Pullakuttikaran
Pullakuttikaran is a 1995 Tamil drama film, written and directed by Parthiban. The film stars himself in the lead role, alongside Sangita, while Prakash Raj and Urvashi portray supporting roles along with Malayalam actor Sreenivasan acted his first Tamil movie. The music for the film was composed by Deva and the film opened to mixed reviews in July 1995.[2][3]
Pullakuttikaran | |
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Directed by | Parthiban |
Produced by | Seetha Parthiban |
Written by | Parthiban |
Starring | Parthiban Sangita Urvashi Prakash Raj |
Music by | Deva |
Cinematography | M. V. Panneerselvam |
Production company | Ammu Movies |
Release date | 14 July 1995 |
Running time | 145 mins[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Plot
Parthiban who takes care of orphaned children in a van leads his livelihood by stealing money. Sangeetha falls in love with him after seeing his cleverness in taking money when he was pretended to portray a pick-pocket in an stage play. Sangeetha ties the sacred thread herself starts leading her life as Parthiban's wife. Parthiban feels reluctant to accept her as his wife but later relents.
Both have one thing in common with the evil minister (Chandrasekhar). Sangeetha had escaped from the forced marriage to his dimwitted brother (Prakash Raj) who does it to every women. When Parthiban pretends to help Chandrasekhar in his elections, he changed his money to the other political party and thereby making him lose votes and support. Chandrasekhar who felt cheated joined hands with the opponent political party and kills Parthiban's innocent wife (Urvashi).
In the end, Chandrasekhar searching for Parthiban and Sangeetha, Parthiban kills Chandrasekhar and escapes with his family in train with world assuming that he is no more.
Cast
- Parthiban as Veeraiyan
- Sangita as Ammu
- Urvashi as Azhagu
- Prakash Raj
- Vaagai Chandrasekhar
- Madhan Bob
- Sreenivasan
- Nagesh
- R. S. Sivaji
Production
Karu Pazhaniappan was introduced as an assistant director through the film.[4]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics written by Vairamuthu.[5][6]
- Pullakuttikaran - Suresh Peters, Shanmugasundari
- Metti Metti - Janaki, Arun Mozhi
- Rajakumari - SP. Balasubramaniam
- Mukalana -Deva, Swarnalatha, Parthiban
- Potham - Arun Mozhi, Uma Ramanan
Release
The film opened in July 1995 to mixed reviews, and did not perform well at the box office. M. Prabhaharan won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Art Director for his work in the film, which also marked his debut.[7][8]
References
- "PULLAKUTTIKAARAN | British Board of Film Classification". bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- "Parthiban with Dhanush in Vetrimaran movie — New Chennai". newchennai.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- "Pullakuttikaran (1995) Tamil Movie". Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- "In the right direction — The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/Pullakuttikaran-songs-T0003854
- https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pullakuttikaran/77nZopoPR9E_
- "Artists at heart, businessmen outside". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- "Puthumai Pithan: Movie Review". indolink.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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