Pondatti Rajyam

Pondatti Rajyam
Pondatti Rajyam
	Poster
Directed by	K. S. Ravikumar
Screenplay by	K. S. Ravikumar
Story by	Agathiyan
Produced by	K. Prabhakaran
Starring	Saravanan; Ranjitha; Chithra; K. S. Ravikumar; Raja Raveendar
Cinematography	Ashok Rajan
Edited by	K. Thanikachalam
Music by	Deva
Production; company	Anbalaya Films
Release date	15 August 1992;
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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]}

Plot

Cast

Production

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

Soundtrack

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

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

^ "Pondatti Rajyam". The Indian Express. 14 August 1992. p. 6. Retrieved 8 February 2022 – via Google News Archive.
^ "As always". The Hindu. 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ "Pondati Rajyam". JioSaavn. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ Mannath, Malini (21 August 1992). "Doubting wife". The Indian Express. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via Google News Archive.
^ 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.

External links

Pondatti Rajyam at IMDb

[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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