''Palakkattu Madhavan'' (aka ''Palakkad Madhavan'') is a 2015

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film written and directed by M Chandramohan and produced by TCM. The film stars Vivek as the titular character and

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in the lead roles, while

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essays a supporting role. The music was composed by

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with cinematography by KS Selvaraj and editing by K. Rajagopal. The film released on 3 July 2015. The character "Palakkattu Madhavan" is also an acknowledgement of a character with the same name in the movie '' Andha 7 Naatkal'' starring Bhagyaraj and Ambika.

Plot

Palakattu Madhavan ( Vivek) is a lazy, irresponsible man. Embarrassed that his wife Lakshmi (

) earns more than he does, he quits his job out of spite. He then adopts the old woman Pattu Maami (

) as a surrogate mother because she offers to pay cash for the opportunity.

Cast

* Vivek as Palakattu Madhavan *

as Lakshmi *

as Pattu Maami *

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as U. Santosh Kumar *

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as Madhavan's boss * Aarthi as Kokilla Maami *

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as Vichu Maama *

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as Chittukuruvi *

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as Suppudu *

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as Samuthirapandian *

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as Pattu Maami's real son *

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as Lingusamy / "Link" Samy * T. P. Gajendran as Kuberan Travels Owner *

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as Minister's PA *

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as Office Assistant *

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(special appearance)

Production

The film began production in June 2014, with M Chandramohan opting to direct a film to be produced by TCM starring Vivek in the lead role.

Reception

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'' gave the film four out of five stars, noting the film engages the audience due to the presence of actor Vivek in the lead role. ''

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'' generally praised the film but declared its writing somewhat weak and wrote " e entire first half is wasted with redundant scenes that try to tell us what a lazy person Madhavan is." A flaw was noted in writer/director M Chandramohan not developing his characters and letting them remain caricatures. Also, a lack of consistency in their behaviors prevented viewers from caring about them as much as was wished, and it was disliked that the director repeatedly had actor Vivek break the

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for the sake of comedy. The film collected in

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on first day turning out to be a disappointment. The film collected in the Box Office.

Soundtrack

Music is composed by Srikanth Deva.

Anirudh Ravichander Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also credited mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian composer and playback singer who works primarily in Tamil cinema, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He has won two Filmfare Awards South, ten ...

has sung "Uchimela" for which Vivek wrote the lyrics.

References

External links

* * {{Official facebook page, PalakkattuMadhavanOfficial 2015 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films Indian comedy films Films scored by Srikanth Deva 2015 comedy films