Suriya Paarvai
Directed byJagan
Screenplay byJagan
Produced bySreenivas Prasad
Starring
CinematographyK. Prasad
Edited bySai Prasad
Babu Raj
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Moturi Creations
Release date
14 January 1999
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Suriya Paarvai is a 1999 Tamil-language action crime film directed by Jagan. The film stars Arjun and newcomer Pooja. It was released on 14 January 1999 to negative reviews. The film is copied from the Luc Besson 1994 film Léon: The Professional.[1][2] The film was partially reshot in Telugu as Hello Friend.[3]

Plot

Vijay is a hitman who works for Sundaramoorthy. He kills anybody for a price, other than women and children, and he lives alone in an apartment. Pooja, a young girl, studies in a boarding school and comes to her father's house for the holiday. Between her abusive father, selfish stepmother and an arrogant step-aunt, Pooja feels rather badly, but she treasures her lovely little brother Dinesh. Pooja tries to befriend Vijay, but Vijay is not interested. Her father is a drug smuggler. One day, a corrupt police officer Jayanth, kills Pooja's family, including her brother. Vijay decides to accommodate Pooja, and Pooja compels him to teach her his skills as a hitman. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Production

The film's story and screenplay were written by Arjun's assistant Jagan, who also made his directorial debut.[4] Pooja Priyanka, daughter of actress Subhashini and niece of Jayasudha, was cast in the lead role opposite Arjun, while she was still at school.[5]

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack and background score was composed by a musician, S. A. Rajkumar. The soundtrack, released in 1999, features 7 tracks with lyrics written by Palani Bharathi.

Suriya Paarvai
Soundtrack album by
S. A. Rajkumar
Released1999
Recorded1998
GenreSoundtrack
Length30:04
LabelPyramid
ProducerS. A. Rajkumar
S. A. Rajkumar chronology
Simmarasi
(1998)		 Suriya Paarvai
(1999)		 Thulladha Manamum Thullum
(1999)
Track list
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Boom Blast It"Sowmya Raoh4:24
2."Ganapathi Thatha"Harini, G. V. Prakash Kumar4:02
3."Hey Man"Annupamaa4:57
4."Kadhavai Thirakkum" ((Male))P. Unni Krishnan3:52
5."Kadhavai Thirakkum" ((Female))K. S. Chithra3:52
6."Panirendu Vayasula"Anuradha Sriram, Malgudi Subha4:45
7."Thotathu Pookkal"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. B. Pallavi4:12
Total length:30:04

Release

A critic from The Hindu wrote "Though the storyline is thin, the chock-n-block fisticuffs and slam-bang shoot-outs, along with the riveting performances by Arjun and Raghuvaran, keep you hooked onto a cinematic roller-coaster action ride. By hardly leaving any room for sentiment, it is quite obvious that Director Jagan seems to be influenced by the Hollywood action flicks. Even the action scenes are canned in that typical Hollywood style."[6] A further critic noted "The movie completely falls apart in the climax".[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Filmography of surya paarvai". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Balaji Balasubramaniam. "SURYAPAARVAI". bbthots.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.zaminryot.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Dinakaran". www.dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 1998. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Minnoviyam Star Tracks". www.minnoviyam.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Reviews - the Hindu". www.cscsarchive.org:80. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". www.bbthots.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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