Pondatti Rajyam (transl. Wife's rule) is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film stars Saravanan, Ranjitha, Ravikumar, Raja Raveendar and Chithra. It was released on 15 August 1992.[1] The film was remade in Telugu as Akka Pettanam Chelleli Kapuram.[citation needed]

Pondatti Rajyam
Poster
Directed byK. S. Ravikumar
Screenplay byK. S. Ravikumar
Story byAgathiyan
Produced byK. Prabhakaran
StarringSaravanan
Ranjitha
Chithra
K. S. Ravikumar
Raja Raveendar
CinematographyAshok Rajan
Edited byK. Thanikachalam
Music byDeva
Production
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Release date
  • 15 August 1992 (1992-08-15)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

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Cast

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Production

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The film was initially titled as Malligai Mullai.[2]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Deva and lyrics written by Kalidasan.[3]

Song Singers
"Anilukku Moonu Kodu" S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Ettukudi Velavare" Malaysia Vasudevan
"Naalu Pakkam Kadalu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Pondatti Rajyamthan" Mano, S. Janaki
"Raagam Ondru" Mano, S. Janaki
"Thandaal Edungada" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Uchimara Pachakiliye" P. Jayachandran

Reception

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Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote, "the direction by K. S. Ravikumar is smooth [..] and the situations are imaginatively handled."[4] Supraja Sridharan of Kalki praised the performances of cast and concluded K. S. Ravikumar who made us laugh for two and half hours could have avoided double meaning dialogues at certain places.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Pondatti Rajyam". The Indian Express. 14 August 1992. p. 6. Retrieved 8 February 2022 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ "As always". The Hindu. 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Pondati Rajyam". JioSaavn. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ^ Mannath, Malini (21 August 1992). "Doubting wife". The Indian Express. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ ஸ்ரீதரன், சுப்ரஜா (20 September 1992). "பொண்டாட்டி ராஜ்யம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 43. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023 – via Internet Archive.
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