''Pandi Oliperukki Nilayam'' () is a 2012 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

-language

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film written and directed by

Rasu Madhuravan Rasu Madhuravan (1969 – 9 July 2013) was a Tamil film director known for family dramas. He began his career as an assistant director to Manivannan, and made his directorial debut with '' Poomagal Oorvalam''. He died on 9 July 2013 from throat ...

. The film stars Sabarish and

Sunaina Sunaina Yella is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu films. She debuted in Telugu with ''Kumar Vs Kumari'' (2005) and in Tami debut with '' Kadhalil Vizhunthen'' (2008). She has since starred in the films ''V ...

Cast

* Sabarish as Pandi *

as Valarmathi * Soori as Soori *

Thambi Ramaiah Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, '' Manu Needhi'' (2000), '' Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and '' Mani ...

as Food stall Owner *

Singampuli Singampuli is an Indian actor and Film director, director working in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. After making ''Red (2002 film), Red'' (2002) and ''Maayavi'' (2005), he has made a career appearing in comedy roles and supporting roles. Career S ...

as Pandi's brother and micset company's shareholder *

Karunas Karunas (born as Karunanidhi Sethu; February 21, 1970) is an Indian actor, comedian, composer, playback singer and politician in the Tamil film industry. Appearing mostly in supporting roles, he has also played main lead roles in films includ ...

as Amarkalam, Pandi's Rival *

Vatsan Chakravarthy Vatsan Chakravarthy is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has appeared in films including ''Engaeyum Eppothum'' (2011) and ''Tharkappu'' (2016). Career Vatsan debuted as an actor with ''Aridhu Aridhu'' (2010), before ...

as Siluva *

Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor (; born as Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influen ...

as Pandi's father *

K. Selva Bharathy K. Selva Bharathy is an Indian film director and dialogue writer, who works in Tamil cinema. He was one time assistant of late director-actor Manivannan. He was also an erstwhile dialogue writer for director Sundar C. He has directed nine films ...

Vaiyapuri Vaiyapuri (born 23 October 1968 as Ramakrishnan) is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil-language films. He rose to fame by appearing in supporting roles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, often portraying supporting comedic characters. Hi ...

as Neighbour *

King Kong King Kong, also referred to simply as Kong, is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. The character has since become an international pop culture icon,Erb, Cynthia, 1998, ''Tracking Kin ...

as Amarkalam's assistant *

Ambani Shankar Ambani Shankar is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil films. He has appeared in films including '' Ji'' (2005) and '' Ambasamudram Ambani'' (2010), and garnered his stage name from the latter film. Career Shankar grew up in Tirumangala ...

as shop owner *

Veerasamar Veerasamar is an Indian art director and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. Veerasamar started his career as assistant to art director Sabu Cyril and made his breakthrough as an actor with a leading role in '' Veerasekaran'' (2010 ...

as henchman * Prabu as Paraman * Devaraj * Pandian * Nagendran * Madurai Market Muthu * Pasumpon Suresh * Periyasamy as Childhood Pandi *

Bava Lakshmanan Bava Lakshmanan is an Indian Tamil actor and comedian who predominantly featured in comedy roles. For the major part of his acting career, he shared screenspace with fellow veteran comedian actor Vadivelu in many film comedy sequences. Career ...

as Loan giver *Appu as Amarkalam Assistant's Brother

Production

The film was originally titled ''Mike Set Pandi'', but later retitled ''Pandi Oli Perukki Nilayam''. Shabarish, son of popular stunt choreographer FEFSI Vijayan, selected for the male lead. Singam Puli and Vatsan will be seen in important roles. Deva, Pandian, Veerasamar, Nagendran, Madurai Market Muthu and Pasumpon Suresh are selected for

's brothers role. Salman Khan's body double Prabhu plays the antagonist.

Soundtrack

Songs are by Kavi Periyathambi, who previously worked with Rasu Madhuravan for ''

Muthukku Muthaaga ''Muthukku Muthaaga'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil language drama film written, produced, and directed by Rasu Madhuravan. It features an ensemble cast including Vikranth, Natraj, Harish, Oviya, Monica, Prakash, Veerasamar, Ilavarasu, and Sa ...

''.

Reception

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 three out of five stars and wrote that "Although the movie is more than two-and-a-half-hours long, thanks to the comedy track it feels to be time well spent". Malathi Rangarajan of ''The Hindu'' opined that "Somewhere through the making of ''PON'', Rasu Madhuravan seems to have lost interest, and it shows". Malini Mannath of ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu ...

'' wrote, "Probably, the only watchable moment in the film is the impressively choreographed climax fight set in an Emu farm", and the film, "with nothing novel or exciting to offer, is forgettable fare". A critic from ''

Maalai Malar ''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, Tirune ...

'' gave the film a negative review.

References

External links

* * {{Rasu Madhuravan 2010s Indian films 2010s Tamil-language films 2012 films 2012 romantic comedy films Films directed by Rasu Madhuravan Indian romantic comedy films Tamil-language Indian films Tamil-language romantic comedy films