Poomagal Oorvalam

Poomagal Oorvalam
Directed by	Rasu Madhuravan
Written by	Rasu Madhuravan
Produced by	R. B. Choudary
Starring	Prashanth Rambha Livingston
Cinematography	M. Prasad
Edited by	V. Jaishankar
Music by	Siva
Production company	Super Good Films
Release date	30 April 1999
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Poomagal Oorvalam is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language romantic family drama film written and directed by Rasu Madhuravan. The film stars Prashanth, Rambha and Livingston in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Siva.^[1] The film was an hit at the box office. Prashanth and Rambha shared the screen for first time.^[2]

Plot[]

Saravanan (Prashanth), orphaned by his dead mother - a mental patient (Anju)- is adopted by a childless couple (Manivannan and Raadhika). Theirs is an inter-caste marriage. At college, he runs into Kavitha (Rambha), the granddaughter of caste-obsessed Sengodan (Rajan P. Dev). The triangle is completed by Aavudayappan alias Armstrong (Livingston), a US-return who is smitten by Kavitha.

With a little unintentional photo-swapping by the marriage broker (Pandu), the parents of Saravanan and Aavudayappan (the fathers have the same name) both think they have an alliance for their son with Sengodan's family and show up at Kavitha's house at the same time. Romance flowers between Saravanan and Kavitha, who assume they are going to wed, while Aavudayappan continues to dream of Kavitha.

A series of contrivances allow this comedy of errors to carry on till the engagement where the announcement of the groom's name causes all sorts of confusions. Sengodan is now against the Saravanan-Kavitha union since Saravanan's parents are of different castes. Things come to a dramatic conclusion when Sengodan realizes that Prasanth is indeed his own grandson, with a brief flashback relating the 'Nizhalgal' Ravi - Anju marriage split due to her illness. The film ends with Saravanan and Kavitha marrying each other.

Cast[]

• Prashanth as Saravanan
• Rambha as Kavitha
• Livingston as Aavudayappan (Armstrong)
• Manivannan as Chidambaram (Saravanan's adoptive father)
• Radha Ravi as Chidambaram
• Rajan P. Dev as Sengodan
• Nizhalgal Ravi as Boopathy
• Raadhika as Saravanan's adoptive mother
• Vivek as Sakthi
• Vaiyapuri as Muniyandi
• Ponvannan as Kavitha's father
• Pandu as Broker Ponnushamy
• Sathyapriya as Meenakshi
• Halwa Vasu as Murugesan
• Anju as Saravanan's mother
• Mahendran as Young Saravanan
• Hemalatha as Child actress

Production[]

It was reported that the actor Prashanth was badly hurt on his face, while he took part in a stunt scene. A sharp iron rod hit him on his face and he was hurt on his left cheek and immediately had three stitches on this wound from a local hospital. Further reports claimed that he was set to travel to London to partake in cosmetic surgery to avoid scarring.^[3] The issue was later reported to be exaggerated, with Prashanth citing that he a minor injury and that the media blew the incident out of proportion.^[4]

Release[]

K. N. Vijiyin of New Straits Times gave the film a mixed review.^[5] D. S. Ramanujam from The Hindu wrote: "Fun-laden situations and humour course along at a brisk pace in Supergood Films’ “Poomagal Oorvalam”. Debutant director Mathuravan, who has written the story, dialogue and screenplay, structures his narration in an enjoyable way. For Prasanth, the hero, it is another proof of his calibre, be it pouring out emotions, without overdoing it, carrying with subtlety the lighter moments or dancing comfortably".^[6] Sandya Krishnan from Indolink wrote, "Watch it for the comedy, if not for anything else".^[7]

Soundtrack[]

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Siva. The soundtrack, released in 1999, features 6 tracks.

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