Kanmani Poonga

Kanmani Poonga
Poster
Directed by	Visu
Written by	Visu
Produced by	V. Mohan
Starring	Visu Saritha Kishmu
Cinematography	N. Balakrishnan
Edited by	N. R. Kittu
Music by	M. S. Viswanathan
Production company	Anandhi Films
Release date	14 November 1982 (1982-11-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kanmani Poonga is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Visu. The film stars himself, Saritha and Kishmu. It was released on 14 November 1982 and failed commercially.

Plot

The film deals with two men played by Visu and Kishmu married to twins played by Saritha. While Visu is impotent, though he is unaware, due to him having addiction problems and injury as a cricketer, Kishmu cannot have enough children, having one every year. Visu's wife and Kishmu's wife along with Kishmu do everything in their power to hide his impotency from him with the climax being Visu's wife removing her uterus to save his name and image as a celebrity while Kishmu too realises that having so many children is not good and ends up having a vasectomy.

Cast

• Visu
• Saritha
• Kishmu
• M. R. Rajamani
• Kuriakose Ranga

Production

Kanmani Poonga was the second directorial venture of Visu,^[1] who also wrote it. The film was produced by V. Mohan of Anandhi Films, photographed by N. Balakrishnan and edited by N. R. Kittu.^[2]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"En Iravinil Iru Nilavo"	Vaali	P. S. Ramachandran
2.	"Kitta Vaadi Muttakosu"	Idhaya Chandran	S. Janaki, Malaysia Vasudevan
3.	"Kanmani Poonga Kanmani Poonga"	Vaali	B. Sasirekha, Uma Ramanan, Kovai Soundararajan, Vijayaramani

Release and reception

Kanmani Poonga was released on 14 November 1982,^[4] on Diwali day alongside other releases such as Darling, Darling, Darling, Valibamey Vaa Vaa, Agni Sakshi, Paritchaikku Neramaachu and Adhisayappiravigal.^[5] The film failed commercially. It received an A certificate from the Censor Board, and Visu avoided directing such films in the future, instead going for family entertainment.^[6] Thiraignani of Kalki praised the acting of the star cast and concluded for those who initially doubted whether sand can be spun into rope (referencing his previous film Manal Kayiru), Visu has demonstrated a beautiful nylon rope.^[7]

References

1. "குடும்பங்களின் மகத்துவத்தை உணர்த்திய விசு - ஓர் பார்வை". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
2. Kanmani Poonga (motion picture) (in Tamil). Anandhi Films. 1982. Opening credits, from 0:00 to 3:00.
3. "Kanmani Poonga Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by M S Viswanathan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
4. "கண்மணி பூங்கா / Kanmani Poonga (1982)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
5. "தலைப்பிலே சில தகவல்கள்!". Kalki (in Tamil). 31 October 1982. pp. 33–34. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.
6. "அஞ்சலி: வசனங்களால் வாழ்கிறார்! – இயக்குநர் விசு". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 27 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
7. திரைஞானி (5 December 1982). "கண்மணி பூங்கா". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 40–41. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.

External links

• Kanmani Poonga at IMDb