Sivappathigaram
| Sivappathigaram | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Karu Pazhaniappan |
| Written by | Karu Pazhaniappan |
| Produced by | M. R. Mohan Ratha B. S. Radhakrishnan |
| Starring | Vishal Mamta Mohandas Raghuvaran Upendra Limaye Manivannan Rajan P. Dev Ganja Karuppu |
| Cinematography | Gopinath |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | Screen Play Entertainment Ptd. Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Screen Play Entertainment Ptd. Ltd. |
Release date | 24 November 2006 |
Running time | 133 minutes |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | 7 crore |
| Box office | 13 crore(including satellite rights) |
Sivappathigaram is a 2006 Tamil political thriller film written and directed by Karu Pazhaniappan. The film stars Vishal, Mamta Mohandas, Manivannan, Rajan P. Dev, Upendra Limaye, Ganja Karuppu and Raghuvaran. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. Mamta Mohandas made her debut in Tamil with this film. Later on, the film was also dubbed and released in Hindi under the title Aaj Ka Naya Kamina.
Plot
Professor Elango (Raghuvaran) comes to his native village near Theni with his college-going daughter Charulatha (Mamta Mohandas). He has taken voluntary retirement from his college service and has come to live in his ancestral house. He plans to do research on folk songs and release a collection as a book. His student Sathyamoorthy (Vishal) assists him in this venture. Charu falls for Sathya, on keenly observing his intellect, humaneness, and social awareness.
Meanwhile, elections are announced to the State Legislature, and the parties start finalizing the candidates for the constituencies. When the candidates start filing nominations, dreadful things happen. Some candidates from both major parties are murdered, and all the candidates get jittery. A lot of candidates withdraw from the fray fearing death. The parties are in a fix on what to do. The police are on the trace out for the killer. The Election Commission postpones the elections.
When the police tightens their noose and ties loose ends, the killer is traced. The trail leads to Sathya, and it is found that he is aided in this bloodshed by Elango. The police arrest Elango. At the same time, Charu reveals her mind to Sathya during their travel to Hyderabad. Sathya reveals his undercover deeds. He also tells her about the bitter and gory events which forced him and Elango to resort to this task of cleansing the society of the current breed of dangerous, inhuman and selfish politicians.
Sathya escapes from the police's net and makes another attempt at the minister. Whether he succeeds in his attempts and wasable to send out the message correctly to the people forms the final pulsating moments. The final moments have been shot well in the Annual Azhagar festival in Madurai.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Vishal | Sathyamoorthy |
| Mamta Mohandas | Charulatha |
| Manivannan | Sathyamoorthy's father |
| Raghuvaran | Professor Elango |
| Upendra Limaye | Inspector |
| Ganja Karuppu | Vellai |
| Rajan P. Dev | Idhaya Perumal |
| Sabarish | Sathyamoorthy's friend |
| Shanmugarajan |
Soundtrack
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
The soundtracks and background music has been composed by Vidyasagar.[1]
| No. | Song Title | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atrai Thingal | Madhu Balakrishnan, Sujatha | Yugabharathi |
| 2 | Chithhiraiyil Enna | Swarnalatha, Karthik, Maalaiamma | Yugabharathi |
| 3 | Adi Chandira Sooriya | Mahalingam, K.A. Gunasekharan | Yugabharathi |
| 4 | Kalloori Salaikkul | Karthik, Sunitha Sarathy, Jack Smelly | |
| 5 | Maari Magamaayi | Chinna Ponnu | |
| 6 | Kolaivalinaai | Rahul Nambiar, Kathir | |
| 7 | Mannarkudi Kalakalakka | Manicka Vinayakam, Rajalakshmi | Pa. Vijay |
| 8 | Poranthiruchi Kalam | T. K. Kala, Saindhavi, Jayamoorthy |
Critical reception
Rediff.com rated the film 1/5, calling it as "super stupid".[2] Nowrunning.com rated the film 2.5/5, writing "The movie is above average and a little more care on the narration style, the screenplay and the characterizations could have definitely made it a big hit." [3]