Poove Poochudava

Poove Poochooda Vaa is a 1985 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Fazil, starring Padmini, S. Ve. Shekher, Nadiya Moidu and Jaishankar. The film is remade from Fazil's own Malayalam film' 'Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu which itself was a modified copy of 1979s american tv film named " Strangers: the story of a mother and daughter"

Poove Poochooda Vaa is the emotional story of an old woman and her grand daughter ailing with brain disease.

Poongavanthamma (Padmini) is a lonely old woman who lives in a town named Malligaipanthal. She is frequently irritated by the neighbourhood, the nearby school boys ringing her door bell frequently for fun, sneezing while she is going to temple, keeping loud noise in the speaker etc. A girl (Nadhiya) comes to her home one day and rings the calling bell. Mistaken for the irritating boys, Poongavanathamma comes to thrash them but is surprised on seeing a young girl who introduces herself as Sundari her grand daughter. Poongavanthamma does not invite her inside and tries to shut the door but Sundari manages to get inside the home. Sundari explains how she knows about her grandmother and how she came here etc. but Poongavanathamma does not reciprocate to anything.

Sundari being a mischivious girl starts her prank with the neighbour David (S. V. Sekhar) a young man by scaring him with the demon's face mask while he is working out in his terrace. She befriends the boys who irritate her grandmother and play all sorts of fun, pranks and becomes the loving girl in her area. Sundari finds that her grandma likes Yellow color very much and tries to impress her with that. But Poongavanthamma gets angry and throws her out of her home at a night. But she again takes her back and explains why she has behaved like that.

Poongavanthamma being a single mother was very close to her daughter. She permitted her daughter to marry a man of her choice on a condition that the groom must stay and live with them forever. But the groom did not keep the promise and he took away her daughter from her. After the death of her daughter she pleaded to get back the child from her son-in-law to which he refused. She also had an unsuccessful legal attempt to get the custody of her grand daughter as she is too old to take care of a child. Since 17 years neither Sundari nor her father visited her home. This made her frustrated and angry as her waiting for 17 years to hear the door bell rung by her grand daughter did not happen. Sundari promises her grand mother that she will never leave her alone no matter whoever calls her. From then on Poongavanthamma and Sundari become intimate with each other. Sundari also realises how affectionate her grand mother is towards her at many points. Poongavanthamma removes the much troubling door bell as her desire got fulfilled by Sundari's arrival.