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	\| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]		\| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
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{{Short description|1980 film by Mahendran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Poottaatha Poottukkal
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]]
| producer = K. N. Lakshmanan
| screenplay = Mahendran
| based_on = {{based on|''Uravugal''|[[Ponneelan]]}}
| starring = [[Jayan]]<br />Charulata
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = [[Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)|Ashok Kumar]]
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]
| released = 9 May 1980<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mahendran |title=Cinemavum Naanum |publisher=Karpagam Publications |year=2013 |pages=344 |language=Tamil |trans-title=Cinema and Me |author-link=Mahendran (filmmaker) |orig-year=2004}}</ref>
| runtime = 122 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Poottaatha Poottukkal''''' ({{trans|Unlocked locks}}) is a [[List of Tamil films of 1981|1980]] Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]]. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Uravugal'' by [[Ponneelan]]. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. It stars [[Jayan]] and Charulata.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 July 2014 |title=மகேந்திரன் 25 |language=ta |trans-title=Mahendran 25 |work=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/news/42648.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003619/https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/news/42648.html |archive-date=7 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=31 May 2011 |title=மகேந்திரன் இயக்கிய படங்கள்... |language=ta |trans-title=Films directed by Mahendran |work=[[Dinamani]] |url=http://www.dinamani.com/cinema/2011/may/31/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-358982.html |url-status=live |access-date=17 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003531/http://www.dinamani.com/cinema/2011/may/31/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-358982.html |archive-date=7 May 2018}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Fissures occur in a married couple's relationship when they are unable to conceive a child. The wife is later enamoured by a young man who gives her attention. What happens next forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==
* [[Jayan]] as Uppuli
* Charulata/Jayanthi Vijay as Kanniyamma
* [[Sunder Raj]] as Thyagu
* Archana as Velamma
* [[Idichapuli Selvaraj]]
* [[Kumarimuthu]]
*[[Master Haja Sheriff]]
*[[Samikkannu|Samikannu]] as Kanniyamma's Father
* Rajasekhar as Uppuli's Brother
*[[G. Srinivasan (actor)|G. Srinivasan]]
* [[Baby Anju]]
* Annadurai Kannadhasan as the village drunkard

== Production ==
''Poottaatha Poottukkal'' is based on the novel ''Uravugal'' by writer [[Ponneelan]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=பொன்னீலன் |author-link=Ponneelan |date=28 October 2017 |title=பொன்னீலனின் உலகம்: என் படைப்புகளும் எனக்குப் பிடித்த படைப்புகளும்.. |trans-title=The World of Ponneelan: My Works and My Favorite Works |work=[[The Hindu (Tamil)]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/literature/99385-.html |url-status=live |access-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106061422/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/literature/99385-.html |archive-date=6 November 2019}}</ref>

== Themes ==
According to Ram Chander of [[Film Companion]], the film is a "subtle meditation on the invisible forces of societal expectations that weigh on married couples".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chander |first=Ram |date=19 June 2017 |title=5 Filmmaking Tropes of Mahendran |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/5-filmmaking-tropes-of-mahendran/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705154859/https://www.filmcompanion.in/5-filmmaking-tropes-of-mahendran/ |archive-date=5 July 2018 |access-date=5 July 2018 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poottaatha Poottukkal Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/poottaatha-poottukkal-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja-2/ |access-date=31 March 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No.
! Song
! Singers
! Lyrics
! Length
|-
| 1
| "Vanna Vanna Poove"
| rowspan="4" | [[S. Janaki]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Panchu Arunachalam]]
| 4:27
|-
| 2
| "Aanandam Aanandam"
| 4:16
|-
| 3
| "Andipatti"
| 4:31
|-
| 4
| "Nenjukkulle"
| 4:25
|-
|5
| "Soorai Kaatril"
|[[Ilaiyaraaja]]
|___
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{J. Mahendran}}

[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mahendran (filmmaker)]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Mahendran (filmmaker)]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]

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