Pokkiri Thambi

Pokkiri Thambi is a 1992 Indian Tamil thriller film directed by Senthilnathan. The film features Anandaraj and Kaveri in lead roles, with Vijayakumar, Janagaraj, Jayanthkumar, Balambika, Kumarimuthu, Bayilvan Ranganathan, Anuja, Kullamani, Boopathi Raja and King Kong playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 22 May 1992.^[1][2][3][4]

Plot[]

In a remote village, many young women have mysteriously disappeared the night and their dead bodies are found the following day. Pannaiyar (Vijayakumar), the village chief, promises the villagers to find and punish the culprit. Thambidurai (Anandaraj) is an angry young man who works hard the day in Pannaiyar's farm and enjoys drinking arrack the night. He lives with his mother (V. R. Thilagam) and his sister Selvi (Balambika). Thereafter, Selvi and Pannaiyar's son Jayanthkumar (Jayanthkumar) fall in love with each other but Pannaiyar refuses to marry them and humiliates Thambidurai. A vengeful Thambidurai then sneaks into Pannaiyar's house the night and he forcefully rapes Kaveri (Kaveri) thinking that she is Pannaiyar's daughter.

At the village court, Kaveri reveals that her elder sister was found dead a few months ago in this village so she has come to their village to find the culprit. Kaveri was kidnapped that night and the abductor put her in Pannaiyar's house. Thambidurai who went this way raped her. Pannaiyar orders Thambidurai to marry her immediately and he marries her in front of the villagers. Later, Thambidurai finds out that the serial killer and serial rapist is none than Pannaiyar and he exposes Pannaiyar's true face to the villagers. Overcome by embarrassment, Pannaiyar commits suicide by drowning.

Cast[]

Soundtrack[]

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 5 tracks.^[5][6]

All lyrics are written by Kalidasan.

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