Poornam Viswanathan

Acting

Poornam Viswanathan

Born — Died

1921-11-15 — 2008-10-01

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

Poornam Viswanathan was an Indian theatre and film actor, who predominantly appeared in Tamil films.

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 14 titles

Keladi Kannmani poster
7.6

A 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

No artwork available
NR

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

Mahanadhi poster
7.5

Krishnaswamy, an honest man, is conned into a chit fund business and imprisoned. While he faces unspeakable hardships in prison, his family disintegrates.

Mahanadhi

1994

Periya Idathu Pillai poster
5.0

Vijay 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 artwork available
NR

Sugamana Sumaigal is a 1992 Tamil film directed by R. Parthiepan. The film stars R. Parthiepan, Shali, Radha Ravi and Vijayakumar in lead roles.

Sugamana Sumaigal

1992

Meera poster
4.5

Meera's life changes after she witnesses a policeman committing a murder. He then vows to kill her, but Jeeva, a man who falls in love with her, takes it upon himself to protect her.

Meera

1992

Aasai poster
6.2

A man kills his wife when she learns that he lusts after her sister. He then begins to make his moves for his sister-in-law. When he tries to sabotage the girl's marriage, her fiance gets suspicious.

Aasai

1995

No artwork available
7.2

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

Pingami poster
6.7

Captain Vijay forms a bond with Kumaran, a severely injured man. However, when he dies, Vijay decides to investigate and ends up finding answers related to his life.

Pingami

1994

Anjali poster
7.3

After a few years, Chitra learns that her child, who was believed to be dead, is alive but is suffering from a mental illness. However, her family faces many challenges while looking after her child.

Anjali

1990

Nee Pathi Naan Pathi poster
NR

Nee Pathi Naan Pathi is a 1991 Tamil romantic drama film directed by Vasanth and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Rahman, Gouthami and Heera in the lead roles and second film in Tamil (after Azhagan ) for popular Telugu music composer M. M. Keeravani under the pseudonym Maragathamani.

Nee Pathi Naan Pathi

1991

Abhimanyu poster
5.4

Abhimanyu movie is all about Hari (Mohanlal) who is a welder in a small factory, witnesses a gang-related murder and gets inadvertently involved with the underworld. The murder of a benevolent local boss complicates life in the slum where Hari lives, causing his slow transformation to a life of crime. Decent performances, in an otherwise weak script.

Abhimanyu

1991

Abhimanyu poster
5.4

Abhimanyu movie is all about Hari (Mohanlal) who is a welder in a small factory, witnesses a gang-related murder and gets inadvertently involved with the underworld. The murder of a benevolent local boss complicates life in the slum where Hari lives, causing his slow transformation to a life of crime. Decent performances, in an otherwise weak script.

Abhimanyu

1991

Gopura Vasalile poster
6.8

Manohar, a schoolteacher, leads a dull and unexciting life after the death of his lover. Fortunately, his life takes a new turn when his friends give him a reason to live and love once again.

Gopura Vasalile

1991

1980s · 34 titles

Kan Simittum Neram poster
3.0

Raja meets up with an accident and loses his memory while trying to escape from a murder scene. Laxmi takes care of him and names him Kannan but, her life is endangered when he gets his memory back.

Kan Simittum Neram

1988

No artwork available
NR

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

Chithram poster
7.9

A young woman is dumped by her boyfriend just before the wedding as she will not be inheriting any wealth from her father. When the girl's father pays her a visit, she hires a man to act like her husband.

Chithram

1988

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

Siva poster
5.0

Siva 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

Sri Raghavendrar poster
6.7

The story of the great Indian saint Raghavendra Swami. Born as Venkatanatha, he proved to be a very brilliant scholar from a very young age. After enduring a series of profound life challenges, he embraced sannyasa following his master and the divine.

Sri Raghavendrar

1985

Moondram Pirai poster
6.7

A 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

No artwork available
9.0

Two estranged childhood friends, Raghu and Suresh, find themselves at loggerheads when Raghu joins the army and Suresh becomes a gangster.

Ranuva Veeran

1981

Aryan poster
6.9

Aryan 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

Aan Paavam poster
7.6

A 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

Thillu Mullu poster
7.0

Chandran lies to his boss that his mother is unwell to get a leave but gets caught. In order to save his job, he is forced to pretend to his boss that he has a good-for-nothing twin brother.

Thillu Mullu

1981

Ore Oru Gramathiley poster
7.0

Shankara fakes a lower-caste certificate for his daughter Gayathri, as he worries that she might not get entrance to university otherwise. Trouble begins when people discover her real identity.

Ore Oru Gramathiley

1987

Agni Sakshi poster
6.5

Aravindhan 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

Ek Duuje Ke Liye poster
8.0

A love story between a Tamil man a North Indian woman, who are neighbours in Goa. They come from totally different backgrounds and can hardly speak the other's language. Their parents despise each other and they have regular skirmishes. When they admit their love, there is chaos in their homes, and their parents reject the idea.

Ek Duuje Ke Liye

1981

Varumayin Niram Sivappu poster
7.9

Three educated but unemployed youth who have come to live in a bustling, harsh metropolis struggle to earn a living.

Varumayin Niram Sivappu

1980

Un Kannil Neer Vazhinthal... poster
6.0

Dharmaraj 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

Naan Paadum Paadal poster
10.0

Gauri, a young widow, loves to read the books written by Subraniam. Things change when her favourite author moves to her neighbourhood.

Naan Paadum Paadal

1984

Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum poster
NR

Chakravarthy is a conman who marries women for their money and jewels and later kills them. Seetha falls in love with him and looks forward to marrying him. But then she learns the truth about him.

Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum

1986

Thanga Magan poster
5.8

Thanga Magan is a man's search for his roots. It is his search for the truth about his lineage.

Thanga Magan

1983

Payanangal Mudivathillai poster
10.0

Radha 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

Varusham Padhinaaru poster
6.7

Kannan, a teenager, falls in love with his uncle's daughter, Radhika, but things turn upside down when her grandmother disapproves of their relationship.

Varusham Padhinaaru

1989

Osai poster
NR

Raja, 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

Pudhu Kavithai poster
7.0

Anand 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

Padikkadavan poster
6.8

Two 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

No artwork available
8.0

Kalyana Agathigal is a 1985 Tamil language drama film directed by K. Balachander. The film features Saritha in lead role. The film was released on April 12, 1985. The film marked the acting debut of Nassar. The movie begins with a group of six women who live together as friends after their attempt at living a successful married life is thwarted due to various reasons, majorly because of men, sexual abuse, dowry harassment and the backward society. They also form a music band called "kalyana agathigal" to raise funds for charity to the underprivileged. Ammulu, a young runaway girl, joins the gang of girls and becomes a part of the household. The story is about how their lives make wild twists and turns as they cope with the society and try to find true love.

Kalyana Agathigal

1985

Tharaasu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tharaasu

1984

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Solvadhellam Unmai

1987

Kai Kodukkum Kai poster
6.2

Veer marries a blind girl and is disowned by his brother. He rents a room and takes care of his wife. He decides to share the room with a handicapped youth who has a secret agenda of his own.

Kai Kodukkum Kai

1984

Unnai Naan Santhithen poster
10.0

Indhu falls in love with Murali and decides to marry him. She starts hating her widowed mother after she sees her getting close to Raghuraman, her college professor.

Unnai Naan Santhithen

1984

Ellame En Thangachi poster
NR

A Family entertainer about the brother and sister

Ellame En Thangachi

1989

Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal poster
7.5

Bharti, a highly successful singer, escapes from his jealous wife who is unable to deal with his female fan following. He meets Jyothi, a dancer who has also escaped from her cruel husband.

Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Uzhaithu Vaazha Vendum

1988

Moondru Mugam poster
6.7

A sincere police officer is killed by a liquor dealer. Years later, his twin sons set out to avenge their father's death.

Moondru Mugam

1982

1970s · 11 titles

No artwork available
7.0

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

No artwork available
9.0

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

Gauravam poster
7.5

Rajinikanth, a veteran lawyer aspires to become the judge. But, the bar council promotes an undeserving lawyer to the post. Enraged by the system, he tries to seek his revenge by defending a murderer.

Gauravam

1973

Sollathaan Ninaikkiren poster
9.0

Kamala, Manjula and Pushpa are sisters, each attracted to Raghavan, their tenant. Raghavan falls in love with Pushpa. However, things take a turn for the worse, when Pushpa sacrifices herself to the whims of Kamal, a playboy, to save her friend Sudha from his exploits.

Sollathaan Ninaikkiren

1973

Rickshawala poster
8.0

A rickshaw puller tries to save an innocent college girl from being trafficked by an evil man, who is protected by a corrupt lawyer. In the process of doing so, he stumbles upon several dark secrets.

Rickshawala

1973

Melnaattu Marumagal poster
NR

The film is about two brothers, Sivakumar and Kamal Haasan and their spouses. Sivakumar marries a European girl who admires Tamil culture and tradition. On the other hand, Kamal Haasan marries a Tamil girl who is attracted to Western customs.

Melnaattu Marumagal

1975

Thangappathakkam poster
7.4

S. P. Choudhry, a respected police officer, arrests his son after he becomes rebellious and indulges in unethical activities creating nuisance in the society.

Thangappathakkam

1974

No artwork available
NR

1972 Tamil language adaptation of the novel "Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi" by R. K. Narayan

Mr. Sampath

1972

Ganga Gowri poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ganga Gowri

1973

Ninaithadhai Mudippavan poster
7.0

Sundaram, a member of a musical band, goes to chennai to earn money for his sister's marriage but his look-alike brother Ranjit, tricks him. Ranjit carries out his illegal trade without any trouble.

Ninaithadhai Mudippavan

1975

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vilaiyaattu Pillai

1970

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