| Native Name: | |
| Genre: | Soap opera |
| Screenplay: | Rathnakumar |
| Director: | Bharathiraja |
| Starring: | Napoleon Ranjitha Swarnamalya Chandrasekhar Bhuvaneswari |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Tamil |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 750 [1] |
| Producer: | P. Jayaraj |
| Company: | Manoj Creations |
| Theme Music Composer: | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Opentheme: | "Thekkathi Ponnu" |
| Composer: | Devendran |
| Camera: | Multi-camera |
| Runtime: | approx. 20-22 minutes per episode |
| Channel: | Kalaignar TV |
Thekkathi Ponnu (ta|தெக்கத்தி பொண்ணு) is a 2008 Tamil soap opera that aired on Kalaignar TV.[2] The show premiered on 14 April 2008 and aired Monday through Friday at 8:30PM IST. The show starred Napoleon, Ranjitha, Swarnamalya, Chandrasekhar and Bhuvaneswari.[3] [4] [5]
The show was directed by Bharathiraja and it marked his television debut as director. It was produced by P. Jayaraj under Manoj Creations. It had been receiving the highest ratings of Tamil serials and received high praising from viewers. The show last aired on 20 September 2011 and ended with 750 episodes.
The story of three villages, three families and three generations. And the generations-long conflict between the families of Napoleon and Chandrasekhar. Another aspect of the story is to portray village girls and how they possess gender equality without having to fight for it the way girls in towns and cities have to. The serial would like to show how, in work and relationships and family, women in villages seem to share more equally in villages.
The show started airing on Kalaignar TV on 14 April 2008. It aired on Monday to Friday 8:30PM IST. Later its timing changed to Monday to Thursday at 8:30PM IST.
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Mylapore Academy Awards [6] | Best Director | Bharathiraja | |
| Cinematographer | Pattukottai Ramesh | |||
| Best Series | Thekkathi Ponnu |
The Series was released on 14 April 2008 on Kalaignar TV. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It airs in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, South East Asia, Middle East, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Kalaignar TV and also aired in United States, Canada, Europe on Kalaignar Ayngaran TV.
| Country | Network | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Malaysia | Astro Kalaignar TV | Monday-Friday 6:30PM | |
 Singapore | Astro Kalaignar TV | Monday-Friday 6:30PM | |
 United Kingdom | Ayngaran TV Kalaignar TV | Monday-Friday 8:30PM |