Chithiram Pesuthadi
| Chithiram Pesuthadi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mysskin |
| Produced by |
S. N. Ezilan Lv SrikanthLakshman V. Vijayan |
| Written by | Mysskin |
| Starring |
Narain Bhavana Dhandapandi 'Gana' Ulaganathan |
| Music by | Sundar C Babu |
| Cinematography | Mahesh Muthuswamy |
| Edited by | M. Kasi Viswanathan |
Production company |
Dreambridge Productions |
| Distributed by | Aascar Ravichandran |
Release dates |
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Running time | 148 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹1.25 crore (equivalent to ₹2.8 crore or US$420,000 in 2016)[2] |
| Box office | ₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹18 crore or US$2.7 million in 2016)[2] |
Chithiram Pesuthadi (English: The Picture Speaks, Dear) is a 2006 Indian Tamil romantic thriller drama film written and directed by Mysskin. The film stars Narain and Bhavana, both making their debuts in Tamil cinema. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Sundar C Babu. Produced by Dreambridge Productions on a budget of ₹ 1.20 crores, the film faced publicity issues but later the producers re-released the movie in Chennai alone first and aascar re released the film in the rest of Tamil Nadu once it was declared as hit in Chennai. The movie became a massive hit of that year.[3][4] The film was later remade to Telugu as Raju Bhai, in Kannada as Kichha Huchha and in Oriya as " Abhimanyu ". Bhavana's performance as Charu received critical acclaim and earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil.
Plot
Thiru (Narain) works as a henchman with Annachi (Dandapandi). Annachi adores him and sees in him his own bravery and extraordinary fighting abilities.
One day, Thiru stumbles upon Charu (Bhavana), a local NGO, who fights injustice. A quarrel ensues between them. They soon realize that it was a meeting of heart and soon start to admire each other. Charu works towards transforming Thiru from an emotionless henchman to a lovable, kind-hearted guy. As a result, he and some of his gang members abandon their incorrigible life of gun culture and take up sales at the roadside hoping to lead a socially respectable life.
Charu sees a changed personality in Thiru and decides to marry him, with the consent of her father. But her hopes shatters after seeing Thiru clumped away in a police van from a brothel. She gives up her plans to become Thiru's life partner. Notwithstanding the failure, Charu's father commits suicide. Charu blames Thiru for ruining her life and for her father's death. Thiru goes back to Annachi. Charu decided to wed her own relative. Meanwhile, Annachi's son falls in love with Charu and wants to marry her. Annachi deputes Thiru to bring Charu.
Thiru devices his own plans in an attempt to thwart Annachi's nefarious plans and save Charu. How Thiru saves Charu from Annachi and ultimately re-unite with her forms the remaining part of the story.
Inspiration
Mysskin expressed in a book release function that he himself got to realize that this movie is an accidental inspiration of Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) while the shooting was progressing. He questioned the critics why they failed to criticize about this accidental inspiration whereas they criticized Nandalala, his other movie to be a copy of Kikujiro. He expressed this irrelevant to the book release function.
Cast
- Narain as Thiru
- Bhavana as Charu
- Kadhal Dhandapani as Annachi
- Raviprakash
- Mahadevan
- Sathyapriya
- Vasantha Narayan
- Gana Ulaganathan
- Malavika in a special appearance
Soundtrack
The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Sundar C Babu, who made his debut in film scoring through this film. The album features 12 tracks overall, including four instrumental tracks. The lyrics were penned by Kabilan and director Mysskin himself, while Gana Ulaganathan had written and sung the song "Vazha Meenu", which is considered as having contributed immensely to the film's success.[1][4]
| Tracklist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Idam Porul Parthu" | Kabilan Vairamuthu | Karthik, Sujatha Mohan | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Henchman Theme" | — | Instrumental | 0:58 |
| 3. | "Pattam Poochi" | Kabilan Vairamuthu | Timmy, Ranjith | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Love Theme" | — | Instrumental | 1:22 |
| 5. | "Aaahayam Aaahayam" | Mysskin | Hariharan | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Idhu Enna Pudhu Kanavo (F)" | Mysskin | Manju Haridas | 1:49 |
| 7. | "Mazhai Mazhai" | Mysskin | Afsal | 3:55 |
| 8. | "Voice Of Heart Theme" | — | Instrumental | |
| 9. | "Vazha Meenu" | Gana Ulaganathan | Gana Ulaganathan | 4:44 |
| 10. | "Life is Beautiful Theme [0]" | — | Instrumental | 1:10 |
| 11. | "Idhu Enna Pudhu Kanavo (M)" | Mysskin | Vijay Gopal | 1:51 |
| 12. | "Aalaap" | — | Vijay Gopal | 0:42 |
Release
released by Dreambride Productions on 10 February 2006 and initially failed to attract audience due to a low-profile release, lacking publicity,[1] becoming removed from almost all theatres within two weeks after its release. SUN Networks helped promote song Vaazha Meenu by repeated airing on its channels making the song a cult hit. In the mean time, the movie generating word of mouth publicity combined with excellent press reviews. Taking cue, Dreambridge initiated process to re-release in Chennai area first. The re-release witnessed tremendous opening which invoked interest of Aascar Ravichandran who distributed the film in rest of Tamil Nadu. The re-release of the film was well received by audience which resulted in stupendous hit.
Accolades
| Award | Category | Nominee | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Actress | Bhavana | Won | |
References
- 1 2 3 "Oscar to the rescue!". Sify.com. 2006-03-04. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- 1 2 "2009 Mantra: How about giving movies, a Second Innings ? - The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- ↑ "Events - 'Chithiram Pesuthadi' Success Meet". IndiaGlitz. 2006-03-18. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- 1 2 "'Chithiram Pesuthadi' is a surprise winner". Nowrunning.com. 2006-03-20. Retrieved 2012-07-29.