''Sakka Podu Podu Raja'' is a 2017 Indian

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directed by Sethuraman and produced by

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. The film features Santhanam,

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and Vivek in the leading roles. Featuring cinematography by

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and edited by

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, the film began production in October 2016. This film is a remake of the 2014

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'', starring Gopichand,

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(who reprises his role in this film),

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and

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. It was released in a

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dub in 2021, titled ''Santa'', by RKD Studios.

Plot

Santa helps his friend Saravana elope with his lover, who happens to be the sister of a local don, Bhavani. Knowing this, Bhavani vows to take revenge on Santa and keeps searching for him. Meanwhile, Santa meets Yazhini, a college student, and gets attracted to her. After some initial fights, Yazhini also falls for Santa. One day, Yazhini is chased by a few goons and there comes Bhavani who saves her. It is revealed that Yazhini is the youngest sister of Bhavani, which shocks Santa. A small flashback is shown where there is an enmity prevailing between another don, Das, who wants to kill Bhavani’s sisters as Bhavani refused to marry Das’ only sister, which led to her death. Santa comes up with a plan to win the heart of Bhavani. As Bhavani has not seen Santa, he decides to use it as an advantage. As per plan, Santa introduces Bhavani as a land lord and lets him stay at his place. Santa gets close to Bhavani, and stages another drama, and makes Bhavani accept the wedding of Saravana and Bhavani’s sister. Bhavani arranges Yazhini’s wedding with Karthik, who was supposed to marry Yazhini’s sister. Now, Santa finds that Karthik is none other than the son of Das, and their plan is to trouble Yazhini post wedding as a means of revenge against Bhavani. A fight ensues, and Bhavani understands Das’ plan. Finally, Santa is married to Yazhini.

Cast

Production

In October 2016,

announced that he would finance a film directed by newcomer Sethuraman, which would feature Santhanam and

in the lead roles. The film was launched with a small ceremony during the middle of the month and the lead pair in attendance. In early November 2016, it was announced that production had begun and Ganesh had signed on comedian Vivek to play a supporting role, while

and

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joined the cast. In November 2016, the team approached

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to work on the film as music composer. After the composer turned down the request, VTV Ganesh also enquired with

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before signing on

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. Later, Santhanam announced that actor STR will make his debut as composer in the film. Sharing the news on his Twitter page on Sunday, Santhanam wrote: "It's my godfather and wonderful human Silambarasan, who is going to compose music for first time for this film 'Sakka Podu Podu Raja'."

Soundtrack

Music for the movie was composed by

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, in his debut as a music composer. The movie consists of a total of 5 songs.

Reception

Baradwaj Rangan of ''

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'' wrote "Santhanam’s latest attempt to position himself as a matinee idol pivots on an utterly original plot: the hero falls for a gangster’s sister. "

Home media

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has acquired the digital rights of ''Sakka Podu Podu Raja''.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt7510870 2017 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2017 action comedy films 2017 romantic comedy films Tamil remakes of Telugu films Indian action comedy films Indian romantic comedy films 2017 directorial debut films Films scored by Silambarasan