
Acting
Poornam Viswanathan
Born 1921-11-15
Poornam Viswanathan was an Indian theatre and film actor, who predominantly appeared in Tamil films.
Acting credits
5.8Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya. His brother-in-law Shakthivel, also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice. Surya's sister also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals. But Surya refuses to give up. His mission is to make the layman understand his legal rights and how he does so forms the crux of the story.
Thamizhan
2002
7.9Three educated but unemployed youth who have come to live in a bustling, harsh metropolis struggle to earn a living.
Varumayin Niram Sivappu
1980
A police officer helps a criminal run a brothel. When Ratna, a female policewoman, learns about this, she decides to bring him to justice with the help of her fiance, who is a lawyer.
Paarthal Pasu
1988
Prem, a police officer, and Vidhya, his colleague, fall in love and get married. When Vidhya's brother-in-law is falsely accused of a murder, the couple tries to find the real culprit.
Dharma Pathini
1986
Nancy decides to become a lawyer under the tutelage of Radha, an advocate, after seeing her commitment to justice. However, after her graduation, Nancy returns to find a transformed Radha.
Mangai Oru Gangai
1987
NRA Family entertainer about the brother and sister
Ellame En Thangachi
1989
7.6A young woman shares a deep bond with her father and later, falls in love with a man. Shortly afterwards, she is diagnosed with a terminal illness and attempts to make amends for her past behavior.
Keladi Kannmani
1990
6.9Aryan movie is all about Devanarayan (Mohanlal) who is a Brahmin priest who is falsely accused of theft and forced to leave his village in Kerala. He moves to Bombay where he gets drawn into the underworld through an ageing don Kareem (Goga Kapoor). Some interesting comment initially on Brahmin priesthood in Kerala, but halfway through the film goes haywire.
Aryan
1988
5.0Siva and John, two best friends, get separated due to the atrocities of a gangster. Siva becomes Tiger and fights injustice, while John is hired by a mafia leader to kill Siva.
Siva
1989
Dr Revathi comes to her village to help people and yearns for the love of a simple but renowned village man, who detests her and cannot wait to humiliate her.
Thalattu
1993
6.5A young woman suffers a major head injury in a car accident after which she begins behaving like a child. Trapped at a brothel, she finds hope in a lonely school teacher who decides to rescue her.
Moondram Pirai
1982
Raja (Prabhu) is a thief who falls in love with Vijaya (Gouthami). First, she thinks that he was a police officer, she asks him to find lost stuffs and he steals to fulfill her wishes. One day, the police arrests him front of Vijaya and he's sent to jail, he's welcome like a king in jail. Vijaya leaves the town with her father. When, he's released, he decides to find Vijaya.
Raja Kaiya Vacha
1990
6.5Aravindhan runs a dance school where he falls for his student Kannamma. However, soon after they get married, he realises that she is impossible to deal with and decides to help her.
Agni Sakshi
1982
6.0Dharmaraj sets up false charges against Ravi, an honest policeman, which leads to Ravi's suspension. Disappointed by this, he tries to unmask Dharmaraj and prove his own innocence.
Un Kannil Neer Vazhinthal...
1985
A patient suffering from brain tumor lives with his old mother and sister with special needs. He accepts blame for a murder he did not commit in exchange for money to provide for his family.
Naan Vazhavaippen
1979
10.0Radha falls in love with Ravi, an aspiring singer, unaware of the fact that he is suffering from leukemia and his days are numbered.
Payanangal Mudivathillai
1982
6.8Two brothers are ousted from their house by their stepbrother's wife. Years later, when one of the brothers is framed for a murder, his stepbrother, who is a judge, returns as a lawyer to save him.
Padikkadavan
1985
7.6A young man travels to a village to meet the girl his father has arranged for him to marry. He mistakenly visits the wrong family and marries their daughter, who was waiting for her arranged husband to arrive.
Aan Paavam
1985
Parvathi is a happy girl just married to a very loving husband, Karuppan. With kind parents-in-law and a doting husband, her life is blissful. Soon, she is blessed with a child. Karuppan wants to increase his earnings and decides to buy a cart, though Parvathi is unwilling, asserting it is happier to be contented with what they have. However Karuppan takes a loan from a money lender and buys a cart. Initially, everything looks rosy. But Karuppan happens to cross the toddy shops on his way home.
Dikkatra Parvathi
1974
6.2A rickshaw puller, who also enjoys racing with other rickshaw pullers, finds a child whose father has been killed. All his attempts to seek justice for the man are thwarted by a corrupt lawyer.
Rickshawkaran
1971
NRRaja, a poor man, falls in love with Radha. Radha's uncle is in debt and looks for a rich guy to settle his debt. Raja lies about his background but gets exposed.
Osai
1984
5.0Vijay is in love with Geetha but is unable to marry her due to her father's disapproval. Eventually, he gets married to Lakshmi who has a dark past with Geetha's fiance, Anand.
Periya Idathu Pillai
1990
No synopsis available yet.
Uzhaithu Vaazha Vendum
1988
7.0Anand is a motocycle champion for six years in a row. Winning the championship brings him the introduction of Uma, the daughter of Thilakavathy - a haughty, rich woman. Uma thinks Anand has a too dark complexion, but soon it turns into love. However, Thilakavathy deceives Anand and Uma into thinking that she agrees to their wedding while secretly planning to get Uma married to someone else. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Pudhu Kavithai
1982