''Thottathellam Ponnagum'' () is a 1975 Indian

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-language film directed by R. Vittal, and written by

Panchu Arunachalam Panchanathan Arunachalam (22 March 1941 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian writer, director, producer and lyricist who worked in Tamil cinema. He was mentored by poet Kannadasan who was his uncle. He also worked as a lyricist in the Tamil cin ...

. The film stars

Jaishankar Jaishankar (12 July 1938 – 3 June 2000) was an Indian actor known for his work in Tamil cinema. He was a very popular lead actor in the 1960s and 70s. He was credited onscreen with title of ''Makkal Kalaingnar'' (people's artiste) or '' ...

and

Jayachitra Jayachitra is an Indian actress films who works mostly in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Early life Jayachitra was born in 1957. Her father Mahendra was a veterinary doctor, who had earlier worked as a lawyer. Her mother Ammaji (a.k.a. Ja ...

. It was released on 10 January 1975.

Plot

Cast

Production

''Thottathellam Ponnagum'' is Sripriya's fourth film as an actress, and was filmed in

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. The film was written by Panchu Arunachalam, soon after the success of his previous film '' Kalyanamam Kalyanam'' (1974).

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Vijaya Bhaskar Vijaya Bhaskar ( kan, ವಿಜಯಭಾಸ್ಕರ್; 1924–2002) was an Indian music director and composer who composed music for several mainstream and experimental feature films in the Kannada film industry. Scoring music for over 600 fe ...

, with lyrics by

Kannadasan Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was an Indian philosopher, poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important lyricists in India. Freq ...

Release and reception

''Thottathellam Ponnagum'' was released on 10 January 1975. Kanthan of '' Kalki'' appreciated Vittal's direction and Dutt's cinematography but said there was nothing to say about the story, and lauded the comedy dialogues.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt23319620 1970s Indian films 1970s Tamil-language films 1975 films Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam Tamil-language Indian films