When he was a young boy, a man was driven out of his house along with his parents by an evil-hearted money lender, who stipulated a time period that if he could raise enough money to buy back the house he could reclaim it as his own.

Pondatti Thevai is a 1990 Indian Tamil film directed by Parthiban and produced by A. Sundaram. The film stars Parthiban, Ashwini, Sindhu, Radha Ravi, Goundamani and Senthil in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja.