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Wikipedia article
'Pulivaal' is a 2014 Tamil-language thriller film directed by G. Marimuthu who earlier directed 'Kannum Kannum', and produced by Sarath Kumar and Listin Stephen. The film stars Vimal, Prasanna, Oviya, Ananya, and Ineya. The film is a remake of the 2011 Malayalam film 'Chaappa Kurishu' which itself was an adaptation of the 2009 South Korean movie 'Handphone'. It started production in March 2013 and released on 7 February 2014.
Plot
Kasi is a Madurai based youth who lives in a local area in Chennai. He is working in a supermarket and earning only Rs. 3500 salary. He is in love with Selvi a young girl who works with him and they always eat together. He has a close friend called Chokku. Valliappan, their manager always ill-treats Kasi even though the latter behaves good natured.
Then, we get introduced to Karthik, a rich businessman who is having a relationship with his colleague Monica. Unknown to Monica, his fiancee Pavithra is in love with him. Karthik's phone contains few sex videos with Monica and it reaches Kasi during an argument between Karthik and Monica when she finds out that he is engaged to Pavithra.
Kasi hides Karthiks phone and he uses Karthik to solve his problems made by Valliappan. When Selvi finds out that Karthik's phone is with him, she tells him to give it back otherwise she won't talk to him. He tells Karthik that he will return the phone. When he was going to tell the place where Kasi is, the phone's battery was dead. Kasi gives the phone to his friend who owns a mobile shop to charge. He finds the sex videos, uploads it in YouTube and exposes it without Kasi's knowledge. When Karthik sees it, he thinks Kasi uploaded it. Hence, Karthik decides to seek revenge on Kasi. Monica tries to commit suicide thinking that Karthik exposed their affair to the world and she gets hospitalized. Karthik finds Kasi and chase occurs between both of them. Karthik beats Kasi very badly and Kasi retaliates and hits Karthik. Both get injured and Kasi reveals that he was not the one who posted the videos in YouTube. He goes to his friend with Karthik and they both thrashes him to death. Karthik goes to the hospital to meet Monica and they both reconciles. She gets discharged from the hospital and Karthik takes good care of her. Kasi comes to meet him with Selvi with some fruits. Karthik gives his phone to Kasi and tells to keep it with him.
Cast
* Vimal as Kasi
* Prasanna as Karthik
* Oviya as Monica
* Ananya as Selvi
* Ineya as Pavithra
* Soori as Chokku
* Swarnamalya as Bindhu
* Thambi Ramiah as Valliappan
* Prem as Gowtham
* Rekha Suresh as Pavithra's mother
* Niranjini Aggarwal
* Singamuthu as Cameo
* Mimicry Sethu as phone shop owner
Soundtrack
Music is composed by N. R. Raghunanthan.
* "Neelangaraiyil" Karthik, Shreya Ghosal (Lyrics: Vairamuthu)
* "Naadu Naadu" Madhu Balakrishnan
* "Netrum Party" Tippu, Ranina Reddy
* "Vaazhkai Unnai" Hariharasudhan
Release
The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.
Sify wrote, "somehow the wafer thin story of 'Puli Vaal' and its making leaves you cold and detached. Everything looks too manipulative, and look and feel does not have a local nativity. The ending is also a tame affair". Behindwoods gave it 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "director Marimuthu allows the plot play out like a game with lifeless thrills, and whenever he does manage to build suspense he breaks it down with narratives that are tangential to the story". Indiaglitz gave it 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "But for a few minor glitches...'Pulivaal' is "a highly entertaining movie". Cinemalead's Siddarth Srinivas loathed the film, rating it 1.5 stars on 5. Baradwaj Rangan of the Hindu wrote "At the heart of Pulivaal, adapted from the Malayalam film Chaappa Kurishu, is the grim truth that we cannot control life, and that the things we do can sometimes spiral into disastrous consequences for innocents."
References
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