Sundarapandian

Not to be confused with 1998 Tamil film Sundara Pandian starring Karthik, Swathi and Heera Rajagopal
Sundarapandian
Tamil சுந்தரபாண்டியன்
Directed by S. R. Prabhakaran
Produced by M. Sasikumar
Written by S. R. Prabhakaran
Story by S. R. Prabhakaran
Starring
Music by N. R. Raghunanthan
Cinematography Premkumar
Production
company
Company Production
Release dates
  • 14 September 2012 (2012-09-14)
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget ₹ 5.5 crore
Box office ₹ 44 crore

Sundarapandian is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by debutant S. R. Prabhakaran.[1] Sasikumar played the title character, besides producing the film, while Lakshmi Menon, Vijay Sethupathi, Soori, Inigo Prabhakaran and Soundararaja appeared in supporting roles. Music was composed by N. R. Raghunanthan, while cinematography was handled by Premkumar.[2] The film released on 14 September 2012 to overall positive reviews.[3] Following its commercial success, the film was remade in Kannada as Raja Huli and in Telugu as Speedunnodu.[4]

Plot

Sundarapandian (Sasi Kumar) is the only son of a rich land lord Raghupathi (Aadukalam Naren) who lives in Usilampatti near Madurai. Murugesan (Soori) and Arivazhagan (Inigo Prabhakaran) are his close friends from the same town. Arivazhagan falls in love with Archana (Laksmi Menon) who lives in the nearby village but is scared to propose his love and decides to get the help of Sundarapandian in expressing the love.

Sundarapandian, Murugesan and Arivazhagan board the route bus daily in which Archana travels to her college. Bhuvaneswaran (Appukutty) also loves Archana and travels in the same bus trying to propose her. One day, Archana suddenly proposes Sundarapandian which shocks everyone. A small flashback is shown where Sundarapandian has followed Archana trying to woo her during school days. As she did not respond, Sundarapandian stopped following her. But Archana likes Sundarapandian and was waiting to meet him to convey her love towards him.

But Archana’s parents wanted her to get married to their relative Jegan (Vijay Sethupathi) although she is not interested. Paranjothi (Soundararaja) is Sundarapandian’s collegemate and is also a friend of Bhuvaneshwaran. Sundarapandian asks Bhuvaneswaran to stop following Archana for which he does not agree. One day, clash erupts between Sundarapandian and Bhuvaneswaran while travelling in bus and suddenly Bhuvaneswaran is pushed out of the moving bus which leads to his death. Sundarapandian is arrested. Sundarapandian gets released from the case as it was termed as an accident and his father agrees to take care of Bhuvaneswaran’s ailing parents and give money for his sister’s marriage. But some of the friends of Bhuvaneswaran wait for the right time to take revenge on Sundarapandian. Paranjothi is also angry on Sundarapandian but does not express it instead behaves normally and waits for the revenge.

Meanwhile, Archana’s parents try to force her to get married to Jegan. Raghupathi comes to Archana’s home with a marriage proposal between Archana and Sundarapandian. Raghupathi requests Archana’s father to set aside the ego and to fulfil his daughter’s wish by getting her married to Sundarapandian. Archana’s father is convinced by Raghupathi’s speech and agrees for the wedding with Sundarapandian.

Jegan gets furious knowing that Archana is about to get married to someone else. He is even more shocked to know that Sundarapandian is none other than his close friend in college but has lost contact after college days. Jegan decides to kill Sundarapandian and Paranjothi also decides to help Jegan.

Paranjothi meets Sundarapandian and informs about Jegan’s love towards Archana. He also lies that Jegan is transforming into a drunkard worrying about his love in the outskirts of the town. Sundarapandian decides to meet Jegan and try to bring back him to normal. In the meantime, Paranjothi and Jegan have planned to kill Sundarapandian while he comes to meet Jegan.

Arivazhagan accompanies Sundarapandian while on the way to meet Jegan. In the outskirts of the town, Sundarapandian meets Jegan and requests him to behave normally. He apologizes saying that he never knew about his love towards Archana before. But Jegan does not listen to Sundarapandian and tries attacking him along with Paranjothi. Sundarapandian pushes them away and tries to escape from the place. But to his shock, Arivazhagan stabs Sundarapandian from behind as he has vengeance regarding his love for Archana.

Sundarapandian feels bad that all his friends betrayed him. However Sundarapandian retaliates and hits back at Paranjothi, Jegan and Arivazhagan with the help of weapons. All three are badly hurt and fall on ground. Sundarapandian reveals that he knew long before that Paranjothi seeks revenge on him for the death of Bhuvaneswaran (a group had a man wearing Paranjothi’s shirt who had come to kill Sundapandian before). He also reveals that it was Arivazhagan who pushed Bhuvaneswaran from the moving bus during the clash but everyone misunderstood that it was Sundarapandian. Sundarapandian decided to take the blame as he does not want his friend Arivazhagan’s life to be spoiled. He also scolds Jegan for forcefully trying to marry Archana despite knowing that she is not interested.

Sundarapandian and Archana get married. The movie ends showing that Sundarapandian did not disclose the betrayal committed by his friends to anyone but instead ended his friendship with them.

Cast

Soundtrack

Sundarapandian
Soundtrack album by N. R. Raghunanthan
Released 31 August 2012
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Think Music
N. R. Raghunanthan chronology
Krishnaveni Panjaalai (2012) Sundarapandian
(2012)		 Neerparavai (2012)

The music was composed by N. R. Raghunanthan.[5] The audio was released by Bala and received by Muthaiya and Socrates, two assistant directors of Sasikumar.[6]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kadhal Vandhu"  Na. MuthukumarHaricharan 
2."Kondaadum Manasu"  MohanrajanAnand Aravindakshan 
3."Rekkai Mulaiththen"  Madhan KarkyG. V. Prakash Kumar, Shreya Ghoshal 
4."Nenjukkulle"  ThamaraiSaindhavi 

Critical reception

N. Venkateswaran from The Times of India gave it 3.5 out of 5 and called it a "clean family entertainer". The reviewer wrote that "the racy script, easy flowing dialogues and the twists he introduces in the screenplay to take it off the beaten path are commendable" and added that "one more student has passed out with flying colours from the Sasikumar school of cinema".[7] in.com wrote "Sundarapandiyan is a well made commercial flick with right dose of comedy, sentiment and thrill".[8] IBNLive claimed that the film was a "honest attempt. Prabhakar does his best and make it an interesting watch thanks to Sasikumar".[9] A critic from Sify wrote that debutant director SR Prabhakaran made "a confident debut with a film that is both respectable and engaging"[10] BollywoodLife praised the film, citing: "No masala elements, and still entertaining".[11] Anupama Subramanian from Deccan Chronicle described it as an "honest attempt from Prabhakaran which is engaging family fare", while noting that "Sasi[kumar]’s touches [were] seen till [the] climax".[12] Behindwoods gave 3 out of 5, calling it a "family entertainer with ample dose of comedy".[13] Similarly, Zee News termed the film a "satisfying wholesome entertainer".[14]

Awards

60th Filmfare Awards South

Nominated - Best Director - S.R.Prabhakaran

Nominated - Best Film

2nd South Indian International Movie Awards

7th Vijay Awards

Nominated - Best Debutant Director

Nominated - Best Film

Nominated - Best Debutant Actress

Vikatan Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Story of Sasikumar's 'Sundarapandian'". Indiaglitz. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sasikumar is the beautiful Pandian". Behindwoods. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Sasikumar's 'Sundarapandian'". Indiaglitz. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Bhimaneni Srinivasa to remake 'Sundarapandian' in Telugu". IBNLive. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Raghunanthan's hands are full now". Times of India. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Audio Beat: Sundarapandian". The Hindu. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Sundarapandiyan movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  8. ↑ "Sundarapandiyan is a neat entertainer!". In.com. 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  9. ↑ "Tamil Review: 'Sundara Pandian' is watchable - South Cinema - Tamil Reviews - ibnlive". Ibnlive.in.com. 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  10. ↑ "Movie Review:Sundarapandian". Sify.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  11. ↑ 5.55 PM IST 09.17.2012 (2012-09-17). "SUNDARAPANDIAN movie review: No masala elements, and still entertaining - Bollywood News & Gossip, Movie Reviews, Trailers & Videos at". Bollywoodlife.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  12. ↑ 16 September 2012 By Anupama Subramanian (2012-09-18). "Sundarapandian review: Sasi's touches seen till climax". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  13. ↑ "Sundarapandian Review - Sundarapandian Movie Review". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  14. ↑ "`Sundarapandian` Review: A satisfying wholesome entertainer". Zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
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