film by Ameer Sultan
Paruthiveeran (transl.&#;Hero of Paruthiyur) is a Indian Tamil-language romanticactiondrama film written and directed by Ameer. Interpretation film stars Karthi in his feature film debut as say publicly title character, with Priyamani as the female lead and Ponvannan, Saravanan, Ganja Karuppu, Sampath Raj, and Sujatha Sivakumar playing bearing roles. Produced by Ameer, it features a soundtrack and best composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematograhy by Ramji and redaction by Raja Mohammad.
Paruthiveeran was entirely shot in Madurai give orders to its surroundings.[1] After two years of making, the film was released on 23 February and received universal critical acclaim. Description female lead of this film Priyamani has won the Strong Film Award for Best Actress () for her brilliant refuse intense performance as a gang rape victim. In this lp, Priyamani's voice modulation and dialogue delivery in a Madurai Dravidian accent are considered as the finest performance outputs given strong an actress in the Tamil film industry to date. Depiction film won prizes at major film award ceremonies in Bharat, including two National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South come to rest two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, among others, while turn out screened at several international film festivals such as the Songwriter International Film Festival and the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Indweller and Arab Cinema as well. It also emerged as a huge commercial success, running successfully for more than one period in theatres.[2]
The story is set in a rural area consort Madurai in the village called Paruthiyur, in which still practices caste segregation. Paruthiveeran "Paruthi" is a country brash whose inter-caste parents were ostracized by the villagers since his upper-caste Agamudayar father married his lower-caste Kurava mother. After his parents' defile, Paruthi was mostly raised by his doting paternal uncle, Chevvaazhai, and Chevvazhai's mother. Chevvazhai pampers and accompanies him in now and then misbehavior to keep him happy. Having grown up among his mother's people, he is often arrested for petty crimes. His one ambition in life is to gain enough notoriety endure be on the news and to be thrown into State Jail. He often bullies the villagers for money and take part in.
Paruthi's paternal cousin, Muththazhagu, is the daughter of his patronizing uncle, Kazhuvathevan Servai, who is a respected member of rendering village and a caste sectarian. Muththazhagu has been in fondness with Paruthi since their childhood, but he remains unmoved extremity keeps her at bay. When they were children, Paruthi rescued Muththazhagu from drowning in a well. She promised to join in matrimony him and be by his side forever and starts assign love him against her parents' will as they do mass approve of Parututhi's inter-caste background. In order to delay show marriage with anybody else, she fails in her tests dispute school on purpose to be in the same grade produce as she might be married off if she finishes high school. At times, Paruthi is violent towards her, but she drawn loves him. When Paruthi finally accepts Muththazhagu's love for him and decides to marry her, the feud between the fold up families comes in the way.
Determined to marry Muththazhagu, bankruptcy goes to Kazhuvathevan's house and formally asks for her supervise in marriage. He is again shamed off, and in description ensuing melee he warns her against marrying anyone else coarse threatening to cut her into pieces. Undeterred by his threats, her parents press ahead with the preparations for her wedlock with a boy of their choice. Since Muththazhagu is throng together able to convince her parents otherwise, she runs away shun home in order to elope with Paruthi. However, while flogging away in an abandoned building while Paruthi is away manufacture the necessary marital arrangements, she comes across four of Paruthi's acquaintances who mistake her for one of his prostitutes. They brutally gang rape and leave her to die.
Later, Paruthiveeran returns and finds her dying from bleeding. She beseeches Paruthi to cut her into pieces as she does not wish for anybody to find her in her present state and dies. He tries to take her out from there, but sees people approaching the house. He comes back inside with breach dead body and locks the house from the inside. When he realises it is Kazhuvathevan and her family that suppress come to kill him, he does not want them converge see her in that state. He goes mad and chops her body up and runs towards them saying he disposition not allow her to marry anyone else. Kazhuvathevan and his henchmen see her mutilated dead body inside and brutally thrashing Paruthi. His time with Muththazhagu flashes before his eyes whilst he breathes his last.
For the title character, Karthi was chosen to portray the part. Although Karthi revealed he preferable directing to acting, he agreed to take up acting since his father convinced him to do so.[3][4] When director Amir approached him to play the titular character in the disc he accepted the offer because the film was "&#;&#;so compelling".[5]
About 60 debutants, mostly real-time people from the region, appeared unite the film.[6][7] The number of newcomers who acted in interpretation film, notably, outweighed the number of professional artists, with Priyamani, Ponvannan, Saravanan and Ganja Karuppu being the only four green actors.[7] Furthermore, no dubbing artists were involved in the manual labor and all artists were brought to Chennai had dubbed their original voice.[1][8]
Filming was held at various locations that, according get rid of Ameer, were never before explored by Tamil cinema.[7] A population carnival was created by art director Jacki for the album and shot for 10 days in Karumathur, Madurai. The cinematography started in July and experienced financial difficulties,[9][10] and was about abandoned by mid–[11]Ameer took over the production and later transferred it to K. E. Gnanavel Raja. He later stated ditch he had incurred heavy financial losses as a producer strain the film.[7]
The film's score as well as the soundtrack were scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up with his intimate Ameer following two successive successful collaborations in Mounam Pesiyadhe () and Raam (). The soundtrack album was released on 29 Decrember at Green Park Hotel in Chennai, with several conspicuous film personalities participating in the event, including fellow actor Vijay, who launched the audio.[12] The album consists of six songs, including one instrumental track, featuring the nadaswaram only. It punters vocals from Yuvan Shankar Raja's father Ilaiyaraaja, director Ameer himself and professional playback singers Shreya Ghoshal, Manikka Vinayagam and Madhumitha. Moreover, a couple of traditional, village-based singers contributed to representation album by lending their voice to a few songs. Shy away lyrics were written by Snehan. Paruthiveeran was notably the regulate ever entirely village-based film Yuvan Shankar Raja had scored symphony for.[13][14] He composed a folk music-based score and used pastoral sounds with instruments as dholak,[15]nadaswaram,[16]thavil and urumee.[16][17]
Yuvan Shankar Raja usual critical acclaim for his score, while the soundtrack album initially got mostly unfavorable reviews, being described as a "letdown" accept "disappointment",[17][18] raising to question whether it could attract today's "modern" audience.[16] Following the film's release however, critics unanimously made very much positive remarks in regards to the film score. Baradwaj Rangan labelled it a "magnificently earthy score",[19] while Malathi Rangarajan eminent that the composer "proves he is a chip off depiction old block in rustic music too".[20] Other critics hailed his music as "excellent",[21] and as "unmistakably a milestone on his road to the pinnacle that his father Ilayaraja has reached".[22] Due to its successful run at the box office, say publicly songs enjoyed popularity as well, particularly among the younger generation.[23][24] The song "Oororam Puliyamaram" in particular was the Chartbuster number,[24] also being chosen as the "Best Folk Song of say publicly Year " at the Isaiyaruvi Tamil Music Awards,[25] whilst interpretation entire album itself was named as "Isaiyaruvi Best Album be taken in by the Year ".[25]
All lyrics are written by Snehan
| Title | Singer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ariyadha Vayasu" | Ilaiyaraaja, Derrick | |
| 2. | "Ayyayyo" | Krishnaraj, Manikka Vinayagam, Shreya Ghoshal, Yuvan Shankar Raja | |
| 3. | "Nathaswaram" | S. R. Shanmuga Sundaram Group | |
| 4. | "Sari Gama Pathani" | Srimathumitha, Madurai S. Saroja, Ameer | |
| 5. | "Tanka Dunga" | Kala, Lakshmi, Pandi, Raja, Madurai S. Saroja | |
| 6. | "Oororam Puliyamaram" | Kala, Lakshmi, Pandi, Madurai S. Saroja, Karthi |
The film was released on 23 February It was afterwards dubbed into Hindi as Meri Awargi.[2]
Paruthiveeran was released undertone DVD by AP International in [26]
Sriram Iyer of Rediff gave the film three out of five stars, lauding it rightfully a "remarkable effort" and claiming that Ameer "successfully brings survive the feel of the pastures". The reviewer appreciated the dreary and crew, describing Karthi's performance as "excellent", while citing defer Saravanan "excels" and Priyamani had done "a fairly good association in her deglamourised role".[27] A Behindwoods critic wrote that Paruthiveeran "lives up to all that it promised and more". Heaping praise on the director, the reviewer further adds that Amir had "shown his class again" and "enhance[d] his reputation whereas a master craftsman".[28] Russell Edwards of Variety cited, "rough manufacturing values are mitigated by a myriad of sophisticated cinematic techniques that show this is no boondocks effort. Fests that identify with curry flavors will eat this one up, though uninitiated aud[ience]s could experience culture shock". Furthermore, he noted that Ameer's "creative helming, which includes split-screen, appears unbridled and sometimes outright incoherent, but always serves the script", while writing that performances were "consistent with the bombastic storytelling".[29] A reviewer from hollered the film a "gripping tale narrated with a skill tell imagination which only directors like Amir are endowed with", valuation it three out of five.[30]
Baradwaj Rangan called Paruthiveeran a "classic, one for the ages" and a "showcase for how bright filmmaking can (almost) overcome mediocre material", while noting that Karthi gave "a superb first-film performance by any standard, and inadequate makes you reach for that oldest of movie-myth cliches: A star is born."[19] Other critics have offered criticism of interpretation violence and brutality of some sequences in the film. A Sify critic wrote that it was "undoubtedly [] a wear out film and full credit goes to the director for devising every scene realistic and characters life-like", while criticizing that Ameer's script was "too thin on logic" and the climax "too heavy, dark and morbid."[31] However, in regards to the performances, the reviewer, too, heaped praise on the actors, describing Karthi as "spectacular" and Saravanan as "terrific" and adding that Priya Mani " steals the show with her spontaneity and authenticity".[31] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu claimed that the film was "the genuine depiction of village life" that "transports you add up the era of classics in a rustic ambience, Bharatiraaja style", further citing that "all the same, when graphic pictures fairhaired gang rape and killing in cold blood dominate, things becomes too much to stomach" and that Ameer "only creates rendering impression that village folks as a whole are a bellicose lot."[20] Lajjavathi of Kalki praised the acting of Karthi, Priyamani and other cast, Ramji's cinematography and Yuvan's music and praised Ameer for giving quality film and the efforts is noticeable in every scene but panned the violent climax and acting of transgenders.[32]
Released on 23 February , Paruthiveeran faced match from Mozhi, which was released on the same day. Rendering film took a big opening at the Chennai box office,[33] collecting ₹ crore from 92 prints in Tamil Nadu fasten its opening weekend.[34] The film continued to rank at twig at the Chennai box office for five successive weeks,[35] work out ousted only by the Hollywood production during the Easterly weekend.[36] At the end of its run, the film challenging reportedly grossed a share ₹15 crore at the box office,[37] being declared one of the most commercially successful Tamil films of the year.[38][39][40]
The film and many of its cast captain crew have been awarded or nominated by many associations detect India and worldwide for the film. Notably, Priyamani has won the Best Actress prizes at all awards ceremonies. Paruthiveeran was honoured with the "Special Mention" award from the Network backing the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) at the 58th Songwriter International Film Festival.[41] The film was screened five times comatose the Berlin Film Festival in two German subtitled versions stall three English subtitled versions.[42]
National Film Awards (India)
Osian's Cinefan Feast of Asian and Arab Cinema[43]
Berlin International Film Celebration (Germany)[44]
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Cinema Journalists Association Awards[45]
Filmfare Awards South (India)
Vijay Awards
There was a controversy surrounding say publicly ownership of the movie. Ameer has complained that the basic producer K. E. Gnanavel Raja, couldn't finance the movie hoe its completion, so he supposedly gave up the movie reach Ameer. But towards the completion of the movie, Ameer ran out of funds and the movie went back to Gnanavel.[46] Since the release of the movie, both parties have bent accusing each other for failing to make a payment which each owes from the other.[47][48][49]