Pichaikkaran
| Pichaikkaran | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Sasi |
| Produced by | Fathima Vijay Antony |
| Written by | Sasi |
| Starring |
Vijay Antony Satna Titus |
| Music by | Vijay Antony |
| Cinematography | Prasanna Kumar |
| Edited by | Veera Senthil Raj |
Production company |
Vijay Antony Film Corporation |
| Distributed by |
KR films, Skylark Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pichaikkaran (English: Beggar) is a 2016 Indian Tamil action thriller film directed by Sasi, starring Vijay Antony in the lead role.[1][2][3] The film released on 4 March 2016.
Plot
Arul (Vijay Antony) is a rich business man based out of Palladam. His mother Bhuvaneshwari (Deepa Ramanujam) is the person behind the growth of their spinning mill following her husband’s early death. Avinashi is her brother in law who is money minded and has plans to grab Arul’s properties. Arul returns from abroad after graduation to take charge of all the businesses from his mother. In the meantime, Bhuvaneshwari meets with an accident in the factory and gets in to coma and all the efforts taken by Arul goes in vain to cure her. Finally, Arul meets a Swamiji who suggests that Arul should lead a life of a beggar for 48 days and this would help his mother to recover.
Arul accepts and goes to Chennai to beg without informing any one and only his friend Rajesh (Bagavathi Perumal) knows the truth as he has been asked to look after the business until he comes back. Arul sits along with a few other beggars in front of a temple and starts begging. He meets Magizhini (Satna Titus) and develops affection towards her seeing her good nature. Arul and his mother had initially decided to approach Magizhini for alliance through matrimony site. Magizhini also encounters Arul in a few situations and likes his character not knowing that he is a beggar. Avinashi tries to take over Arul’s businesses as both Arul and his mother are unavailable. Magizhini gets to know that Arul is a beggar and gets angry thinking Arul has cheated her but could not avoid him as she is impressed more by his good nature. Magizhini’s mother sees Arul’s photo in her laptop and says that he is a rich businessman and she had sent her photos to him through matrimony website a few months back. Magizhini is shocked and goes to meet Arul where she overhears the conversation between Arul and Rajesh which makes her realize Arul’s life as a beggar is to save his mother and she is impressed a lot seeing his good nature.
Meanwhile, there is a group of doctors who manage a mental health center. But they use the mentally retarded people admitted in the hospital for medical experiments and Arul gets to know this with the help of a beggar who stays there pretending as a mentally challenged girl. Knowing this, the doctors approach a gang asking them to murder Arul. Arul manages to escape from the gang. On the last day as a beggar, Arul was spotted by Avinashi and he tries to kill him but accidentally, Magizhini gets stabbed on her neck and is admitted to hospital. But Arul is unable to pay the hospital expenses as his last day as a beggar is not yet complete. His beggar friends come up with some money to help Arul. Avinashi is arrested by police.
Arul gets back after 48 days along with Rajesh to visit his mother and comes to know that there is no improvement in her health. Arul holds his mother’s hands and begs to live for long. Suddenly he sees his mother’s hands moving and holding his hand. After six months, his mother is recovered and both Arul and Magizhini get married to each other. A beggar begs to Arul in front of a temple but Arul gets busy with a phone call not noticing the beggar. Arul’s mother gives money to the beggar and informs Arul that life of a beggar is so pathetic and we should never hurt them. She also says that people like us cannot lead a beggar’s lifestyle even a single day. Arul apologizes for not noticing the beggar to his mother and the movie ends there signaling that Arul’s mother never knew about her son’s struggle as a beggar for bringing her back to normal life.
Cast
- Vijay Antony as Arul
- Satna Titus as Magizhini
- Bagavathi Perumal as Arul's friend Rajesh
- Muthuraman as Arul's uncle
- Dheepa Ramanujam as Arul's mother Bhuvaneshwar
Production
Sasi began the production of Pichaikkaran in October 2014, and signed on Vijay Antony to feature in the lead role. The pair had earlier worked together in Dishyum (2006), in which Vijay Antony had composed the film's music.[2] The team shot a schedule in Pollachi on Everwin spinning mills near Achipatty village in January 2015, before moving to Pondicherry by June 2015.[4][5]
Soundtrack
| Pichaikkaran | ||||
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| Soundtrack album to Pichaikkaran by Vijay Antony | ||||
| Released | 04 Mar 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label |
Vijay Antony Music Divo | |||
| Producer | Vijay Antony | |||
| Vijay Antony chronology | ||||
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The film's soundtrack album and background score were composed by Vijay Antony. The soundtrack album consist of seven tracks.The album was released on 07 Jan 2016. Behindwoods rated the album 2.25 out of 5 and noted that "Overall a pretty decent album but it does have a couple of thumping numbers!".[6] One of the songs created controversy due to lyrics which hurted the doctors.[7]
| No. | Song | Singers | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Nenjorathil | Supriya Joshi | 4:17 |
| 2 | Glamour Song | Velmurugan | 4:10 |
| 3 | Nooru Samigal | Vijay Antony | 2:45 |
| 4 | Unakkaga Varuven | Janaki Iyer | 3:40 |
| 5 | Oru Vellai Sotrukkaga | Yazin Nizar | 3:32 |
| 6 | Nenjorathil | Deepak Doddera | 4:14 |
| 7 | Pichaikkaran(Theme) | Ananthu | 1:13 |
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. Rediff wrote "Sasi’s Pichaikkaran may have overdosed on action and sentiment but the director manages to portray life from the other side. The humiliation and pain of people we meet and choose to ignore on a daily basis stays with you."[8] Hindustan Times wrote "One of the biggest drawbacks of many Indian movies is its lethargic attitude towards perfecting a script -- not drawing the line from one point to another with any fair degree of conviction. Pichaikkaran thus ends up as a beggar begging for credibility."[9]Moviecrow wrote "This Pichaikkaran is neither poor to beg nor rich to offer."[10] Behindwoods gave it a 2.25/5 saying that "Excessive exaggerations and lack of depth in the dealing make Pichaikkaran not an easy affair." [11] Indiaglitz gave it a 2.8/5 saying that "[It] makes the right impact as a wholesome entertainer with emotional scenes as his strong base."[12]
References
- ↑ Only Kollywood. "Vijay Antony's next titled 'Pichaikkaaran' with director Sasi? - Only Kollywood". Only Kollywood.
- 1 2 "Music director Vijay Antony to become a 'Pichaikaran’". behindwoods.com.
- ↑ "Vijay Antony commences his new film". Sify.
- ↑ "Pichaikaaran in Pollachi". indiaglitz.com.
- ↑ Suthan Bala (4 July 2015). "'Pichaikaaran' to release soon — Tamil Cinema News". Tamil Cinema News.
- ↑ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/pichaikaaran/pichaikaaran-songs-review.html
- ↑ http://newstodaynet.com/tamil-nadu/ban-sought-song-tamil-film-pichaikaran
- ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-pichaikkaran-is-a-thought-provoking-entertainer/20160304.htm
- ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/pichaikkaran-review-this-film-is-begging-for-authenticity/story-G5GGrze8YV0gcggBptGcFM.html
- ↑ http://www.moviecrow.com/News/11406/pichaikkaran-review---interesting-knot-average-masala
- ↑ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/pichaikaaran/pichaikaaran-review.html
- ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/pichaikkaran-tamil-movie-review-20365.html
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