Polladhavan (2007 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Polladhavan


starring = Dhanush
Divya Spandana
Daniel Balaji
Santhanam
Karunas
Murali
Brinda Parekh
Kishore
director = Vetrimaran
producer =
released = November 8, 2007
runtime = 150 mins
language = Tamil
music = G. V. Prakash Kumar
Dhina
Yogi B
awards =
website = http://www.paadal.com/album/polladhavan Polladhavan at Paadal.com|

"Polladhavan" is a Tamil film directed by Vetrimaran. This film stars Dhanush and Divya Spandana in the main leads and it was released on November 8, 2007. The film is very loosely based on the Academy Award winning Italian film, "Bicycle Thieves" (1948).

Plot

Prabhu (Dhanush) is a happy-go-lucky guy who plays carrom in the streets, loses a considerable amount of his middleclass father’s earnings and indulges in a hopeless romance with a strange girl who he meets at a bus stop. When he is caught in the act of stealing a pittance from his father for booze with his friends, Prabhu questions his father’s responsibility towards his upbringing. His angry father gives Prabhu some of his savings and tells him to do something with his life. Prabhu purchases a bike instead and finds a job. The bicycle eventually saves his life from a freak incident and gets lost, subjecting him to interminable anguish as he searches for his bike.

Prabhu comes into conflict with the underworld, courtesy a brutal murder. Although he wants to stay away, Prabhu invariably gets dragged into rubbing shoulders with the criminals who now target his family to seek revenge.

Credits

Cast

* Dhanush as Prabhu
* Daniel Balaji as Ravi
* Kishor Kumar as Selvam
* Divya Spandana as Ramya
* Murali as Dhanush's Father
* Bhanupriya as Dhanush's Mother
* Santhanam as Dhanush's Friend
* Karunas as Dhanush's Friend

Crew

The film was written and directed by Vetrimaran with a musical score by G. V. Prakash Kumar. Velraj was the the director of cinematography and Rambo Rajkumar was the stunt choreographer.

oundtrack

#"Alibaba Thangam" (Suchitra)
#"Neeye Sol" (Ponni, Sunitha Sarathy)
#"Engaiyum Eppothum" (S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Yogi B, Sunitha Sarathy)
#"Minnazhgal Koothadam" (Karthik, Bombay Jayashree)
#"Padichu Pathen" (Shankar Mahadevan)

References