''Paadam'' () is a 2018 Indian

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written and directed by Rajasekhar and produced by Gipin P.S. The film stars newcomers Karthik and Mona as school students, Vijith, Nagendran in the lead roles while

Yashika Aannand Yashika Aannand (born 4 August 1999) is an Indian actress, model and television personality, who works predominantly in Tamil films and television shows. Early life Yashika Aannand was born into a Punjabi Hindu family on 4 August 1999 in New ...

and

Jangiri Madhumita Madhumitha is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil language films and reality show in vijay TV. She often portrays comedy roles and made her film debut through Rajesh's '' Oru Kal Oru Kannadi'' (2012). She also participated in TV shows like ...

provide pivotal roles in the film. The music is scored by

Ganesh Raghavendra Ganesh Raghavendra is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, who has predominantly scored music for Tamil films. He has won Two Best Film score (BGM) Awards for Vinveli Payana kurippugal at Cult critics movie awards, Kolkata & L’Age d ...

. The film was released on 27 May 2018.

Plot

A school boy named Jeeva, who is the son of police officer Kottai Perumal, questions the inabilities and defects in the Indian educational system and also shows his frustration towards studying lessons in English instead of Tamil. On the other hand, Jeeva's father also hesitates and feels afraid to speak in English. If Jeeva hears even a single English word, he becomes frustrated. One day, Kottai Perumal was sent on a transfer to Chennai after his unruly behaviour with a higher police officer who did not know to speak in Tamil. At the same time, Jeeva is excited as he thinks that he can avoid learning English by leaving the village to Chennai. But Jeeva is compelled by his father to study in English as his father desired him to be fluent in the language. Jeeva attended the high school Valluvar Vidyashram in Ramapuram and started to learn English, but his English teacher, is punitive toward students who have difficulty with English. But Jeeva gets support and advice from his Hindi language teacher and escapes from the school. When his father learns of this, he politely requested his son to study in English medium. Finally after his father's request, he changes and learns English.

Cast

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' criticised the film and wrote that "Director Rajasekhar, who has rarely seen children's films in Tamil, has taken the film like a little child. In all the scenes of the film, 'Do you know what kind of scene this is... enjoy it!' The screenplay feels like it is stabbing me with a stick".

References

External links

* Indian drama films 2018 drama films 2018 films 2010s Tamil-language films Tamil-language drama films {{2010s-drama-film-stub