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Pongalo Pongal (1997)
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Add to a movie listPongalo Pongal is a 1997 Tamil comedy film directed by V. Sekhar. The film features Vignesh, Vadivelu, Charle, Chinni Jayanth and Vivek in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 9 May 1997. The film was average at the box-office.
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Subramani (Vignesh), Vellaisamy (Vadivelu), Arumugam (Charle) and Ponrasu (Chinni Jayanth) are four friends from poor family, they are graduate but they cannot find a job. Their fathers feel that they are good-for-nothing and decide to corrupt the politician Anja Nenjam (Thyagu) to find them a decent job. Anja Nenjam is linked to Pannaiyar (Malaysia Vasudevan), a ruthless landlord, who exploited the villagers. Pannaiyar orders him to flee with their money otherwise nobody will respect him. Their friend Pazhanisamy (Vivek) who supposed to be a supervisor in city is back to his village and was also cheated by Anja Nenjam. The five friends decides to become milk suppliers in their village.Actors
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