Ponvannan is an Indian film actor, writer and director, who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry. He began his career writing dialogues for legendary director P. Bharathiraja and made his acting debut in one of Bharathiraja`s movies, Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu (1991). His acting credits include movies like Pasumponn (1995), Paruthiveeran (2007), Anjathe (2008), Ayan (2009), Peraanmai (2009), Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011), Sathuranga Vettai (2014) and Kaaviya Thalaivan (2014). Ponvannan has starred in Gipsy N Rajkumar`s Ayyanaar Veethi (2017). It has Yuvan, Sara Shetty, Sinju Mohan, Singampuli and K Bhagyaraj in important roles. He is also associated with the 2017 Tamil romantic Palli Paruvathilae directed by Vasudev Bhaskar, starring Nandanram Narayanan and Venba in the lead roles. In 2018, he appeared alongside Karthi and Priya Bhavani Shankar in Pandiraj`s Tamil action drama romance Kadaikutty Singam, Sharabha, directed by N. Narasimha rao and Adanga Maru. His 2019 releases include Sathru and NGK.