Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu
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| Directed by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
| Produced by | B Sasikumar |
| Written by | Raghunath Paleri |
| Screenplay by | Raghunath Paleri |
| Starring |
Sreenivasan Jayaram Urvashi Shari Innocent Parvathy |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | Vipin Mohan |
| Edited by | K Rajagopal |
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Mudra Productions
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| Distributed by | Mudra Productions |
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Running time
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122 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu (English: The Duck that Lays Golden Eggs; Malayalam: പൊന്മുട്ടയിടുന്ന താറാവ്) is a 1988 Malayalam comedy drama film written by Raghunath Paleri and directed by Sathyan Anthikkad. It stars Sreenivasan, Jayaram, Urvashi, Innocent, Parvathy, and Shari in pivotal roles. The film was critically acclaimed and was a big commercial success. Late actor Krishnankutty Nair played the role of Thattan Gopalan (Sreenivasan's father) and once Sathyan Anthikkad referred to it as the most brilliant performances by any actor in his films.
Bhaskaran(Sreenivasan), the local village goldsmith is in love with Snehalatha(Urvashi), the daughter of P.V.Panicker(Innocent), the local astrologer. They are neighbours. Panicker wants his daughter to get married to a rich man settled in Dubai. Snehalatha asks for a gold necklace made of 10 pavans (sovereigns) as a symbol of Bhaskaran's love and also to impress her father. Bhaskaran makes a necklace and hands it over to Snehalatha. An angry Panicker finds this out, admonishes her and pockets the golden necklace. He reasons that it was "brotherly love" which made Bhaskaran give the necklace to his daughter.
Bhaskaran becomes impatient and finally he decides to march to Panicker's home and ask Snehalatha to marry him. In this daring mission he is accompanied by his friends and well wishers namely the Velichappad, an oracle(Jagathi Sreekumar), Paappi the trader (Oduvil Unnikrishnan), Aboobacker(Mamukkoya) the tea-shop owner and Hajiyar(Karamana Janardanan Nair). Madhavan Nair(Sankaradi), an elderly respectable citizen of the village also joins in. A heated argument ensues at Panicker's household, Snehalatha finally denying any love affair with Bhaskaran and Panicker refusing to return the golden necklace. Panicker argues that such a golden necklace was never given by Bhaskaran.
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