Piragu
Piragu | |
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Directed by | N. Jeeva |
Produced by |
R. Saravana S. K. Chandhrasekar |
Written by | N. Jeeva |
Starring | |
Music by | Srikanth Deva |
Cinematography | A. Kasi Vishwa |
Edited by | A. P. Manivannan |
Production company |
Dreamland Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Piragu (English: Then) is a 2007 Tamil crime drama film directed by N. Jeeva. The film features Hamsavardhan, Keerthi Chawla and Sunitha Varma in lead roles, with Vadivelu, Kadhal Dhandapani, Malaysia Vasudevan, Sabitha Anand and Emey playing supporting roles. The film, produced by R. Saravana and S. K. Chandhrasekar, had musical score by Srikanth Deva and was released on 21 September 2007.[1][2][3]
Plot
Sathya (Hamsavardhan) is a drama director in his village who lives with his father Ramaiah (Malaysia Vasudevan), a respected Koothu artist, and his mother. The village belle Thulasi (Keerthi Chawla), Sathya's relative, is in love with him since her childhood. Sathya then comes to Chennai with hopes of becoming a cinema director one day. In Chennai, he lost his luggage and contact addresses. He is now is left penniless and has nowhere to go. So Sofia (Sunitha Varma), a small mechanic shop owner, gives him food to eat and accommodates him in her mechanic shop. In turn, Sathya helps her repair motorcycles besides looking for a film producer. Afterwards, Sofia falls in love with Sathya.
At last, impressed by Sathya's story, a film producer accepts to producer his film. The same day, Sathya saves David (Karate Raja) from being killed by local rowdies. Then, the gang leader Antony (Dhandapani) commends Sathya for saving his brother from the rival gang rowdies, and offers him to join his gang. Sathya declines Antony's proposal and speaks ill of his activity. Thereafter, Sathya's parents and Thulasi arrive in Chennai; they are accommodated by Sofia in her house. In the meantime, Antony and the rival gang leader Annapoorani (Emey) make peace and want to kill Sathya at all costs. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Hamsavardhan as Sathya
- Keerthi Chawla as Thulasi
- Sunitha Varma as Sofia
- Vadivelu as Samarasam
- Dhandapani as Antony
- Malaysia Vasudevan as Ramaiah
- Sabitha Anand as Sathya's mother
- Emey as Annapoorani
- Anjali Devi as Antony's wife
- Lalitha Paatti as Sathya's grandmother
- Chithra Lakshmanan as Film producer
- Karate Raja as David
- Halwa Vasu
- Ravi Shanth as Elango
- Sampath Ram as SP Sivakumar
- Kalidoss as Money lender
- Muthukalai
- Crane Manohar as Production manager
- Gana Bala
- Bonda Mani as Beeda shop owner
- Chelladurai as Police officer
- Thambi Ramaiah
- Thideer Kannaiah
- Marthandam
- Kong Kong as Samarasam's assistant
- Ambani Shankar as Samarasam's assistant
- Sivanarayanamoorthy as Bayilvan Veeramuthu
- Vijay Ganesh as Valakka
- Subburaj
- Amirthalingam
- Rajmohan
- Vengal Rao
- Ragasya as an item number
- Robert in a special appearance
Production
Actor Hamsavardhan, who shaved the head for the film, said, "If the script demands me to do some sacrifice, I am ready for it. At the end of the day, one would only want the end product to come out well".[4]
Soundtrack
Piragu | |
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Soundtrack album by Srikanth Deva | |
Released | 2007 |
Recorded | 2007 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 32:10 |
Label | Five Star Audio |
Producer | Srikanth Deva |
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Srikanth Deva. The soundtrack, released in 2007, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar, Piraisoodan, Devakumar, Muthumagan and Gana Bala.[5] Gana Bala, credited as Anathai Bala made his debut as singer and lyricist with this film in the song "Pathinoru Aattam" and also appeared in the song.[6]
Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
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1 | 'Mudalil Santhithen' | Harish Raghavendra, Meganthi | 5:40 |
2 | 'Unnaipole Pennai' | Srikanth Deva, Srilekha Parthasarathy | 5:32 |
3 | 'Amma Appa' | Vijay Yesudas | 5:28 |
4 | 'Padinoru Per Aatam' | Gana Bala | 5:21 |
5 | 'Kitavaada Kitavaada' | Suchitra | 5:10 |
6 | 'Aasai Dosai' | Anuradha Sriram | 4:59 |
Reception
The film critic Malini Mannath wrote, "A lackluster script and slipshod narration reveal the amateurishness of a debutant director who seems not quite able to translate his ideas on to the screen", and that, "The saving grace of the film is Hamsavardhan (son of yesteryear hero Ravichandran), who bravely strides on through all the inadequacies of the script and his lacklustre role".[7]
References
- ↑ "Piragu (2007) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ↑ "Piragu (2007)". gomolo.com. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ↑ "Find Tamil Movie Piragu". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ↑ "Keen to excel is Hamsavardhan". IndiaGlitz. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ↑ "Piragu (2007)". mio.to. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ↑ http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOICH%2F2013%2F02%2F10&ViewMode=GIF&PageLabel=39&EntityId=Ar03900&AppName=2
- ↑ Malini Mannath. "Lackluster, Slipshod: Piragu". siliconeer.com. Retrieved 2017-12-20.