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''Pidichirukku'' () is a 2008 Indian
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romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
, produced by Kool Productions Chida Shenbaga Kumar, directed by Kanagu, starring
Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first Super-st ...
,
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,
Sampath Raj Sampath Raj (born 25 December 1968) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to Kannada and Malayalam films. He is best known for his appearances in director Venkat Prabhu's trilogy, which includ ...
,
Ganja Karuppu Karuppu Raja, known for his stage name Ganja Karuppu (born 5 January 1976), is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in comedy roles in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Bala's ''Pithamagan'' (2003), Ganja Karuppu experienced suc ...
and
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. The cinematography is by D. V. Raameswaran and Manu Ramesan scored the music. The film was released on 15 January 2008, during Pongal.


Plot

Vel is a Hindu from a lower-middle-class family and a booking clerk at a lorry transport and cargo agency in
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. Manju is a
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girl, studying in the local college. Their first meeting is an accident caused due to her negligence – when sitting as pillion rider on the back of her father's scooter and trying to go through her examination notes, the paper and her
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flies off, blinding the bike rider coming behind. Vel, who was the rider, finds his bike skidding and ends up with bruises. He shouts at Manju and her father Mariadas who was riding the scooter, without realizing that he is the new customs officer at the local port with whom he has to interact due to the nature of his work. Manju feels concern for Vel, fearing that due to her mistake he may end up with a head injury. Later she meets him and sends him a note to take a head scan, which leads to hilarious scenes as his assistant 'Tyre' thinks it is a love letter. But as always after the initial spats and quibbles, both Vel and Manju are deeply drawn towards each other. One day while they are romancing on the back of an empty but moving lorry, they are intercepted by Mariadas. All hell breaks loose for the lovers as Manju is brutally beaten up by her dad as her mother Stella tries to protect her. A distraught and drunk Vel on the advice of Tyre and other lorry drivers go to her house in the night asking for her hand, which leads to bedlam. Three days later, a sobered Vel goes to her house to apologise and finds that they have left town and Mariadas has resigned from customs and just disappeared. How Vel finds her whereabouts and goes to Pune in search of her and undergoes real tough times is what the rest of the film is about.


Cast

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as Vel *
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as Manju *
Sampath Raj Sampath Raj (born 25 December 1968) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to Kannada and Malayalam films. He is best known for his appearances in director Venkat Prabhu's trilogy, which includ ...
as Mariadas *
Ganja Karuppu Karuppu Raja, known for his stage name Ganja Karuppu (born 5 January 1976), is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in comedy roles in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Bala's ''Pithamagan'' (2003), Ganja Karuppu experienced suc ...
as Esakki (Tyre) *
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 ...
as Stella


Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Manu Ramesan.


Release and reception

''Pidichirukku'' was released on 15 January 2008, during Pongal, alongside ''
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''. Pavithra Srinivasan of ''
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'' gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and noted that "For Shenbaga Kumar's Tamil film, ''Pudichirukku'', directed by Kanagu with a host of newbies and some recognizable oldies is quite decent as it goes, which is saying quite a lot". A critic from ''
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'' wrote "What makes ''Pidichirukku'' work is the simple narrative and the love between the lead pair is established in a way that is believable at the same time enjoyable. The script is smartly packaged by Kanagu with a winsome screenplay on the bitter-sweet nature of romance; comedy of Kanjakaruppu is part of the story and acts as a catalyst to move the story forward". S. R. Ashok Kumar from ''
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'' wrote, "The approach is indeed different for a love story and the dialogue is crisp. The director should have capitalised on these pluses with a strong screenplay". Madhumitha of ''
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'' praised the acting of cast, Ganja Karuppu's humour, Rameswaran's camera and Manu's music and concluded saying a compelling screenplay eats up everything but felt emotional intensity of the heart-poundingly told and developing screenplay is lost in the climax if this flaw was rectified this would have been another ''Kaadhal''. Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote "A love story sensitively narrated, the script weaved in with humour and interesting little scenes to depict the growing love between the lead pair, makes ‘Pidichirukku’ an engaging entertainer. Director Kanagu (he's apprenticed with Cheran) makes a mark with his very first film, as a director who has a fair grip on the medium. The freshness and charm of the lead pair, and their screen rapport adds to the film's appeal".


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