Panneer Pushpangal

<p>is a love story between Aravind Prabhu and Uma supported by their teacher Prem. During an impromptu discussion, had narrated the story of two convent students coming of age to . Moved by the tale, Amaran gave the directorial opportunity to and at the helm. Vasu, son of make-up man Peethambaram and Santhana Bharathi, son of producer M. R. Santhanam, both earlier assisting made their directorial debuts with this film. According to Amaran, “The idea of the story came out of friendly banter”. A photographer friend of ‘s father opined that Suresh could make it as a lead actor and with a portfolio, Suresh approached director to feature in his films, but his effort went in vain. He then met Bharathi and Vasu who decided to cast him in , while simultaneously he was cast in the lead role in ‘s presenting him with a dilemma of which film to choose; he chose the former. The film also marked the Tamil debut of Shanthi Krishna, and was shot at the Laidlaw Memorial School of St. George’s Homes, Ketti, in the Nilgiris. deals with adolescent love, a theme that was not frequently explored in 1980s Tamil cinema. The soundtrack was composed by , with lyrics by Gangai Amaran. For the dubbed Telugu version , all songs were written by . The song “Ananda Raagam” is set in raga, and “Vengaya Sambarum” is set in . Ilaiyaraaja later reused “Ananda Ragam” as “Saara Yeh Aalam” in (2006). Sindhu-Jeeva of criticised the cinematography as out of focus and also panned lyricist for using same kind of words in songs but praised Ilaiyaraaja’s music and added the acting of Suresh and Shanthi looked good with enough acting and concluded the director and writer team should get successful in their next film.</p>