- Ethirum Pudhirum
Infobox Film
name =Ethirum Pudhirum
director = Dharani
writer =Dharani
starring =Mammootty
Sangeetha Napolean Nassar Goundamani Senthil Simran Bagga
producer =A. M. Rathnam
distributor =
released =1999
runtime = 165 mins
cinematography =P. C. Sriram
language = Tamil
music = Vidyasagar
imdb_id =Edhirum Pudhirum is a Tamil movie starring
Mammootty , Sangeetha,Napolean ,Manorama andSimran Bagga directed by Dharani under his real name V.C. Ramani.Plot
Mammootty is a sincere district collector. A female leader of a major political party is kidnapped by a terrorist Veeraiyan(Nassar) and he promises to return her back if his injured brother Arasappan (Napolean) is treated well and brought back safely. The government agrees to this condition and asks Mammootty to look after Arasappan. At first;Arasappan hates Mammootty and his family as Mammootty works for the government against whom his brother's group is rebelling. But;the kindness shown by Mammootty's wife and mother change his attitude. Just when he was about to turn over a new leaf; a bad thing occurs. The police team;without taking the necessary orders from Mammootty go to the forest and attack Veeraiyan's gathering. This angers Arasappan;but he was restrained by Mammootty. Now;the police accuse Mammootty of having links with the terrorists as Arasappan ran away from his house and Mammootty condemned the police action. Hence;they arrest Mammootty's wife and mother. (Mammootty ran away to find Arasappan) Hearing this sad news; Arasappan himself surrenders to the police as he did not want them to suffer for him. But the police do not spare him despite his surrender.
Box-office
This was an average hit;as the producers did not market it properly owing to financial constraints. But the film was critically acclaimed and was awarded 2nd priŻe for "Best Picture" by
Tamil Nadu Government.One of the highlight of this movie is
Raju Sundaram vsSimran Bagga song sequence.External links
* [http://www.thenisai.com/tamil/movies/edhirum_review.htm Review by thenisai]
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