Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1997
Pudhalvan
Buy Pudhalvan now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Pudhalvan' is a 1997 Tamil-language crime film directed by Selva Vinayagam, who had previously directed the films 'Kottai Vaasal' (1992) and 'Aranmanai Kaavalan' (1994). The film stars Ramki and Pragathi, with Vijayakumar, Jayanthi, newcomer Raghavi, Mohan Natarajan, S. N. Vasanth and Raja Raveendar playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 26 December 1997. The film was a remake of Telugu film 'Doshi Nirdoshi' (1990).
Plot
Siva (Ramki) is an honest police inspector who was brought up by the judge Sathyamoorthy (Vijayakumar) when his mother died. Sathyamoorthy has two sons: Ramesh (S. N. Vasanth) and Raja (Raja Raveendar). The influential smuggler Mudaliar (Mohan Natarajan) often clashes with Siva and Sathyamoorthy. Siva and the jolly college student Priya (Pragathi) fall in love with each other, later they get married with Sathyamoorthy's blessing.
One day, Raja rapes Mudaliar's daughter. The next day, Raja is found dead and Siva conducts the investigation. Ramesh admits to his father that he killed Raja. Sathyamoorthy decides to protect Ramesh at all costs, while Siva wants to send Ramesh to jail. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*Ramki as Inspector Siva
*Pragathi as Priya
*Vijayakumar as Sathyamoorthy
*Jayanthi as Parvathi
*Rani
*Meesai Murugesan
*Pandu
*Halwa Vasu
*Mohan Natarajan as Mudaliar
*S. N. Vasanth as Ramesh
*Raja Raveendar as Raja
*Soundar as Soundar
*Thideer Kannaiah
*Raghavi
*Manager Cheena
*Vincent Roy
*Anuja
*M. G. Raja Gopal
*R. K.
*Musthafa
*Mukilan
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.
References
Category:1997 films
Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)
Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police
Category:Indian action drama films
Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films
Category:1990s action drama films
Buy Pudhalvan now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1997