Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kadhalum
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{{Infobox film
| name = Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kadhalum
| image = Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kadhalum.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Ramakrishnan
| producer = KR Kannan
| writer = Ramakrishnan
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = Ramakrishnan
Athmiya Rajan
Jayaprakash
Karunya Ram
| music = Kannan
| studio = Wisdom Pictures
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|4|25}}
| cinematography = M. V. Panneerselvam
| editing = P Ranganathan
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| country = India
| language = Tamil
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Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kadhalum ({{translation|Get lost girl, you and your love}}) is a 2014 Tamil-language film directed by Ramakrishnan in his directorial debut.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Ramakrishnans-multi-tasking/articleshow/19855404.cms|title=Ramakrishnan's multi-tasking|website=The Times of India}} The film stars himself, alongside Athmiya Rajan, and debutant Karunya in the lead roles, while Jayaprakash plays the main antagonist.
Cast
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- Ramakrishnan as Ramakrishnan
- Athmiya Rajan as Divya
- Jayaprakash as Commissioner Viswanathan
- Karunya Ram as Divya's friend
- Sendrayan as Sega
- V. R. Nagendran as Police Inspector Nagendran
- Swaminathan as Inspector Pichaiappan
- Imman Annachi as a police officer
- Vetrivel Raja
- Baba Bhaskar (special appearance in "Oru Ponnu")
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Soundtrack
The music was composed by Kannan, who previously composed the songs for Thamizh Padam. The songs were released in November 2013 to positive reviews. Bhagyaraj, Vikraman, Cheran, Samuthirakani, Mysskin and Karu Pazhaniappan were present at the audio launch.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/audio-beat-pongadi-neengalum-unga-kadhalum-trendy-tunes/article5408367.ece|title=Audio Beat: Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kadhalum - Trendy tunes|first=S. R. Ashok|last=Kumar|newspaper=The Hindu |date=30 November 2013|via=www.thehindu.com|access-date=25 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203212457/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/audio-beat-pongadi-neengalum-unga-kadhalum-trendy-tunes/article5408367.ece|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=live}}
- "Vaa Maa" – M. L. R. Karthikeyan, Srilekha Parthasarathy
- "Ye Kadhale" – Thanjai Selvi
- "Oru Ponnu" – Gaana Bala, Kannan
- "Chuda Chuda" – Haricharan, Elizabeth Malini
- "Thaaru Maara" – Mukesh Mohamed
Reception
Udhav Naig of The Hindu stated that "Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kadhalum is nothing but a more-than-two-hour conservative rant".{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/pongadi-neengalum-unga-kadhalum-wrong-ideas-wrongly-told/article5951323.ece|title=Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kadhalum: Wrong ideas, wrongly told|first=Udhav|last=Naig|newspaper=The Hindu |date=26 April 2014|via=www.thehindu.com|access-date=25 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221170806/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/pongadi-neengalum-unga-kadhalum-wrong-ideas-wrongly-told/article5951323.ece|archive-date=21 December 2017|url-status=live}} The Times of India stated that "This film tells us that it is in the nature of women to expect praise and failure to do so by the men is what leads them to go astray".{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/pongadi-neengalum-unga-kaadhalum/movie-review/34184617.cms|title=Pongadi Neengalum Unga Kaadhalum Movie Review|newspaper=The Times of India|date=16 May 2016|accessdate=1 July 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2014/may/09/right-intent-flawed-formula-610249.html | title=Right intent, flawed formula }}
References
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