Pona Machaan Thirumbi Vandhan


Pona Machan Thirumbi Vandhan is 1954 Tamil-language drama film directed by C. Srinivasa Rao and produced by T. S. Venkataswami. The film dialogue was written by V. Seetharaman and Screenplay by Mercury film Department. Music by M. S. Viswanathan and C. N. Pandurangan is an asset to the film. It stars K. A. Thangavelu, T. D. Kusalakumari and Sri Ram playing major roles with Lakshmi Kanta, T. K. Ramachandran, Friend Ramasamy and K. S. Angamuthu in supporting roles. The film was based on Punarjanmam by Thumilan.

Plot

A young man named Sambu is from a well-to-do family and his life is only to chew betel leaves and tobacco, besides eating. He also fond of reeling out platitudes about old times to his servant Kittan. The young man is very fond of his sister Chandra. He is keen on getting her married to a suitable young man and keeping the couple in his house. So, he release a peculiar advertisement asking for a bridegroom who has to send application money of Rs.1, 000/- to be considered for the alliance!. A young man, who was mostly in North India and sick of Chappathi – Kuruma, wishes to get back home. So, he 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 Sriram and both, unaware of identity fall in love. They meet with a car accident and the rich car owners takes them home for treatment, thinking they are a married couple! Afraid of scandals, they change their names, leading to more complications. How the complication are solved forms the rest of the film.

Cast

;Male cast
;Male Support Cast
;Female cast
stated in the article, In spite of the impressive cast and talented technical behind the camera, the movie did not do well. Not surprisingly, U. R. Jeevarathinam, a talented singer with a high – pitched voice sang all the songs for the heroine, but the music did not become popular.

Soundtrack

Music by M. S. Viswanathan, C. N. Pandurangan and lyrics were written by V. Seetharaman and N. S. Chithambaram. Singer is U. R. Jeevarathinam. Playback singers are Jikki, U. R. Jeevarathinam, Radha Jayalakshmi, P. Leela, A. G. Rathnamala, Sathyavathi, Subbulakshmi, K. R. Chellammuthu, V. N. Sundharam and A. L. Raghavan