Satham Podathey
DVD cover
Directed byVasanth
Written byVasanth
Produced byC. Shanker
R. S. Senthil Kumar
StarringPrithviraj
Padmapriya
CinematographyDinesshkumaar
Edited bySathisshkurosowaa
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Kaivallya Entertainment
Release date
  • 14 September 2007 (2007-09-14)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Satham Podathey (transl. Don't make a sound) is a 2007 Tamil-language psychological thriller film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Shankar and Senthilnathan. It stars Prithviraj, Padmapriya and Nithin Sathya whilst Nassar, Suhasini, Premji and Raaghav play cameo roles. The film, which is based on a true incident, has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which received rave reviews. The film was released on 14 September 2007 to positive reviews.

Plot

The story revolves around Bhanumathy who marries Rathnavel Kalidas, a man who works in railways as a hockey player. He married Bhanu by hiding the facts that he is impotent and a recovering alcoholic. Soon, the relationship turns sour when the couple realizes that Rathnavel is impotent after a gynecologist tells them so. In spite of family pressures to get a mutual divorce, the old-fashioned Bhanu decides to go ahead with the marriage by adopting a child. With the baby's arrival, Rathnavel unfortunately becomes more insecure and tells Bhanu that the child reminds him about his weakness. Unfortunately, all hell breaks loose when Bhanu realizes that her husband was an alcoholic who knew about his impotency and had betrayed her. Rathnavel, in his anger, beats up Bhanu until she is almost unconscious. A few days later, she files for a divorce and stays with her parents for some days. Bhanu later meets Ravichandran, a happy-go-lucky guy who is a friend of her brother. Ravi proposes to Bhanu, and they later get married, but Rathnavel, who had vowed to make life miserable for Bhanu, returns. He kidnaps Bhanu and places a cadaver in her home before faking an accident with a cooking gas cylinder, leading Ravi and his family to believe that Bhanu died in a kitchen accident. After that, Rathnavel brings Bhanu to his bungalow in an isolated area and locks her in a soundproof room. When Ravi goes to Rathnavel's house to get some life insurance papers, a series of clues lead him to find Bhanu. After distracting Rathnavel, Ravi calls the police and rescues Bhanu. Rathnavel is sent to a mental asylum, where he later hangs himself. This seems to be a true story which happened in Andhra Pradesh in the late 1990s, and Rathnavel's (name changed) family members are still there in Kakinada, but the movie ends with a happy note when we see that Ravi and Bhanu are still happily married and Bhanu is visibly pregnant.

Cast

Soundtrack

Satham Podathey
Soundtrack album by
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released14 June 2007 (India)
Recorded2007
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length28:36
LabelHit Musics
Ayngaran Music
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Raju Bhai
(2007)		 Satham Podathey
(2007)		 Thottal Poo Malarum
(2007)

Director Vasanth teamed up with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja again for the musical score after creating Poovellam Kettuppar (1999). The soundtrack, of Satham Podathey, featuring 5 tracks overall, was released on 14 June 2007 at the Kamarajar Arangam.[1] A live concert was conducted by Yuvan Shankar Raja, playing all the songs on stage, whereas the five songs were released by five music directors each.[2][3]

All lyrics are written by Na. Muthukumar

Track-List
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Azhagu Kutti Chellam"Shankar Mahadevan5:48
2."O Indha Kaadhal"Adnan Sami, Raju Krishnamurthy, Yuvan Shankar Raja5:30
3."Pesugiren Pesugiren" (credited as "Viva Girls")Neha Bhasin5:30
4."Entha Kuthiraiyil"Shreya Ghoshal, Rahul Nambiar6:20
5."Kadhal Periyadha"Sudha Raghunathan5:28
Total length:28:36

Reception

The music got positive reviews, praising Yuvan Shankar Raja's work. He was, in particular, lauded for making singers Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal and Sudha Raghunathan render songs in different genres as they earlier never did,[4] whereas especially Raghunathan's first-time rendition of a Hip hop song called "Kadhal Periyadha", was seen as a "surprise item",[4] cited as "bringing out the Britney Spears in her".[5] Moreover, the album itself was described as a "pure musical delight",[6] whilst composer Yuvan Shankar himself was cited to be rocking.[5][6] "Pesugiren Pesugiren" and "O Indha Kaadhal" were topping the charts for some time.[7] Neha Bhasin was later awarded the Reliance Mobile Vijay TV Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Pesugiren Pesugiren" [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Sathumpodaathay audio launched". kollywoodtoday.com. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Yuvan's 'Isai Iravu'". Sify. Archived from the original on 15 June 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "Satham Podathey: A musical treat". Oneindia. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Sathum Podaathey has youthful music". Rediff. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  5. 1 2 "Sathumpodaathay — Yuvan rocks". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Satham Podathey — Music Review". Oneindia. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  7. ↑ "Shhh... He's back". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "Reliance Mobile Vijay Awards — The Awards Ceremony". starboxoffice.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
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