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Pondatti Rajyam
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Pondatti Rajyam<br />
| image = Pondatti Rajyam.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[K. S. Ravikumar]]<br />
| producer = K. Prabhakaran<br />
| screenplay = K. S. Ravikumar<br />
| story = [[Agathiyan]]<br />
| starring = [[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]]<br />[[Ranjitha]]<br />[[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]]<br />K. S. Ravikumar<br />Raja Raveendar<br />
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]<br />
| cinematography = Ashok Rajan<br />
| editing = K. Thanikachalam<br />
| studio = [[Anbalaya Films]]<br />
| distributor = Anbalaya Films<br />
| released = {{film date|1992|8|15|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 138 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Pondatti Rajyam''''' ({{Translation|Wife's rule}}) is a 1992 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama film]] directed by [[K. S. Ravikumar]]. The film stars [[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]], [[Ranjitha]], [[K. S. Ravikumar]], Raja Raveendar and [[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]]. The film, produced by K. Prabhakaran, had musical score by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] and was released on 15 August 1992. The film was remade in Telugu as ''[[Akka Pettanam Chelleli Kapuram]]''.<ref>http://telugucineblitz.blogspot.in/2015/10/akka-pettanam-chelleli-kapuram-1993.html</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
* [[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]] as Krishnan<br />
* [[Ranjitha]] as Bharathi<br />
* [[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]] <br />
* [[Chithra (actress)|Chithra]]<br />
* [[K. S. Ravikumar]] as Samiyar<br />
* [[Chinni Jayanth]] <br />
* Raja Ravindar as Sundresh<br />
* Sona<br />
* [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]]<br />
* [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]]<br />
* [[Kovai Sarala]]<br />
* [[C. R. Saraswathi]]<br />
* Gemini Rajeshwari<br />
* Nisha<br />
* Sumathi<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film was initially titled as ''Malligai Mullai''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-05-27 |title=As always |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/as-always/article28583119.ece |access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
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The music was composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] and lyrics written by Kalidasan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pondati Rajyam |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pondati-rajyam/eYEjr4JX56s_ |website=[[JioSaavn]] |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Anilukku Moonu Kodu" || [[S. Janaki]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || rowspan=7|Kalidasan<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Ettukudi Velavare" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Naalu Pakkam Kadalu" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Pondatti Rajyamthan" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Raagam Ondru" || Mano, S. Janaki<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || "Thandaal Edungada" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || "Uchimara Pachakiliye" || [[P. Jayachandran]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''The Indian Express'' wrote "the direction by K. S. Ravikumar is smooth [..] and the situations are imaginatively handled."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=21 August 1992 |title=Doubting wife |page=7 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19920821&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=12392882}}<br />
{{K. S. Ravikumar}}<br />
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[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1992 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. S. Ravikumar]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]</div>
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