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Pulipaarvai
Directed byPraveen Gandhi
Written byPraveen Gandhi
Produced byS. Madhan
StarringSathyadev
"Vendhar" Madhan
CinematographySai Maheshwaran
Edited byPraveen Gandhi
Music byPraveen Gandhi
Production
company
Release date
  • November 2014 (2014-11)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Pulipaarvai (lit.'Sight of a Tiger')[1] is a 2014 Tamil-language film about Balachandran Prabhakaran directed by Praveen Gandhi who also co-produced, composed and written all the songs and handled editing and art respectively. It is based on the real life of the 12-year-old youngest son of the LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran is widely believed to be executed after he surrendered to the Sri Lankan Army during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Praveen Gandhi's inspiration to make the movie came after seeing documentaries about Balachandran's execution in Channel 4 and BBC.[2][3][4][5]

Cast

  • Sathyadev as Balachandran
  • "Vendhar" Madhan as Velupillai Prabhakaran

References

  1. ^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (1 January 2015). "Going wild over titles". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. ^ Gautaman Bhaskaran (5 August 2014). "Coming soon: Puli Paarvai, a film on LTTE leader Prabhakaran's son -". The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  3. ^ Gautaman Bhaskaran (12 August 2014). "Boy's 'Tiger' look inspires Tamil film". Gulf Times. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. ^ Manigandan K R (31 July 2014). "No truth in Pulipaarvai being screened to Rajapakse". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Finding boy to play lead in 'Pulipaarvai' challenging". Zee News. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.

External links

Template:Sri Lankan Civil War in Popular Culture