Smiling Flower) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy and written by R. N. R. Manohar, starring Nandhaa, newcomer Rekha Vedavyas and Kaveri.

Venkat walks into the apartment and mistakes Nithya for Meera and kisses her to express his love and leaves the place.

Meera is oblivious to all this because the call she received is a family emergency and she leaves to her hometown immediately, without noticing Nithya or Venkat.

He takes good care of her as she recovers, but Nithya is stricken with guilt at her inability to make him understand the truth.

Meera refuses to believe Nithya's accusations and challenges that she will continue to wait for Venkat to meet her in person, and express his love for her.

Nithya is unable to bear the guilt of betraying both her friend and her fiancé and decides to tell the truth before they marry and leave for the States, when Meera meets with an accident and is critical at the hospital.

(The excellently enacted Savithri starrer of yore, "Kathirundha Kangal", and K. Balachander's "Thamarai Nenjam", to name a couple) It is the treatment that makes the difference in Punnagai Poovae.

"[2] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "A love triangle handled with sensitivity, maturity and finesse, the freshness of the cast, and the conviction with which they perform, making the film engaging to watch, despite a common storyline".

[4] Visual Dasan of Kalki praised the acting of three lead actors, Sabapathy's direction, Yuvan Shankar Raja's music, natural dialogues and Suresh Devan's cinematography though he found hero fighting many people as small blackmark in spite of that this smiling flower has new fragrance.