Appalam (film)

Appalam (film)
Directed by	Afdlin Shauki
Produced by	Gayatri Su-Lin
Written by	Shashi Tharan and Afdlin Shauki
Starring	S.Gana Jaclyn Victor Shashi Tharan Sharifah Amani
Music by	R. Lawrence
Edited by	Sasi
Production company	Tayangan Unggul Sdn. Bhd
Distributed by	Lotus Five Star
Release dates	2011
Running time	115 min
Country	Malaysia
Language	Tamil

Appalam is an 2011 Malaysian comedy drama film directed by Afdlin Shauki.^[1]^[2] It is a Tamil language remake of the film Papadom, also directed by Afdlin. The comedy revolves around an over-protective father Samy, who besides his own role as a dad to his only daughter Shruti, has to take on the mother role upon the sudden death of his wife.

The film became the first Malaysia Tamil movie to be shot in 35mm film format in 24 years. The film was released on 15 November 2011 in cinemas across Malaysia, Singapore and Tamil Nadu,^[3] topositive critical acclaim by critics. Appalam also emerged as the highest grossing locally produced Tamil film of all time before beaten by Maindhan in 2014.^[4]

Plot

Appalasamy (Gana) and his wife Nalaini (Jaclyn Victor) is blessed with a beautiful girl called Shruthi (Raja Ilya). One fateful day, Nalaini gets into a car accident while on the phone arguing with Appalasamy. He promises to his late wife that he will take good care of their daughter, which leads him to become overprotective of her. When Shruthi turns 17 years old, she decides to continue her studies in Kuala Lumpur to be more independent. Secretly, Appalasamy applies work as a gardener in her college to look after her. Trouble starts to brew when a famous singer decides to court Shruthi.

Cast

Raja Ilya as Shruti
S.Gana as Appalasamy
Jaclyn Victor as Nalaini
Shashi Tharan
Sharifah Amani
Afdlin Shauki
Sathiya
Chelsia Ng
Haanii Shivraj

Track list

Appalam

Soundtrack album by R.Lawrance
and DR.Burn

Recorded

2011

Genre

Film soundtrack

Language

Tamil

Label

Astro Shaw

Producer

Daddy Shaq

R.Lawrance
and DR.Burn chronology

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"After Life-Appalam OST"	Dr.Burn	Dr.Burn	2:51
2.	"Thanai Vanthe"	R.Lawrance	N.Kalaivani	3:28
3.	"Uchakattam"	DR.Burn	DR.Burn, Masta K and Micheal Rao	2:15

Awards

Malaysian Indian Film Festival 2012^[5]
- Best Film Award
Malaysian Tamil Awards
- Best Film
- Best Actress Awards- Raja Ilya

References

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