''Plan Panni Pannanum'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-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 directed by

Badri Venkatesh Badri Venkatesh (born 2 May 1974) is an Indian film director and television professional of work experience in film direction, film writing, television fiction writing, reality show direction, event direction, and film making, cinematic teaching ...

, produced by Rajesh Kumar and Sinthan L from Positive Print Studios. The story is written by A. C. Karunamurthy (Karnamurthy), dialogues by Radhakrishnan, and the film stars

Rio Raj Rio Raj is an Indian actor and video jockey, who has appeared in Tamil language films and television. Often working on shows by network Star Vijay, and Sun Music. He was listed by the Chennai Times as the ninth most "Desirable Man on Televisi ...

and Ramya Nambeesan. The music for the film is composed by

Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979), is an Indian composer and playback singer. He mainly scores music for Tamil films along with few Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use o ...

while cinematography is handled by Rajasekar and editing is done by Sam RDX. The film’s title was taken from a dialogue spoken by

Vadivelu Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960) known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and occasional playback singer, having acted mainly in Tamil cinema. He has at least 290 credits to his name. He was a recipient of ...

in ''

Pokkiri ''Pokkiri'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Kanagarathna Movies. It is the Tamil remake of the 2006 Telugu film '' Pokiri'' directed by story writer Puri Jagannadh. The film stars Vijay ...

'' (2007).

Plot

Two friends, Sembi and Raju, end up kidnapping a girl Aambal to know about the whereabouts of Raju's sister Radha, who had eloped with her boyfriend Bharath Raj. The film involves a bride-seeing event that spoofs the 1961 Tamil film '' Pasamalar''; a driver Thilagam, who offers to give the protagonists a short ride but ends up travelling with them all the way to Kodaikanal; Arokkiyasaamy, a guy who shoots videos of men in a state of undress and blackmails them; Captain Kandasamy, the manager of a glamorous star, who is taken for a ride by the friends, who owe him money; and a monologue by Radha, which is amusing, even though it is representation of a young woman from a supposedly down market locality like Royapuram is troubling.

Cast

Production

The principal production of the film started with a formal Pooja on 17, October 2019 with the main cast and crew being present.

, a television artist, was selected to play the male lead. The film's shoot happened in

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Vagamon Vagamon () is an Indian hill station and a revenue village located in Peerumedu Taluk of Idukki district, and also Meenachil taluk and Kanjirappally taluk of Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. Located in the Western Ghats ...

Idukki Idukki (ഇടുക്കി; ) is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala in the southwest of the country. It is the largest district in Kerala and lies amid the Cardamom Hills of Western Ghats in Kerala. Idukki district co ...

Gangtok Gangtok (, ) is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Sikkim. The seat of East Sikkim district, eponymous district, Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayas, Himalayan range, at an elevation of . The city's population of 100 ...

and Kupup located near China border. The shoot was wrapped up M. S. Bhaskar signed to appear as a astrologer in the movie. The movie was completed in three schedules with less than 45 shooting days. The film's post-production works began thereafter. The first look motion poster of the film was released by

Sivakarthikeyan Sivakarthikeyan Doss (born 17 February 1985), also known by the initialism SK, is an Indian actor, playback singer, lyricist, film producer and television presenter, who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. In 2021, he won the Kalaimamani Awar ...

and

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi Kalimuthu (born 16 January 1978) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Sethupathi is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Awards, National F ...

Release

Home Media

The satellite rights of the film were sold to

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and the streaming rights acquired by

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Music

The music and score is composed by

. The audio rights have been acquired by

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. The lyrics for the songs are written by

Arunraja Kamaraj Arunraja Kamaraj is an Indian singer, lyricist, actor and director in Tamil-language films. He is known for his works as lyricist in films such as '' Jigarthanda'', '' Theri'', ''Pencil'' and '' Kabali''. He also debuted as an actor in '' Raja ...

and Niranjan Bharathi. The first single track, "Ennodu Vaa" was released on 27 February 2020. The song, was released live on

sun music Sun TV is an Indian Tamil-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. It was launched on 14 April 1993. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based media conglomerate Sun Group's Sun TV Network. It was fo ...

and was uploaded on

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at the same time. " Ramya Nambeesan, who has previously sung in '' Natpuna Ennanu Theriyuma'' and '' Damaal Dumeel'', has picked up the mic again for her upcoming film, ''Plan Panni Pannanum.'' With music by

, Ramya has sung a

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in the film." The audio launch happened on 11 March 2020 at

Sathyam Cinemas SPI Cinemas was an Indian multiplex chain originally owned by the SPI Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The company was often lauded for its premium quality and inexpensive pricing. Its theatres, primarily PVR Sathyam Cinemas at Roya ...

. The trailer of the film was released alongside the audio to the press, followed by an online launch.

References

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