''Pappali'' () is a 2014 Indian

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-language film directed by A. Govindamoorthy. It stars

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and Ishaara Nair in the lead roles, while

Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam and a few Kannada language films. She also acted in one Hindi movie '' Chup: Revenge of the Artist'' in 2022. Saranya made ...

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and

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play supporting roles. The film, with music composed by

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, was released on 11 July 2014.

Cast

as Karthik * Ishaara Nair as Subbalakshmi *

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* Nirosha

Production

Govindamurthy, who had previously directed '' Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar'' (2007) and ''

Vedigundu Murugesan ''Vedigundu Murugesan'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by A. Govindamoorthy. It stars Pasupathy, Jyothirmayi and Vadivelu. The music was composed by Dhina with cinematography by Bala Bharani. The film released on 17 J ...

'' (2009), approached the producers with a script and they readily agreed to produce the venture after listening to his narration. He revealed that the team signed on

and Ishara Nair to work on the film, as the team could not afford bigger stars and could not afford to wait for their dates.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

. The songs of the film were released in March 2014. *Bus stoppile - Velumurugan *Kaalam Namadhu - M. L. R. Karthikeyan *Nee En Aruge - Karthik, Shweta Mohan *Manaivi Veettil - Magizhini Manimaran, Aranai Natrajan *Ethethi - Ranjith, Harini

Release and reception

The film opened to poor reviews in July 2014, with a critic from Sify.com noting that the film "is a crude and crass comedy laced with sentiments", adding the "film lacks technical finesse and is difficult to sit through". New Indian Express wrote "The first half with its crude comedy, jarring at times, leads one to believe that the film would be a mindless comic caper. But the latter part makes up for it, taking a total about-turn" praising the message of the film.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title 2010s Indian films 2010s Tamil-language films 2014 comedy films 2014 films Films directed by A. Govindamoorthy Indian comedy films