Pulivaal

Pulivaal
Directed by	G. Marimuthu
Produced by	Radhika Sarathkumar Listin Stephen
Written by	Sameer Thahir
Starring	Prasanna Vimal Ananya Iniya Oviyag
Music by	N. R. Raghunanthan
Cinematography	Bhojan K. Dinesh
Edited by	Kishore Te.
Release dates	7 February 2014
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹2 crore (US$300,000)
Box office	₹10 crore (US$1.5 million)

Pulivaal (English: Tail of the Tiger) is a 2014 Tamil comedy thriller film directed by G. Marimuthu who earlier directed Kannum Kannum,^[1] and produced by Sarath Kumar and Listin Stephen. Prasanna and Vimal play the leading roles, while Iniya, Ananya and Oviya also appear in pivotal roles.^[1] The film is a remake of the 2011 Malayalam film Chaappa Kurishu which itself was an unofficial copy of the 2009 South Korean movie Handphone. It started production in March 2013^[2][3] and released on 7 February 2014.The movie received mixed reviews and was a hit at box office.

Cast

• Vimal as Kasi
• Prasanna as Karthik
• Ananya as Selvi
• Iniya as Pavithra
• Oviya as Monica
• Soori as Chokku
• Thambi Ramiah as Valliappan
• Prem as Gowtham
• Swarnamalya as Bindhu
• Rekha Suresh as Pavithra's mother
• Singamuthu

Soundtrack

Music is composed by N. R. Raghunandhan.^[4]

• "Neelangaraiyil" – Karthik, Saindhavi, Lyrics - Vairamuthu
• "Kichu Kichu" – Haricharan, Anitha Karthikeyan
• "Naadu Naadu" – Madhu Balakrishnan
• "Netrum Party" – Tippu, Ranina Reddy
• "Vaazhkai Unnai" – Hariharasudhan

Kanan wrote, "At the heart of Pulivaal...is the grim truth that we cannot control life, and that the things do can sometimes spiral into disastrous consequences for innocents. But the uninspired narrative doesn't do this theme justice. The characters... are strictly one-dimensional, the staging is flat, and the events are preposterous".^[5] Sify wrote, "somehow the wafer thin story of Puli Vaal and its making leaves you cold and detached. Everything looks too manipulative, and look and feel does not have a local nativity. The ending is also a tame affair".^[6] Behindwoods gave it 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "director Marimuthu allows the plot play out like a game with lifeless thrills, and whenever he does manage to build suspense he breaks it down with narratives that are tangential to the story".^[7] Indiaglitz gave it 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "But for a few minor glitches...Pulivaal is "a highly entertaining movie".^[8] Cinemalead's Siddarth Srinivas loathed the film, rating it 1.5 stars on 5.^[9]

References

1. Zachariah, Ammu. "'Chappa Kurishu' turns 'Pulival' in Kollywood". Times of India. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
2. "Tamil actor Sarath Kumar takes special interest in production". IBNLive. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
3. Raghavan, Nikhil (16 March 2013). "Etcetera: Exciting line-up". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
4. "Audio Beat: Pulivaal - Power-packed album". 11 January 2014 – via The Hindu.
5. "Pulivaal: Tiger by the tail". 8 February 2014 – via The Hindu.
6. "Puli Vaal".
7. "Pulivaal (aka) Puli Vaal review".
8. "Pulivaal review. Pulivaal Tamil movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com".
9. Siddarth Srinivas. "Pulivaal Movie Review". Cinemalead. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

External links

• Pulivaal at the Internet Movie Database