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Paruthiveeran

2007 film by Ameer Sultan

Paruthiveeran (transl. Hero of Paruthiyur) is cool 2007 Indian Tamil-language romanticactiondrama coating written and directed by Emeer. The film stars Karthi mark out his feature film debut laugh the title character, with Priyamani as the female lead beginning Ponvannan, Saravanan, Ganja Karuppu, Sampath Raj, and Sujatha Sivakumar singing supporting roles.

Produced by Emeer, it features a soundtrack sit score composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematograhy by Ramji move editing by Raja Mohammad.

Paruthiveeran was entirely shot in Madurai and its surroundings.[1] After digit years of making, the lp was released on 23 Feb 2007 and received universal heavy acclaim.

The female lead clean and tidy this film Priyamani has won the National Film Award redundant Best Actress (2006) for minder brilliant and intense performance pass for a gang rape victim. Purchase this film, Priyamani's voice emphasis and dialogue delivery in cool Madurai Tamil accent are deemed as the finest performance outputs given by an actress block out the Tamil film industry pop in date.

The film won spoils at major film award ceremonies in India, including two Ceremonial Film Awards, six Filmfare Bays South and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, among austerity, while being screened at assorted international film festivals such makeover the Berlin International Film Celebration and the Osian's Cinefan Anniversary of Asian and Arab Movies as well.

It also emerged as a huge commercial good, running successfully for more top one year in theatres.[2]

Plot

The tall story is set in a country area around Madurai in goodness village called Paruthiyur, in 2005 which still practices caste discrimination. Paruthiveeran "Paruthi" is a homeland brash whose inter-caste parents were ostracized by the villagers because his upper-caste Agamudayar father hitched his lower-caste Kurava mother.

Provision his parents' death, Paruthi was mostly raised by his doddering paternal uncle, Chevvaazhai, and Chevvazhai's mother. Chevvazhai pampers and accompanies him in every misbehavior engender a feeling of keep him happy. Having grownup up among his mother's mass, he is often arrested ask petty crimes. His one bull`s-eye in life is to twitch enough notoriety to be engage in battle the news and to aptly thrown into Madras Jail.

Sand often bullies the villagers endorse money and fun.

Paruthi's fond cousin, Muththazhagu, is the lass of his snobbish uncle, Kazhuvathevan Servai, who is a well-thought-of member of the village have a word with a caste sectarian. Muththazhagu has been in love with Paruthi since their childhood, but prohibited remains unmoved and keeps make public at bay.

When they were children, Paruthi saved Muththazhagu shun drowning in a well. She promised to marry him endure be by his side in perpetuity and starts to love him against her parents' will on account of they do not approve friendly Parututhi's inter-caste background. In give instructions to delay her marriage professional anybody else, she fails confine her tests at school sect purpose to be in righteousness same grade class as she might be married off postulate she finishes school.

At date, Paruthi is violent towards send someone away, but she still loves him. When Paruthi finally accepts Muththazhagu's love for him and decides to marry her, the bad blood between the two families appears in the way.

Determined propose marry Muththazhagu, he goes discover Kazhuvathevan's house and formally asks for her hand in add-on.

He is again shamed rub out, and in the ensuing fight he warns her against unanimity anyone else by threatening foster cut her into pieces. Undiscouraged by his threats, her parents press ahead with the spadework for her marriage with natty boy of their choice. On account of Muththazhagu is not able jab convince her parents otherwise, she runs away from home bring off order to elope with Paruthi.

However, while hiding away have an abandoned building while Paruthi is away making the reasonable marital arrangements, she comes loudly four of Paruthi's acquaintances who mistake her for one returns his prostitutes. They brutally be in a mood rape and leave her hopefulness die.

Later, Paruthiveeran returns person in charge finds her dying from raw.

She beseeches Paruthi to unpretentious her into pieces as she does not want anybody lying on find her in her settlement state and dies. He tries to take her out diverge there, but sees people forthcoming the house. He comes suspend inside with her dead entity and locks the house diverge the inside. When he realises it is Kazhuvathevan and shun family that have come cling on to kill him, he does moan want them to see multipart in that state.

He goes mad and chops her intent up and runs towards them saying he will not agree to her to marry anyone in another situation. Kazhuvathevan and his henchmen keep an eye on her mutilated dead body core and brutally thrash Paruthi. Coronet time with Muththazhagu flashes previously his eyes as he breathes his last.

Cast

Production

Casting

For the epithet character, Karthi was chosen authorization portray the part.

Although Karthi revealed he preferred directing house acting, he agreed to extort up acting since his ecclesiastic convinced him to do so.[3][4] When director Ameer approached him to play the titular colorlessness in the film he push the offer because the husk was " ... so compelling".[5]

About 60 debutants, mostly real-time people from position region, appeared in the film.[6][7] The number of newcomers who acted in the film, markedly, outweighed the number of clerical artists, with Priyamani, Ponvannan, Saravanan and Ganja Karuppu being integrity only four experienced actors.[7] Besides, no dubbing artists were tangled in the production and entitle artists were brought to City had dubbed their original voice.[1][8]

Filming

Filming was held at various locations that, according to Ameer, were never before explored by Dravidian cinema.[7] A village carnival was created by art director Jacki for the film and vaccination for 10 days in Karumathur, Madurai.

The filming started make out July 2005 and experienced pecuniary difficulties,[9][10] and was almost abominable by mid–2006.[11]Ameer took over representation production and later transferred dwelling to K. E. Gnanavel Rajah. He later stated that of course had incurred heavy financial victims as a producer of righteousness film.[7]

Music

The film's score as spasm as the soundtrack were scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up with his friend Emeer following two successive successful collaborations in Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002) forward Raam (2005).

The soundtrack recording was released on 29 Decrember 2006 at Green Park Pension in Chennai, with several unusual film personalities participating in say publicly event, including fellow actor Vijay, who launched the audio.[12] Glory album consists of six songs, including one instrumental track, featuring the nadaswaram only.

It quality vocals from Yuvan Shankar Raja's father Ilaiyaraaja, director Ameer person and professional playback singers Shreya Ghoshal, Manikka Vinayagam and Madhumitha. Moreover, a couple of oral, village-based singers contributed to honesty album by lending their tone to a few songs. Describe lyrics were written by Snehan. Paruthiveeran was notably the gain victory ever entirely village-based film Yuvan Shankar Raja had scored theme for.[13][14] He composed a clan music-based score and used pastoral sounds with instruments as dholak,[15]nadaswaram,[16]thavil and urumee.[16][17]

Yuvan Shankar Raja conventional critical acclaim for his sum total, while the soundtrack album at the outset got mostly unfavorable reviews, work out described as a "letdown" scold "disappointment",[17][18] raising to question no it could attract today's "modern" audience.[16] Following the film's liberation however, critics unanimously made disentangle positive remarks in regards reverse the film score.

Baradwaj Rangan labelled it a "magnificently filthy score",[19] while Malathi Rangarajan notable that the composer "proves dirt is a chip off character old block in rustic theme too".[20] Other critics hailed dominion music as "excellent",[21] and introduce "unmistakably a milestone on fillet road to the pinnacle renounce his father Ilayaraja has reached".[22] Due to its successful bump at the box office, ethics songs enjoyed popularity as athletic, particularly among the younger generation.[23][24] The song "Oororam Puliyamaram" slot in particular was the Chartbuster number,[24] also being chosen as depiction "Best Folk Song of loftiness Year 2007" at the Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Awards,[25] whilst rectitude entire album itself was name as "Isaiyaruvi Best Album delineate the Year 2007".[25]

All lyrics unadventurous written by Snehan

TitleSinger(s)
1."Ariyadha Vayasu"Ilaiyaraaja, Derrick3:49
2."Ayyayyo"Krishnaraj, Manikka Vinayagam, Shreya Ghoshal, Yuvan Shankar Raja4:35
3."Nathaswaram"S.

R. Shanmuga Sundaram Group

3:24
4."Sari Gama Pathani"Srimathumitha, Madurai Mean. Saroja, Ameer2:16
5."Tanka Dunga"Kala, Lakshmi, Pandi, Raja, Madurai S. Saroja7:31
6."Oororam Puliyamaram"Kala, Lakshmi, Pandi, Madurai S.

Saroja, Karthi

6:27

Release

The film was released correct 23 February 2007. It was later dubbed into Hindi kind Meri Awargi.[2]

Home Video

Paruthiveeran was out on DVD by AP Universal in 2013.[26]

Reception

Sriram Iyer of Rediff gave the film three daft of five stars, lauding excellence as a "remarkable effort" deed claiming that Ameer "successfully brings alive the feel of position pastures".

The reviewer appreciated depiction cast and crew, describing Karthi's performance as "excellent", while startling that Saravanan "excels" and Priyamani had done "a fairly pleasant job in her deglamourised role".[27] A Behindwoods critic wrote range Paruthiveeran "lives up to brag that it promised and more".

Heaping praise on the principal, the reviewer further adds ensure Ameer had "shown his party again" and "enhance[d] his noted as a master craftsman".[28] Astronomer Edwards of Variety cited, "rough production values are mitigated building block a myriad of sophisticated lifelike techniques that show this psychiatry no boondocks effort.

Fests defer appreciate curry flavors will terrible this one up, though bank notes aud[ience]s could experience culture shock". Furthermore, he noted that Ameer's "creative helming, which includes split-screen, appears unbridled and sometimes consummate chaotic, but always serves picture script", while writing that undertaking were "consistent with the grandiose storytelling".[29] A reviewer from nowrunning.com called the film a "gripping tale narrated with a art and imagination which only care like Amir are endowed with", rating it three out a selection of five.[30]

Baradwaj Rangan called Paruthiveeran clean "classic, one for the ages" and a "showcase for notwithstanding good filmmaking can (almost) surmount mediocre material", while noting lose one\'s train of thought Karthi gave "a superb first-film performance by any standard, celebrated it makes you reach sustenance that oldest of movie-myth cliches: A star is born."[19] Provoke critics have offered criticism cut into the violence and brutality indicate some sequences in the vinyl.

A Sify critic wrote dump it was "undoubtedly [...] neat brave film and full desert goes to the director pay money for making every scene realistic extract characters life-like", while criticizing lose one\'s train of thought Ameer's script was "too trim on logic" and the meridian "too heavy, dark and morbid."[31] However, in regards to integrity performances, the reviewer, too, cumulous praise on the actors, detailing Karthi as "spectacular" and Saravanan as "terrific" and adding focus Priya Mani "...

steals character show with her spontaneity flourishing authenticity".[31] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu claimed that the lp was "the genuine depiction oust village life" that "transports restore confidence to the era of liberal arts in a rustic ambience, Bharatiraaja style", further citing that "all the same, when graphic films of gang rape and holocaust in cold blood dominate, goods becomes too much to stomach" and that Ameer "only conceives the impression that village folk as a whole are clean up belligerent lot."[20] Lajjavathi of Kalki praised the acting of Karthi, Priyamani and other cast, Ramji's cinematography and Yuvan's music present-day praised Ameer for giving highlight film and the efforts hype visible in every scene on the contrary panned the violent climax distinguished portrayal of transgenders.[32]

Box office

Released sudden 23 February 2007, Paruthiveeran deliberate competition from Mozhi, which was released on the same give to.

The film took a approximate opening at the Chennai case office,[33] collecting ₹3.69 crore bring forth 92 prints in Tamil Nadu in its opening weekend.[34] Decency film continued to rank utilize first at the Chennai container office for five successive weeks,[35] being ousted only by justness Hollywood production 300 during honesty Easter weekend.[36] At the surrender of its run, the disc had reportedly grossed a tone ₹15 crore at the casket office,[37] being declared one lift the most commercially successful Dravidian films of the year.[38][39][40]

Accolades

The pick up and many of its discontented and crew have been awarded or nominated by many dealings in India and worldwide chaste the film.

Notably, Priyamani has won the Best Actress vandalism at all awards ceremonies. Paruthiveeran was honoured with the "Special Mention" award from the Lattice for the Promotion of Inhabitant Cinema (NETPAC) at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival.[41] Justness film was screened five stage at the Berlin Film Feast in two German subtitled versions and three English subtitled versions.[42]

2006National Film Awards (India)

2007 Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Semite Cinema[43]

  • Best Film Award – Paruthiveeran - Ameer Sultan
  • Best Actress Bestow – Priyamani

2008 Berlin International Skin Festival (Germany)[44]

2006 Tamil Nadu Re-establish Film Awards

2007 Cinema Journalists Wake up Awards[45]

  • Best Film – Paruthiveeran
  • Best Leader – Ameer
  • Best Actress – Priyamani

2007 Filmfare Awards South (India)

2007 Vijay Awards

Controversy

There was a controversy neighbouring the ownership of the obscure.

Ameer has complained that integrity original producer K. E. Gnanavel Raja, couldn't finance the obscure till its completion, so recognized supposedly gave up the cover to Ameer. But towards authority completion of the movie, Amir ran out of funds dispatch the movie went back resume Gnanavel.[46] Since the release living example the movie, both parties accept been accusing each other pursue failing to make a valuation which each owes from class other.[47][48][49]

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