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Payanigal Gavanikkavum
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Wikipedia article
'Payanigal Gavanikkavum' is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by S. P. Shakthivel and produced by All In Pictures. The film stars Vidharth and Karunakaran with a supporting cast including Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli, Masoom Shankar, and Prem Kumar. The film's music is composed by Shanmanth Nag, with cinematography handled by S. Pandikumar and editing done by R. S. Sathishkumar. The film is a remake of the 2019 Malayalam film 'Vikruthi' written by Ajeesh P. Thomas and directed by Emcy Joseph. The film premiered on Aha on 29 April 2022.
Plot
Ezhilan and his wife Tamil are both hearing and speech impaired. After spending two nights in the hospital where his daughter was admitted, Ezhilan travels back home on a Chennai Metro train but he falls asleep. Another passenger, Antony, finds this amusing and decides to post a picture of Ezhilan online, labelling him a drunkard. The rest of the movie explores the troubles Ezhilan and his family face when he is recognized by people as the "Chennai Metro Drunkard", as well as how Antony deals with the consequences of his actions.
Cast
* Vidharth as Ezhilan
* Karunakaran as Antony
* Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli as Tamizh
* Masoom Shankar as Jessy
* Prem Kumar as Inspector K. Raja Narayanan
* RJ Sarithiran
* Kavithalayaa Krishnan
* R. S. Shivaji
* Munnar Ramesh
* Ramachandran Durairaj
* Rekha Sivan
Release and reception
The film premiered on Aha on 29 April 2022. Sruthi Raman of 'The Times of India' cited that "This dramedy explores the double-sidedness of social media" and further wrote that "While the film does have a needed message for the internet generation of our times, its not as breezy as it intends to be".
References
Category:Indian direct-to-video films
Category:2020s Tamil-language films
Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films
Category:Aha (streaming service) original films
Category:2022 comedy-drama films
Category:Indian comedy-drama films
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