Pallikoodam (film)
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Pallikoodam is a Tamil
feature film directed and cinematographed by Thangar Bachchan
. Narain
, Sneha, Sriya Reddy, Seeman
and the director himself form the cast. Narain plays Vetrivel, a collector, while Sriya Reddy is a nurse, Sneha is a teacher named Kokila and Seeman plays Muthu. The film deals with four different periods - 1978, 1983, 1991 and 2004.
A young and beautiful Doctor, Jhansi (Shreya) arrives at the village and befriends the foursome. Jhansi slowly becomes the godfather figure to all the four. And when Muthu loses his father and becomes an orphan, Jhansi takes him into his custody. Vetrivel and Kokila's love is made public and the villagers blame Jhansi. They throw her out of the village and Muthu accompanies her.
What follows is the disentanglement of the plot on the plight of Jhansi, Muthu, Kumaraswami, Vettivel, and Kokila. Eventually the rest of the story and the climax also unravel whether the school escapes the wrath of the landowner.
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
feature film directed and cinematographed by Thangar Bachchan
Thangar Bachchan
Thangar Bachchan is a Tamil Indian film director and actor, cinematographer and novelist.- As Director :- As Cinematographer :* Malai Charal * Dharma Seelan * Madhumathi...
. Narain
Narain (actor)
Narain is an Indian film actor, who appears in Malayalam and Tamil films.- Personal life:Narain was born in Thrissur, Kerala to Malayali parents. His father is Ponnani Kizhakke Kalathil T.M.Ramakrishnan Nair and his mother is Shantha Nair...
, Sneha, Sriya Reddy, Seeman
Seeman (director)
Seeman is a film director and actor in the Tamil film industry, as well as being a Tamil activist. He is the founder and chairman of the organisation " Naam Thamizhar Iyakkam " which turned a political party in 2010.- Career :...
and the director himself form the cast. Narain plays Vetrivel, a collector, while Sriya Reddy is a nurse, Sneha is a teacher named Kokila and Seeman plays Muthu. The film deals with four different periods - 1978, 1983, 1991 and 2004.
Plot
Vettivel, a son of a potter, is the most intelligent of the lot and loves Kokila who is the daughter of a rich Jamindar who owns the school land. And their common friends are Muthu and Kumaraswami. Kumaraswami, very bad at studies, avoids school; however, his father makes all efforts to send him back to school and succeeds in doing so.A young and beautiful Doctor, Jhansi (Shreya) arrives at the village and befriends the foursome. Jhansi slowly becomes the godfather figure to all the four. And when Muthu loses his father and becomes an orphan, Jhansi takes him into his custody. Vetrivel and Kokila's love is made public and the villagers blame Jhansi. They throw her out of the village and Muthu accompanies her.
What follows is the disentanglement of the plot on the plight of Jhansi, Muthu, Kumaraswami, Vettivel, and Kokila. Eventually the rest of the story and the climax also unravel whether the school escapes the wrath of the landowner.
Box office
- The film grossed $1 million at the box office.
- The movie is based on the novel Kalavupona Pozhudhugal (Stolen Moments) by Thangar Bachchan himself.
- Producer Viswas Sundar has sent a two-hour international copy of the film with English and French sub-titles to Canada.