Appalam (film)

Appalam
Directed by Afdlin Shauki
Produced by Gayatri Su-Lin Pillai
Written by Sasitharan Rajoo
Afdlin Shauki
Starring S. Gana
Raja Ilya
Jaclyn Victor
Shashi Tharan
Sharifah Amani
Music by R. Lawrence
Cinematography Meerashiniy Chandren
Edited by Sasitharan Rajoo
Production
company
Distributed by Lotus Five Star
Release date
 November 15, 2011
Running time
 115 min
Country Malaysia
Language Tamil
Box office RM 590,707

Appalam is a 2011 Malaysian comedy drama film directed by Afdlin Shauki.[1][2] It is a Tamil language remake of the film Papadom, also directed by Afdlin. The comedy revolves around an over-protective father Samy, who besides his own role as a dad to his only daughter Shruti, has to take on the mother role upon the sudden death of his wife.

The film became the second Malaysia Tamil movie to be shot in 35mm film format after the 1991 Malaysian Tamil film Naan Oru Malaysian. The film was released on 15 November 2011 in cinemas across Malaysia, Singapore and Tamil Nadu,[3] to positive critical acclaim by critics. Appalam also emerged as the highest grossing locally produced Tamil film of all time before beaten by Maindhan in 2014.[4]

Plot

Appalasamy (Gana) and his wife Nalaini (Jaclyn Victor) is blessed with a beautiful girl called Shruthi (Raja Ilya). One fateful day, Nalaini gets into a car accident while on the phone arguing with Appalasamy. He promises to his late wife that he will take good care of their daughter, which leads him to become overprotective of her. When Shruthi turns 17 years old, she decides to continue her studies in Performing Arts field at Kuala Lumpur and to be more independent. Secretly, Appalasamy applies work as a gardener in her college to look after her. Trouble starts to brew when a famous singer decides to court Shruthi.

Cast

Soundtrack

Appalam
Soundtrack album by R.Lawrance
Recorded 2011
Genre Film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Astro Shaw
Producer Daddy Shaq

The soundtrack composed by R.Lawrance.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."After Life - Appalam OST"Dr.BurnDr.Burn2:51
2."Thanai Vanthe"R.LawranceN.Kalaivani3:28
3."Uchakattam"Dr.BurnDr.Burn, Masta K and Micheal Rao2:15

Awards

  • Malaysian Indian Film Festival 2012[5]
    • Best Film Award
  • Malaysian Tamil Awards
    • Best Film
    • Best Actress Awards - Raja Ilya

References


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