Punnagai Desam
| Punnagai Desam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | K. Shahjahan |
| Produced by | R. B. Choudary |
| Starring |
Tarun Kumar Kunal Hamsavardhan Sneha Dhamu |
| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
| Cinematography | R. Madhi |
| Edited by | V. Jaishankar |
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Production
company |
Super Good films
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Release date
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14 January 2002 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Punnagai Desam (2002) is a Tamil language drama film directed by K. Shajahan. The film was produced by R. B. Choudary under the production banner Super Good films. The film stars Tharun, Sneha, Hamsavardhan, Dhamu, Kunal, Preetha in lead roles with Devan, Nizhalgal Ravi, Vinu Chakravarthy and Malaysia Vasudevan playing supporting roles. Soundtrack is composed by S. A. Rajkumar. R. Madhi and V. Jaishankar handled cinematography and editing respectively. It did reasonable business at the box-office.
It was remade by Shajahan in Telugu in 2007 with the title Nava Vasantham.
Ganesh (Tarun) comes to Chennai with the hope of meeting his maternal uncle (Devan) following his mother’s death. Ganesh’s mother helped her brother during his struggling days. But Devan has transformed into a rich and arrogant guy and he ditches Ganesh. Ganesh also loves Devan’s daughter Bomma who was his childhood friend. But Devan does not allow Ganesh to meet his daughter and forces him out of his home.
Ganesh meets his village friends Selvam (Hamsavardhan), Raja (Kunal) and Vijay (Dhamu) in Chennai. Selvam aspires to become an IAS officer; Raja wants to become a singer while Dhamu aspires to become a mimicry artist. But their parents don’t support their children’s ambitions and they want them to go for some work which will help earn some money. The friends get disappointed and they leave to Chennai with hopes of achieving big. But despite trying hard, Raja and Vijay does not any opportunity to prove their talent. Selvam studies in a college but finds difficult to pay his education fees.
Ganesh understands the poor state of his friends and decides to help them. He sells his mother’s chain which he was planning to give to Bomma and sets up a small roadside food business. Ganesh cooks well and starts selling packaged lunch in roadside. With the money, he helps his friends. But Ganesh does not inform about his struggle to his friends, instead he lies to them that his uncle gives him money as and when required.
All four stay in a small home and the house owner Malaysia Vasudevan advises them to go for some job instead of following their dream so that they can earn some money and improve their living condition. He also scolds Ganesh for spending all the hard earned money for the sake of his friends. But Ganesh remains positive about his friends’ talent and believes that they will succeed one day in life.
Nandhini (Preetha Vijayakumar) and Priya (Sneha) are Selvam’s classmates. Nandhini loves Selvam but he does not reciprocate. Meanwhile, Priya is the daughter of Devan and she is none other than Bomma who is searched by Ganesh.
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