Pallikoodam (film)
| Pallikoodam | |
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| Directed by | Thangar Bachchan |
| Produced by | Viswas Sundar |
| Starring |
Narain Sneha Sriya Reddy Seeman Thangar Bachchan |
| Music by | Bharadwaj |
| Cinematography | Thangar Bachan |
Production company |
Vishwas films |
Release dates | 10 August 2007 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pallikoodam (English-School) is a Tamil feature film directed and cinematographed by Thangar Bachchan. Narain, Sneha, Sriya Reddy, Seeman and the director himself form the cast. Narain plays Vetrivel, a collector, while Sriya Reddy is a nurse, Sneha is a teacher named Kokila and Seeman plays Muthu. The film deals with four different periods - 1978, 1983, 1991 and 2004.
Plot
Vetrivel, a son of a potter, is the most intelligent of the lot and loves Kokila who is the daughter of a rich Jamindar who owns the school land. And their common friends are Muthu and Kumaraswami. Kumaraswami, very bad at studies, avoids school; however, his father makes all efforts to send him back to school and succeeds in doing so.
A young and beautiful Doctor, Jhansi (Shreya) arrives at the village and befriends the foursome. Jhansi slowly becomes the godfather figure to all the four. And when Muthu loses his father and becomes an orphan, Jhansi takes him into her custody. Vetrivel and Kokila's love is made public and the villagers blame Jhansi. They throw her out of the village and Muthu accompanies her.
What follows is the disentanglement of the plot on the plight of Jhansi, Muthu, Kumaraswami, Vettivel, and Kokila. Eventually the rest of the story and the climax also unravel whether the school escapes the wrath of the landowner.
Cast
- Narain as Vetrivel
- Sneha as Kokila
- Shreya Gupta as child Kokila
- Sriya Reddy as Jhansi
- Seeman as Muthu
- Thangar Bachchan as Kumarasamy
- Meenal
- Nagineedu
Soundtrack
Music is composed by Bharadwaj and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay, Snehan, Viveka, Thenmozhi and Na. Muthukumar.[1]
- Meendum Pallikku - Bharadwaj
- Indha Nimidam - Srinivas, Janani
- Kaadu Padhungurome - Ramji Isai Mazhalai
- Manasu Marugudhe - Narayanan, Subhiksha
- Roseberry - Gana Ulaganathan
- 9 Manikku 9 Manikku - Ramjis Esai Mazhalai
Critical reception
Rediff wrote "while Pallikkoodam lacks the class of Azhagi, you can at least return home with memories of your school life."[2] Indiaglitz wrote "On the whole, the movie is good and takes one on a nostalgic journey".[3] Behindwoods wrote "Overall the movie is well made and will be lapped up by the urban audience. If you thought Azhagi was a fantastic effort, chances are that you would have the same feeling with Tahnkar Bachaan’s new effort as well. Besides, the emotional aspect of the movie is sure to go down well with the female audience."[4]
Box office
- The film grossed $1 million at the box office.
- The movie is based on the novel Kalavupona Pozhudhugal (Stolen Moments) by Thangar Bachchan himself.
- Producer Viswas Sundar has sent a two-hour international copy of the film with English and French sub-titles to Canada.
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