Pengal Veettin Kangal

Dhanalakshmi, a , and her husband Kanagalingam have five daughters. During the marriage of their first daughter, the groom’s party offers to foot the bill for the marriage saying that they consider it their privilege to do so. However, after the marriage is solemnised, the groom’s father furnishes a bill for the amount he spent and asks Kanagalingam to pay up. When Dhanalakshmi reprimands him for his naivety, an angered Kanagalingam swears he will get his other daughters without paying dowry. His daughters make the task easy for him by falling in love. Kanagalingam somehow manages to finalise their marriages. But his travails do not end. All the daughters return home following problems in their in-law’s households. However, Dhanalakshmi is not disheartened. She secures jobs for her daughters and makes them financially independent and at the same time working towards sending them back to their husband’s homes. Whether Dhanalakshmi succeeds in her endeavours or not forms the crux of the story. The music was composed by , with lyrics by . was released on 10 March 1990. C. R. K. of praised S. S. Chandran’s acting and Vaali’s dialogues but felt the film and some scenes reminds of certain director and concluded calling the film’s director as perfect heir to him. It won the Tamil Nadu government’s (equivalent to 7.7 lakh or US$9,100 in 2023) award for low budget films.