Pullakuttikaran
Directed byParthiban
Written byParthiban
Produced bySeetha Parthiban
StarringParthiban
Sangita
Urvashi
Prakash Raj
CinematographyM. V. Panneerselvam
Music byDeva
Production
company
Ammu Movies
Release date
  • 14 July 1995 (1995-07-14)
Running time
145 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Pullakuttikaran (transl. Family Man) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by Parthiban. The film stars himself in the lead role, alongside Sangita, while Prakash Raj and Urvashi portray supporting roles along with Malayalam actor Sreenivasan acted his first Tamil film.[2] The music for the film was composed by Deva and the film opened to mixed reviews in July 1995.[3][4]

Plot

Parthiban who takes care of orphaned children in a van leads his livelihood by stealing money. Sangeetha falls in love with him after seeing his cleverness in taking money when he was pretended to portray a pick-pocket in an stage play. Sangeetha ties the sacred thread herself starts leading her life as Parthiban's wife. Parthiban feels reluctant to accept her as his wife but later relents.

Both have one thing in common with the evil minister (Chandrasekhar). Sangeetha had escaped from the forced marriage to his dimwitted brother (Prakash Raj) who does it to every women. When Parthiban pretends to help Chandrasekhar in his elections, he changed his money to the other political party and thereby making him lose votes and support. Chandrasekhar who felt cheated joined hands with the opponent political party and kills Parthiban's innocent wife (Urvashi).

In the end, Chandrasekhar searching for Parthiban and Sangeetha, Parthiban kills Chandrasekhar and escapes with his family in train with world assuming that he is no more.

Cast

Production

Karu Pazhaniappan was introduced as an assistant director through the film.[5]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics written by Vairamuthu.[6][7]

No.SongSingersLyrics
1"Daily Daily"Shanmugasundari, Suresh PetersVairamuthu
2"Metti Metti"S. Janaki, Parthiban, Arunmozhi
3"Mukalana"Swarnalatha, Deva
4"Oru Rajakumari"Sindhu, Manorama
5"Pothum Edutha"Uma Ramanan, Arunmozhi

Release

Thulasi of Kalki wrote Parthiban sends home with no tears and no blanket, with a slight sadness. A salute for making me laugh so far. Sir, why we need all the logic!.[8] M. Prabhaharan won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Art Director for his work in the film, which also marked his debut.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "PULLAKUTTIKAARAN | British Board of Film Classification". bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "'Baasha' to 'Sathi Leelavathi': Why 1995 is an unforgettable year for Tamil cinema fans". The News Minute. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Parthiban with Dhanush in Vetrimaran movie — New Chennai". newchennai.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pullakuttikaran (1995) Tamil Movie". Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Saravanan, T. (6 June 2013). "In the right direction — The Hindu". The Hindu. thehindu.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Pullakuttikaran songs". Raaga.
  7. ↑ "Pullakuttikaran - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn".
  8. ↑ துளசி (30 July 2005). "புள்ளகுட்டிக்காரன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 45.
  9. ↑ "Artists at heart, businessmen outside". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.


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