Ponvayal

Ponvayal Tamil English Golden Farm was a 1954 Tamil film produced and directed by A. T. Krishnaswamy, who also wrote the screenplay and dialogues. It stars T. R. Ramachandran, Anjali Devi and R. S. Manohar in the lead roles, while other actors like K. A. Thangavelu and V. K. Ramasamy play supporting roles. The film is currently lost.

Sengodan is in love with his cousin Semba Anjali Devi. Esraj K. A. Thangavelu, a counterfeiter, plans to get at the fortune. He seeks the help of a graduate Bangaru R. S. Manohar and his lover Mynavathi. Without his knowledge, a policeman K. Sarangkapani and an actress Savaal Kannamma work against him and the smart couple succeed in spoiling the evil designs of the counterfeiter. Meanwhile, Sengodan is arrested on a charge of attempting to murder Bangaru. However, the smart detective helped by his girlfriend finds out the truth and all is well that ends well.Kalki Krishnamurthy had a desire in the beginning of his literary career to become a screenwriter and worked on a screenplay based on the true story of a highway bandit in his native district of Tanjore. Titled Kalvanin Kadhali, he tried hard to impress film producers of the day without success, and when he joined Ananda Vikatan owned by the Indian film mogul S. S. Vasan, the latter published it as a serial in the popular Tamil weekly. It attracted much attention, bringing name and fame to Kalki as a fiction writer. Later, the story was not made into a film for several years, though many announced their intention to do so. Finally, it was made with Sivaji Ganesan and P. Bhanumathi during the 1950s. However, the film was not as successful as expected. Kalki wrote a serial in his own weekly magazine Kalki, titled Poimaan Karadu about a vast stretch of dry land in Salem District where a hillock resembled a deer at rest, and hence the name of the place. ........

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