Satham Podathey

Satham Podathey
Directed by Vasanth
Produced by C. Shanker
R. S. Senthil Kumar
Written by Vasanth
Starring Prithviraj
Padmapriya
Nithin Sathya
Raaghav
Nassar
Suhasini
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography Dinesshkumaar
Edited by Sathisshkurosowaa
Production
company
Kaivallya Entertainment
Release date
  • 14 September 2007 (2007-09-14)
Running time
 157 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Satham Podathey (English: Don't make a sound) is a 2007 Tamil psychological thriller film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Shankar and Senthilnathan. It stars Prithviraj, Padmapriya and Nithin Sathya in the lead roles whilst Nassar, Suhasini, Premji Amaren and Raaghav play cameo roles. The film, which is based on a true incident, has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which received rave reviews. The film was released on 14 September 2007 to positive reviews. The film was simultaneously made in Malayalam Kelkaatha Shabdam.

Plot

The story revolves around Bhanumathy (Padmapriya) who gets married to Rathnavel Kalidas (Nithin Sathya), a guy who works in railways as a hockey player. He married Bhanu by hiding the fact that he is impotent and a recovering alcoholic. Soon, the relationship turns sour when the couple realizes after a gynecologist (Suhasini) tells them Ratnavel is impotent. In spite of family pressures to get a mutual divorce, Bhanu decides to go ahead with the marriage by adopting a child.

With the baby's arrival, Ratnavel becomes more insecure and tells her that the child reminds him about his weakness, and all hell breaks loose when Bhanu realizes that her husband is an alcoholic who knew about his impotency and had betrayed her. Ratnavel, in his anger, beats up Bhanu until she is almost unconscious. A few days later, she files for a divorce and stays with her parents for some days.

Bhanu meets Ravichandran (Prithviraj), a happy-go-lucky guy who is a friend of her brother (Raaghav). He proposes to her and they later get married, leading a happy, blissful love life. But Ratnavel, who had vowed to make life miserable for Bhanu, returns. He kidnaps Bhanu and places a cadaver in her home before faking an accident with a cooking gas cylinder, leading Ravichandran and his family to believe she died in a kitchen accident.

After that, Ratnavel brings Bhanu to his bungalow in an isolated area and locks her in a soundproof room. When Ravichandran goes to Ratnavel's house to get some life insurance papers, a series of clues lead him to find Bhanu. After distracting Ratnavel, Ravichandran calls the police and rescues Bhanu. Ratnavel is sent to a mental asylum where he later hangs himself.

This seems to be a true story which happened in Andhra Pradesh in the late 90s and Ratnavel's (name changed) family members are still there in Kakinada, but the movie ends with a happy note when we see that Ravichandran and Bhanu are still happily married, and Bhanu is visibly pregnant.

Cast

Soundtrack

Satham Podathey
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released 14 June 2007 (India)
Recorded 2007
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Hit Music
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Raju Bhai
(2007)Raju Bhai2007		 Satham Podathey
(2007)		 Thottal Poo Malarum
(2007)Thottal Poo Malarum2007

After eight years director Vasanth teamed up with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja again for the musical score after creating the highly successful album of Poovellam Kettuppar (1999), which is considered to be Yuvan Shankar Raja's breakthrough album. The soundtrack, of Satham Podathey, featuring 5 tracks overall, was released on 14 June 2007 at the Kamarajar Arangam in Chennai in a grand manner.[1] A live concert was conducted by Yuvan Shankar Raja, playing all the songs on stage, whereas the five songs were released by five music directors each.[2][3] The lyrics were written by Na. Muthukumar.

The music got rave reviews, praising Yuvan Shankar Raja's work. He was, in particular, lauded for making singers Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal and Sudha Raghunathan render songs in different genres as they earlier never did,[4] whereas especially Raghunathan's first-time rendition of a Hip-hop song called "Kadhal Periyadha", was seen as a "surprise item",[4] cited as "bringing out the Britney Spears in her".[5] Moreover, the album itself was described as a "pure musical delight",[6] whilst composer Yuvan Shankar himself was cited to be rocking.[5][6] The songs gained immense popularity as well, particularly "Pesugiren Pesugiren" and "O Indha Kaadhal" were topping the charts for some time.[7] Neha Bhasin was later awarded the Reliance Mobile Vijay TV Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Pesugiren Pesugiren" [8]

TrackSongSinger(s)Duration (min:sec)Notes
1"Azhagu Kutti Chellam"Shankar Mahadevan5:48
2"O Indha Kaadhal"Adnan Sami, Yuvan Shankar Raja5:30
3"Pesugiren Pesugiren"Neha Bhasin5:30(credited as "Viva Girls")
4"Entha Kuthiraiyil"Shreya Ghoshal, Rahul Nambiar6:20
5"Kadhal Periyadha"Sudha Raghunathan5:28

References

  1. ↑ "Sathumpodaathay audio launched". kollywoodtoday.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  2. ↑ "Yuvan`s `Isai Iravu`". Sify. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  3. ↑ "Satham Podathey: A musical treat". Oneindia. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  4. 1 2 "Sathum Podaathey has youthful music". Rediff. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  5. 1 2 "Sathumpodaathay — Yuvan rocks". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  6. 1 2 "Satham Podathey — Music Review". Oneindia. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  7. ↑ "Shhh... He's back". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  8. ↑ "Reliance Mobile Vijay Awards — The Awards Ceremony". starboxoffice.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
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