Oor Panchayathu

Oor Panchayathu (transl. Town Panchayat) is 1992 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by J. Mahendran. The film stars Pandiarajan and Mahalakshmi.[1] It was released on 29 May 1992.

Oor Panchayathu
Directed byJ. Mahendran
Screenplay byJ. Mahendran
StarringPandiarajan
Mahalakshmi
Music byS. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Release date
  • 29 May 1992 (1992-05-29)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Siva is the foster son of a respectable village elder. The village elder wishes to get his granddaughter married to Siva. But Siva incurs the wrath of the village elder's son-in-law when the villagers unanimously elect him head of the village panchayat. The anger turns into suspicion when Siva gives shelter to a woman named Thamarai and her new-born baby. Siva's kindness is misinterpreted, and even his lover shuns him. The wrinkles in the relationship get ironed out when Thamarai's husband returns to take his wife and child away. But the rift between Siva and the son-in-law widens and culminates in murder.[2]

Cast

Production

Oor Panchayathu was directed by Mahendran, who also wrote the screenplay.[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.[2]

Release and reception

Oor Panchayathu was released on 29 May 1992.[1] RSP of The Indian Express derided the film, saying, "Mahendran who has handled the screen play, dialogue and direction does not seem to have applied his skills. He has miserably failed to make the narration interesting."[2]

gollark: It might help if the majority of the budget was in fact spent on sports.
gollark: According to random internet articles per-person spending is twice as large as in basically every other country ever still.
gollark: I think a more plausible explanation is along the lines that there's a lot of indirection - people don't *directly* pay the full very large price - and, due to other things (devaluing of the degrees, making *not* having one a stronger signal of problematicness somehow, and bizarre "prestige" factors), many people can't really just go "hmm, no, I don't want to pay that much" so they go up.
gollark: It says something like 40% don't actually bill students, too...
gollark: It says they cost a lot, *not* the actual fraction of budgets these things cost.

References
  1. Mahendran, J. (2013) [2004]. Cinemavum Naanum [Cinema and Me] (in Tamil). Karpagam Publications. p. 344.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. RSP (5 June 1992). "Fails miserably". The Indian Express. p. 7.
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