogyny. He comes to help Pattabi from Parimala, but things don't go as planned. Pandiyan killed Parimala and with Pattabi's help, Pandiyan throws the dead body in a river. Sundaram returns home with his newfound mistress Margaret (

) and her daughter Julie (

). Sundaram then makes believe Periya Karuppu Thevar that Parimala ran away with another man. Periya Karuppu Thevar is hell bent to save his family's prestige so Shyamala passes off as Parimala. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack were composed by Bala Bharathi, with lyrics written by

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and Muthulingam.

Reception

Malini Mannath of ''

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'' labelled the film as "average entertainer" but she praised the lead pair.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title 1990s Indian films 1990s Tamil-language films 1994 comedy films 1994 films Films directed by N. K. Viswanathan Indian comedy films Tamil-language Indian films