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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kunguma Pottu Gounder<br />
| image = <br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[Suraj (director)|Suraaj]]<br/>(credited as G.Sai Suresh)<br />
| producer = G. N. Vishnuram<br />
| writer = T. K. Maheswar <small>(dialogues)</small><br />
| screenplay = Suraaj<br />
| story = T. K. Maheswar<br />
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]]<br>[[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]]<br>[[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]<br>[[Goundamani]]<br />
| music = [[Sirpy]]<br />
| editing = R. Sureshrajan<br />
| cinematography = D. Shankar<br />
| studio = Ganga Gowri Productions<br />
| released = {{film date|df=y|2001|6|8}}<br />
| runtime =<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| country = India<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Kunguma Pottu Gounder''''' is a 2001 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language drama film directed by [[Suraj (director)|Suraj]] (credited as G. Saisuresh) and produced by Vishnuram under Ganga Gowri Productions. The film stars Sathyaraj, Rambha in lead roles with Kausalya, Karan, Mouli and Goundamani in supporting roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=kunguma%20pottuk%20koundar|title=டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!}}</ref> The film was remade in [[Kannada]] as ''Mutthu'' (2002) starring [[Ramesh Aravind]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Kandasamy ([[Sathyaraj]]) is an illiterate man working in a textile shop with his friend Chinnasamy ([[Goundamani]]). He is married to the illiterate Alamelu ([[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]]) and the couple has a son named Sakthivel ([[Kaushik Sundaram]]). Kandasamy wants his son to study in a renowned school where the parents are required to be graduates. Saraswati ([[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]), a young and educated woman, then starts to work in the textile shop and Kandasamy asks her to act as his child's mother. In a flashback, his father Kunguma Pottu Gounder (Sathyaraj) was a kindhearted and a rich man who helped the needy but he was illiterate and he didn't send his son to school. One day, he lost all his wealth because of his lack of education. Kunguma Pottu Gounder then died of shock but before dying, he asked his son Kandasamy to not make the same mistake as he did and begged him to send his son to school. Saraswati finally accepts to act as his child's mother and his son joins the school. Everything goes well as Kandasamy's planned until Saraswati's lover Shiva ([[Karan (actor)|Karan]]) and Kandasamy's wife Alamelu find out about the cham.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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*[[Sathyaraj]] as Kandasamy/Kunguma Pottu Gounder (dual role)<br />
*[[Rambha (actress)|Rambha]] as Alamelu<br />
*[[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] as Saraswati<br />
*[[Goundamani]] as Chinnasamy<br />
*[[Karan (actor)|Karan]] as Shiva<br />
*[[Ramesh Khanna]] as Paramasivam<br />
*[[T. S. B. K. Moulee]] as School principal and Shiva's brother<br />
*[[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as Alamelu's father<br />
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Sundaram Pillai<br />
*[[Sindhu (actress)|Sindhu]] as School teacher<br />
*[[Balu Anand]] as Textile shop owner<br />
*Bayilvan Ranganathan as Police inspector<br />
*[[Vichu Viswanath]] as Lawyer<br />
*Master Kaushik as Sakthivel, Kandasamy's son<br />
*Master Bharath as young Kandasamy<br />
*[[Suryakanth]]<br />
*Kalidoss<br />
*Arulmani<br />
*MLA Thangaraj<br />
*[[Omakuchi Narasimhan]]<br />
*Gowthami Vembunathan<br />
*Priyanka as Saraswati's friend<br />
*Soundar as Munusamy<br />
*Lekhasri in a special appearance<br />
*[[Radhika Chaudhari]] in a special appearance<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Sirpy]].<ref>http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Kunguma-Pottu-Goundar-songs-T0000322</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
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| 1 || "Azhagan Ponnu" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || rowspan=4|Pazhani Bharathi<br />
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| 2 || "Kozhi Kuzhambu" || Krishnaraj<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Mudhal Mudhala" || [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Naan Kulikkum" || Mano, Anuradha Sriram<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || "Poovum Kaatrum" || P. Unnikrishnan || Ra. Ravishankar<br />
|}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
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Malathi Rangarajan of ''[[The Hindu]]'' praised the comic exchanges of [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Goundamani]] and said, "despite fairly good acting and appealing dialogue the film does not make an impact, it is the pitfalls in the story and screenplay that are to be blamed".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2001/06/22/stories/09220222.htm|title=Film Review: Kunguma Pottu Gounder|author=Malathi Rangarajan|date=22 June 2001|access-date=21 June 2019|work=[[The Hindu]]}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{imdb title|2325803|Kunguma Pottu Gounder}}<br />
{{Suraj (director)}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2001 films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about the education system in India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]<br />
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