Pazhani (2008 film)

Pazhani
Directed by	Perarasu
Written by	Perarasu
Produced by	Sakthi Chidambaram
Starring	Bharath Kajal Aggarwal Kushboo
Cinematography	Vijay Milton
Edited by	V. Jayshankar
Music by	Srikanth Deva
Production company	Cinema Paradise
Distributed by	Cinema Paradise
Release date	14 January 2008 (2008-01-14)
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Pazhani is a 2008 Indian Tamil action film directed by Perarasu, with Bharath in the lead role and Kajal Aggarwal makes her debut in Tamil language film playing the lead actress. The film, produced by director Shakthi Chidambaram under the banner Cinema paradise, had musical score by Srikanth Deva. The film was formally launched on 10 June 2007 and was released on 14 January 2008 which coincided with the Thai Pongal festival. It was later dubbed into Telugu as Bhargava and into Hindi as Shaktishali Shiva. It is also remade into Oriya as Gud boy (2012).

Plot

The film opens and ends with jail sequences. In both scenes, Pazhanivel (Bharath), the hero, is seen behind bars. The happenings from his release and his re-entry to the jail make the whole film. Pazhanivel, who comes out of prison, puts his sister Karpagambal’s (Kushboo) life on track through his heroics, and goes back to the prison as a martyr.

Pazhanivel was put behind the bars when he was ten years old. He killed his father's "keep" who made his mother’s life a hell by exploiting her to cajole his ‘keep’. He went to jail and his father turned an aimless vagabond. The boy’s elder sister, who disowned him when he was sent to jail, grew up and got married to a businessman Jeevanandham (Biju Menon). Karpagambal is living in a fool’s paradise, believing the man, who is actually an antisocial element.

However, she need not worry about anything. Pazhanivel, who is now 25, has come out of jail. He gets a job in his sister’s house without revealing his identity, unearths the shady deals of his sister’s husband, reforms him, and puts his sister’s life on track. Meanwhile, he finds his lady love Deepti (Kajal Aggarwal).

Cast

• Bharath as Pazhanivel (Vellaiyan)
• Kajal Aggarwal as Deepti
• Kushboo as Karpagambal, Pazhanivel's sister
• Biju Menon as Jeevanandham, Karpagambal's husband
• Raj Kapoor as Vaikundan
• Aishwarya as Durga, Jeevanandham's concubine
• Rekha as Pazhanivel's mother
• M. S. Bhaskar
• Chitti Babu
• Yaar Kannan as Pazhanivel's father
• Ravi Mariya as Ekadasi
• Bobby as Inspector Kanniappan
• Anu Mohan as Gentleman Jagadish
• Balu Anand as Jail warden
• Alex
• Bava Lakshmanan as Watchman
• Swamidev
• Priyanka as Deepti's sister
• C. R Saraswathi as Deepti's mother
• Velmurugan as Groom
• Kovai Babu as Groom
• Suja Varunee as an item number in the song, "Lokku Lokku"
• Perarasu as Thiruthani (Special Appearance)

Production

It was announced in 2007 that Bharath would collaborate with Perarasu. The song sequence was shot at Prasad Studios with various chariots, more than fifty junior artists in colourful costumes and more than thousand other artists participated in this song. The song, "Yaarum Ennidam" was shot at places in Andhra Pradesh like Golkonda Fort. The song, "Innoru Murai", was shot at Binny Mills.

Soundtrack

Pazhani
Soundtrack album by Srikanth Deva
Released	2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	29:38
Label	Sony Music India
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 the film director Perarasu.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration
1	'Ellam Valla Iraiva'	Tippu	5:08
2	'Yaarum Ennidam'	Karthik, Sadhana Sargam	4:38
3	'Thiruvaroor Therae'	Udit Narayan, Anuradha Sriram	5:16
4	'Innoru Murai'	Vasundhara Das, Naveen	4:27
5	'Thaayai Polathaan'	Mukesh	5:24
6	'Locku Locku'	Perarasu, Suchitra	4:45

Release

The satellite rights of the film were secured by Sun TV. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. The film faced problems before release as the producer failed to pay the debt.

Reception

The movie got moderate review. behindwoods.com gave 2.5/5 saying "Pazhani is not for an audience looking for something offbeat and inventive but for an audience craving for some old formulaic entertainment – loads of action thrown in with mother- sister sentiment" The movie has too many Silent Mass scenes, which kept the audience at the edge of their seats.

External links

• Pazhani at IMDb