Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan
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{{Infobox film
| name = Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan
| image =
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| director = Naren Deivanayagam
| producer = K. Bharatkrishna
| story = Naren Deivanayagam
| screenplay = Naren Deivanayagam
| starring = Sandeep
Roopasree
Shubha Poonja
Madhu
| music = Karthik Raja
| cinematography = AJ Darshan
| editing = B. Lenin
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2007|09|02|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan ({{Translation|A boy and a girl}}) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Naren Deivanayagam. It dwells on the untold love of a pair due to family circumstances. The film stars Sandeep, Roopasree, Shubha Poonja and Madhu. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Mamatha - 100% Prema.{{Cite web | url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/oru-ponnu-oru-paiyan-as-mamatha-100-prema-in-telugu-hindi-news-79731 | title='Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan' as 'Mamatha - 100% Prema' in Telugu - Bollywood News | date=21 March 2012 | access-date=5 April 2022 | archive-date=5 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405183901/https://www.indiaglitz.com/oru-ponnu-oru-paiyan-as-mamatha-100-prema-in-telugu-hindi-news-79731 | url-status=live }}
Plot
Sakthi (Sandeep) is the only son of Sharath Babu and Bhanupriya. Having tired of urban living, the elderly couple takes up residence in a village along with their son. Viswanathan (Madhu) is the head of the village. He is highly respected for his fairness and for his love and compassion for the poor. His granddaughter (played by Roopa) is a village belle. She catches Sakthi's attention as she flits around the village like a butterfly. The two are drawn towards each other and eventually fall in love. Their affair has the tacit blessings of Viswanathan. But it is not going to be a bed of roses for the two as trouble brews up in the person of Sakthi's ex-flame, city-bred glamour girl played by Shubha Punja.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Sandeep as Sakthi
- Roopasree
- Shubha Poonja
- Sarath Babu
- Bhanupriya
- Sadhana
- Charle
- Charan Raj
- Subbalakshmi
- Rajesh Hebbar
- Shanti Williams
- Aarthi
- Crane Manohar
- Suruli Manohar
- Madhu as Viswanathan
}}
Production
K. Vishwanath was initially cast as the village head.{{Cite web | url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/News/News30/23-9-05/tamil-movies-news-sandeep.html | title=Tamil movies : Sandeep - Swetha Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan | access-date=18 February 2022 | archive-date=9 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109210650/http://www.behindwoods.com/features/News/News30/23-9-05/tamil-movies-news-sandeep.html | url-status=live }}
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Karthik Raja.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/ssoru/20061228.htm|title=Oru Ponnu Oru Pyyan: Romantic and sexy|access-date=17 April 2019|archive-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417105609/https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/ssoru/20061228.htm|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url = https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/oru-ponnu-oru-paiyan/9eVQG3zJgoU_|title = Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn|date = 30 November 2006|access-date = 17 April 2019|archive-date = 17 April 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190417105607/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/oru-ponnu-oru-paiyan/9eVQG3zJgoU_|url-status = live}}
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! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics | |||
| 1 | "Malargale" | Bela Shende | rowspan=2|Na. Muthukumar |
| 2 | "Oru Ponnu" | Karthik, Swarnalatha | |
| 3 | "Nenjil" | Sangeetha Rajeshwaran | rowspan=2|Yugabharathi |
| 4 | "Nenjil" | Karthik Raja | |
| 5 | "So Sweet Da" | Ranjith | Pa. Vijay |
| 6 | "Kalkona Uthathukari" | Karthik, Rita | Yugabharathi |
| 7 | Yaana Pasi | Ramya NSK, Vijay Yesudas | Andal Priyadarshini |
Reception
Meenal of Kalki wrote screenplay was slow and lacks speed and lack of imagination in many places calling it another non sticky film.{{cite magazine|magazine=Kalki|language=ta|url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-09-09/page/60/mode/2up|page=60|access-date=17 May 2024|date=9 September 2007|title=ஒரு பொண்ணு ஒரு பையன்
|last=மீனாள் }} Chennai Online called it "An unassuming little film with some good moments".{{cite web|url=http://chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/Sept2007/09opop.asp|title=Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan|website=Chennai Online|access-date=18 August 2024|first=Malini|last=Mannath|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011011111/http://chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/Sept2007/09opop.asp|archive-date=11 October 2007}}