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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Pondattiye Deivam<br />
| image = Pondattiye Deivam.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[N. K. Viswanathan]]<br />
| producer = T. S. Saravanan<br />
| writer = [[P. Kalaimani]] <small>(dialogue)</small><br />
| screenplay = N. K. Viswanathan<br />
| story = P. Kalaimani<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[S. Ve. Shekher]]|[[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]]}}<br />
| music = Bala Bharathi<br />
| cinematography = N. K. Viswanathan<br />
| editing = V. Uthaya Sankaran<br />
| distributor = <br />
| studio = Kalyani Cine Arts<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1994|03|04}}<br />
| runtime = 125 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Pondattiye Deivam''''' ({{translation|Wife is Goddess}}) is a 1994 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[N. K. Viswanathan]]. The film stars [[S. Ve. Shekher]] and [[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]], with [[Janagaraj]], [[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]], [[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]], [[Vinu Chakravarthy]], [[J. Livingston|Livingston]], [[Kovai Sarala]] and [[Roopa Sree]] playing supporting roles. The film, produced by T. S. Saravanan, was released on 4 March 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pondatiye deivam ( 1994 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=pondatiye%20deivam |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924140521/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=pondatiye%20deivam |archive-date=2012-09-24 |access-date=2016-11-05 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Pattabi ([[S. Ve. Shekher]]) is submitted to his dominating wife Parimala ([[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]]) and she makes his life a living hell. Parimala is goodwill but she has a hysterical temper that is frightening her husband Pattabi. Pattabi works as a secretary in Cholla company and earns a decent salary, but his miserly wife forbids him to spend money and keeps all his money. So Pattabi spends his time lamenting about his wife's torture to others. The poor Pattabi is not helped by his irresponsible father Sundaram ([[Janagaraj]]) who always bets on horse races, his father-in-law Periya Karuppu Thevar ([[Vinu Chakravarthy]]) who only supports Parimala's choices and his nosy neighbour Vaidhyanathan ([[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]]) who doesn't miss an opportunity to put Pattabi in trouble. Only his Pattabi's boss ([[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]]) understands his feelings. The killjoy Parimala has a twin sister: Shyamala. Unlike Parimala, Shyamala is a deaf and fearful person.<br />
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In the past, Parimala was an honest police officer. One day, Pattabi rushed to work in the morning with his scooter, he went through a red traffic light. Parimala and the police constables followed him, Pattabi ran away from them and fell into a swimming pool. Parimala then saved him from drowning. Because of this accident, she lost her job. Pattabi then married her.<br />
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One day, Parimala throws Sundaram out of their house, for Pattabi it's the [[straw that broke the camel's back]]. Pattabi's boss has a friend Pandiyan ([[J. Livingston|Livingston]]), he is a jailbird and a true misogyny. He comes to help Pattabi from Parimala, but things don't go as planned. Pandiyan killed Parimala and with Pattabi's help, Pandiyan throws the dead body in a river.<br />
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Sundaram returns home with his newfound mistress Margaret ([[Kovai Sarala]]) and her daughter Julie ([[Roopa Sree]]). Sundaram then makes believe Periya Karuppu Thevar that Parimala ran away with another man. Periya Karuppu Thevar is hell bent to save his family's prestige so Shyamala passes off as Parimala. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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{{cast listing|<br />
*[[S. Ve. Shekher]] as Pattabi<br />
*[[Sithara (actress)|Sithara]] as Parimala and Shyamala<br />
*[[Janagaraj]] as Sundaram, Pattabi's father<br />
*[[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Pattabi's boss<br />
*[[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]] as Vaidhyanathan<br />
*[[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as [[Periya Karuppu Thevar]]<br />
*[[J. Livingston|Livingston]] as Pandiyan<br />
*[[Kovai Sarala]] as Margaret<br />
*[[Roopa Sree]] as Julie<br />
*Sharmili as Manonmani<br />
*[[Idichapuli Selvaraj]]<br />
*[[Typist Gopu]] as Kandaswamy<br />
*[[O. A. K. Sundar]]<br />
*[[Karuppu Subbiah]]<br />
*[[T. K. S. Natarajan]] as Natarajan<br />
}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
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The soundtrack were composed by Bala Bharathi, with lyrics written by [[Pulamaipithan]] and [[Muthulingam (poet)|Muthulingam]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pondattiye Deivam |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pondattiye-deivam/J0FxEQzC5KA_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202153053/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pondattiye-deivam/J0FxEQzC5KA_ |archive-date=2 February 2024 |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration<br />
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| "Pombalathan Deivamedi" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Sujatha Mohan]] || 4:10<br />
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| "Naan Thaan Di" || [[Swarnalatha]]|| 3:13<br />
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| "Nee Vesham Podhum" || [[Malgudi Subha]] || 3:05<br />
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| "Vaigai Karai Vaalum Deviye" || [[K. S. Chithra]] || 4:50<br />
|-<br />
| "Ambal Nerula" || [[Swarnalatha]] || 3:20<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Malini Mannath of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' labelled the film as "average entertainer" but she praised the lead pair.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=1994-03-11 |title=Wife, my Goddess ! |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vWFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5QNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1902%2C372437 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527062429/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vWFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5QNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1902%2C372437 |archive-date=27 May 2024 |access-date=2016-11-05 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=6 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title}}<br />
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[[Category:1994 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1994 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1994 comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:1994 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by N. K. Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]</div>ShivaniSikri