Pookkari

<p>Valli is a flower seller and her brother Murugesan is a . One day, Valli meets Kanthan and they fall in love. Meanwhile, there is a wealthy man with a daughter, Shyamala. He has a nephew Ravi who is a . Although Ravi has a , he is also after Muthu’s sister, Dhanam, who he eventually rapes. Traumatised by the incident, she loses her voice. Ravi and Kanthan fight frequently, but during one such incident, Dhanam pleads with Kanthan to spare Ravi. During that incident, she also regains her voice and Ravi agrees to marry her. Upon realising this, Ravi’s mistress plans to go to the wedding hall in disguise, with a hidden gun, and shoot Ravi dead. Shyamala learns of the mistress’ plans and rushes to save Ravi, but Valli takes the bullet instead. Before dying, she manages to unite Shyamala and Kanthan. Ravi and Dhanam marry. As per the opening credits: was directed by the duo , and produced under the banner Anjugam Pictures. Panju edited the film under the pseudonym “Panjabi”. It was photographed by Amritham, a relative of politician and screenwriter . The story and dialogue were written by . The soundtrack was composed by . The song “Kaadhalin Pon Veedhiyil”, written by and sung by and , attained popularity. was released on 25 October 1973, and failed commercially. criticised the film for being anti-progressive towards Tamil cinema but praised some of the cast performances.</p>