Kannupada Poguthaiya
Directed byBharathi Ganesh
Produced byR. B. Choudary
StarringVijayakanth
Simran
CinematographyVictor S. Kumar
Edited byV. Jaishankar
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Release date
  • 7 November 1999 (1999-11-07)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kannupada Poguthaiya (transl. People Will Get Jealous, Monsieur) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Bharathi Ganesh on his directorial debut. It stars Vijayakanth in dual lead roles as father and son. The film released on 7 November 1999 and became a commercial success.[1]

Plot

Paramasivam, a rich landlord lives in a village along with his wife Parvathy. Vetrivel is their elder son and is widely respected by the villagers for his good deeds. Gowri is the daughter of Ramakrishnan, a school teacher in the same village. Gowri returns to village after completing education from city and at first misunderstands Vetrivel as an employee in Paramasivam's home. Later she gets to know that Vetrivel is the son of Paramasivam. Slowly Vetrivel and Gowri start liking each other. Paramasivam and Parvathy also plans to get them married.

Subramani is the younger brother of Vetrivel and he returns to the village after his completion of studies. One day, Subramani slips from a mountain nearby while taking photographs of a water fall. Gowri hears his voice and rushes to the spot along with other people and Subramani is rescued by the villagers. This makes Subramani to fall for Gowri and he expresses his intention of marrying Gowri to Vetrivel. Vetrivel is so kind towards his brother and he decides to sacrifice his love for the sake of his brother. Vetrivel also convinces Paramasivam and Parvathy to get married Subramani first although he is the younger son. Gowri is shocked knowing about the marriage plans but accepts just because of the respect she has towards Vetrivel's words. Subramani and Gowri get married.

Chinna works in Paramasivam's home and he could not tolerate Vetrivel's sacrifice. One day Chinna drinks and confesses the truth to Vetrivel's Parents. They decide to get Vetrivel married immediately to Rasathi, who is Parvathy's relative. But Rasathi's father Maniyaandar and grandfather Angaala Thevar have vengeance over Parvathy and Paramasivam and they wanted them to be killed.

Ponnambalam who also lives in the same village does not like Vetrivel and he informs Subramani that Vetrivel and Gowri are in illegitimate relationship which angers Subramani. But suddenly Gowri vomits and faints. Ramakrishnan, Father of Gowri informs everyone happily that Gowri should be pregnant. But Subramani is shocked as he has decided to have kids only after Vetrivel gets married. Now Subramani also doubts the relationship between his brother Vetrivel and Gowri. He shouts at Vetrivel and Vetrivel leaves the home after hearing painful words from his brother.

Paramasivam and Parvathy get angry seeing Subramani's activities and scold him. Also a flashback is told where Vetrivel is actually the son of Vasudevar Ayya who was a wealthy man in the village. Paramasivam worked as a driver in Parvathy's home and they marry each other. This angers Parvathy's father Angaala Thevar and her brother Maniyaandar, and they try to kill the couple. They run to Vasudevar Ayya's village for help and Vasudevar Ayya saves them. But Angaala Thevar and Maniyaandar kill Vasudevar Ayya. Now Vasudevar Ayya orders them to stay out of village and hands over his son Vetrivel and all the properties to Paramasivam and Parvathy.

In the meantime, doctor checks Gowri and informs that she is not pregnant. Subramani realises his mistake and apologises to Vetrivel and Gowri. Finally Vetrivel is married to Rasathi on request of Gowri and also wins the heart of her father.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[2][3]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Mookuthi Muthazhaghu"S. A. RajkumarHariharan5:00
2."Kannoramai Kadhai Pesu"Kalai KumarS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra4:22
3."Anandham Anandham"VairamuthuMano, Biju Narayanan, Sujatha Mohan4:53
4."Elundhaal Malai Pola"Ilaya KambanS. A. Rajkumar4:41
5."Manasa Madichi"Kalai KumarS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra4:11
Total length:23:07

Release and reception

Aurangazeb of Kalki wrote a village king, a red-painted chariot, a song on a field road, a great story of sacrifice – all these should be transported to a filmless land.[4] S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote that Vijayakanth "proved his worth in a dual role" and "Director Bharathi Ganesh who also takes the credit for the story and screenplay, has done a nice film with a rural background"[5] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "The story seems to be a re-hash of earlier films like Suryavamsam, Arunachalam, etc. For Vijayakant it's an easy role, for hasn't he done it a hundred times earlier? While Simran cuts a fetching picture, Karan makes full use of the opportunity given to him".[6] Raghava Lawrence won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Choreographer.[7]

Bharathi Ganesh later launched a project titled Velayudham starring Mammootty, Prathyusha and Eashwar, who had earlier starred in Love Channel (2001). The film was later shelved and Kannupada Poguthaiya remains the director's only release.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Vijayakanth's Recent success". New Tamil Films Online. 5 December 1999. Archived from the original on 6 March 2001. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kannupada Pokuthaiya". JioSaavn. January 1999. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Taalam / Kannu Pada Poguthaiya". AVDigital. Archived from the original on 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  4. ↑ ஒளரங்கசீப் (5 December 1999). "கண்ணுபடபோகுதய்யா". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 96. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Ashok Kumar, S. R. (12 November 1999). "Kannupada Poguthaiya". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Mannath, Malini. "Kannupada Poguthaya". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 10 July 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Awards: Tamilnadu Government Announces Cinema State Awards -1999". Dinakaran. 29 December 2000. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Mannath, Malini. "New launches". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 15 August 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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