Pulipaarvai
Promotional poster
Directed byPraveen Gandhi
Written byPraveen Gandhi
Produced byS. Madhan
StarringSathyadev
"Vendhar" Madhan
CinematographySai Maheshwaran
Edited byPraveen Gandhi
Music byPraveen Gandhi
Production
company
Release date
  • November 2014 (2014-11)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Pulipaarvai (lit. 'Sight of a Tiger')[1] is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Praveen Gandhi who also co-produced, composed and wrote all the songs and handled editing and art respectively. It is based on the real life of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the youngest son of the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who is widely believed to have been executed after he surrendered to the Sri Lankan Army during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Gandhi's inspiration to make the movie came after seeing documentaries about Balachandran's execution on Channel 4 and BBC.[2][3][4][5]

Cast

  • Sathyadev as Balachandran
  • "Vendhar" Madhan as Velupillai Prabhakaran
  • Nirmal as Amudhan
  • Aleena as Selvi
  • Manoj Aiyoor as Jayasekara
  • S Madhan as Kirubakaran

Reception

M. Suganth of The Times of India opined that "We are finally left with the feeling that Pravin Gandhi, in his eagerness to boast the valour of the rebels, has failed to convincingly capture the irony involved in the army winning the battle but losing the war".[6] Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express wrote that "Praveen Gandhi scripts, directs, edits and handles the art, lyrics and the music department. If only he had made up his mind as to what exactly he wanted to convey!".[7]

Box office

The film was a box office failure.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Srinivasan, Sudhir (1 January 2015). "Going wild over titles". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Gautaman Bhaskaran (5 August 2014). "Coming soon: Puli Paarvai, a film on LTTE leader Prabhakaran's son –". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Gautaman Bhaskaran (12 August 2014). "Boy's 'Tiger' look inspires Tamil film". Gulf Times. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Manigandan K R (31 July 2014). "No truth in Pulipaarvai being screened to Rajapakse". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Finding boy to play lead in 'Pulipaarvai' challenging". Zee News. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Pulipaarvai Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Pulipaarvai by Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Fails to do Justice to Both Reality, Fictional Portrayal". Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Pulipaarvai box office collection". Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.


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