''Thiruvalar Panjangam'' is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Malarvizhi Natesan and starring

Ananth Nag Anant Nagarkatte (born 4 September 1948) is an Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema. He has acted in over 300 films which include over 250 Kannada films and few films in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Malaya ...

Kadhal Sukumar Kadhal Sukumar is an Indian actor and director who has appeared in Tamil language films. After working as a comedian in films for a decade, notably in Balaji Sakthivel's romantic film '' Kaadhal'' (2004). Career Sukumar, the son of a farmer fr ...

, and Gautham.

Plot

The film is about a man who always listens to his guru until one day he uses astrology to help his friend who is tangled in a murder case. The film takes place over seven days.

Cast

as Karthik *

as Karthik's friend *Gautham *

Sudha Sudha (Sanskrit : सुधा) is a Hindu/ Sanskrit Indian feminine given name meaning living water and also, in other variations, nectar. Notable people named Sudha * Sudha (actress), Telugu actress * Sudha Bhattacharya (born 1952), Indian ac ...

Aadukalam Naren Aadukalam Naren (born Narayanan) is an Indian actor who has appears in Tamil and Telugu films, mainly playing supporting and antagonistic roles. He made his debut with the 1997 film '' Raman Abdullah'' but got noticed for his role in the 2011 ...

as Narendran *

Urvashi Urvashi (, ) is the most prominent apsara mentioned in the Hindu scriptures like the ''Vedas'', the epics ''Ramayana'' and ''Mahabharata'', as well as the ''Puranas''. She is regarded as the most beautiful of all the apsaras, and an expert danc ...

*CM Bala

Production

Newcomer Gautham plays the antagonist. The film has a similar premise to ''

Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale ''Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale'' () is a 2019 Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sanjay Bharathi and produced by Gokulam Gopalan. The film stars Harish Kalyan, Digangana Suryavanshi (in her Tamil debut), and Reba Monica John ...

'' (2019). The film was shot in Chennai.

Soundtrack

Music by JV. *"Matchae Matchae" - Saranya Rajagopal *"Vaa Macha" - Chellamuthu

Release and reception

The film was scheduled to release on 27 November. A critic from ''

The Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation an ...

'' gave the film a rating of one-and-a-half out of five stars and opined that "With an aimless screenplay, unnecessary songs, weak humour, ineffective twists and strictly okayish performances from the two lead characters, ''Thiruvalar Panchankam'' becomes a tedious affair". A critic from ''

Maalaimalar ''Maalai Malar'' is a daily evening Tamil newspaper. It is owned by Daily Thanti group. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in 1977 at Coimbatore. Maalai Malar has twelve editions published from Chennai, Vellore, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Tirunel ...

'' called the film a "good attempt" and praised the storyline.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 13609736 2020 films 2020 comedy films 2020s Tamil-language films 2020s Indian films Films about astrology