Pooveli
Pooveli (transl. Floral Fence) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Selva. An unofficial remake (with Indian twist) of A Walk in the Clouds (1995), the film stars Karthik, Abbas, Kausalya and Heera Rajagopal. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Bharadwaj while lyrics by Vairamuthu.[1]
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| Directed by | Selva |
| Written by | Murthy Ramesh Nagulan Ponnusamy (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Selva |
| Story by | Selva |
| Produced by | Rajam Balachander Pushpa Kandaswamy |
| Starring | Karthik Abbas Kausalya Heera |
| Cinematography | R. Raghunatha Reddy |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Bharadwaj |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
The movie opens with the main characters revealing their thoughts on love. Maha (Kausalya) feels one must love before the wedding while Shalini (Heera) feels love is for after the wedding. Radha Ravi is totally opposed to love and feels it is a way in which children cheat their parents while Murali (Karthik) is totally for it.
Murali follows Shalini around expressing his love for her. But when she insults his love, he promises he wouldn't trouble her again and that one day, she would understand him and come to him. He runs into Maha, his classmate in school, who has recently lost her lover in an accident. To force her father to accept her love, she had already told him that she was married. Circumstances force her uncle to think Murali is her husband and they go back to her house in the village.
Their plan is for Murali to earn the displeasure of the members of her household so that he can leave, but his plans backfire and earn him their love and affection. As he continues living there, he starts to like having a family around and also falls in love with Maha. The only black sheep in their family is Anandaraj, who keeps troubling them.
Maha's grandmother (Manorama), finds out the arrangement between her and Murali, but since she likes Murali, plays a trick to get them both married.
Shalini, who has meanwhile developed feelings for Murali, shows up at the village before the wedding creating doubts in the minds of the other. This leads to some confusion and problems, which are cleared in the climax.
Cast
- Karthik as Murali
- Abbas as Arun
- Kausalya as Mahalakshmi / Maha
- Heera as Shalini
- Radha Ravi as Maha's Father as Chidambaram Pillai
- Manorama as Maha's grandmother
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Chidambaram's Brother
- Charle as Chidambaram Brother's Brother-in-law
- Anandaraj as Maha's aunty Husband
- Rajasekaran as Arun's Father
Soundtrack
Music is composed by Bharadwaj, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.[2]
| Song | Singers | Length |
| "Itharku Peyar" | Sujatha, Hariharan | 04:53 |
| "Oru Poo Ezhuthum Kavithai" | P. Unnikrishnan, K. S. Chithra | 05:26 |
| "Kathai Solla" | Karthik, Sunanda, Nizhalgal Ravi, Charle, Manorama | 05:01 |
| "O Shalini" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 05:08 |
| "Muthu Muthu" | Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Swarnalatha | 04:49 |
| "Vaazhkaiye Vazhkai" | Srinivas | 03:23 |
| "Itharku Peyar" | Hariharan | 04:53 |
| "Nathiyil Saayum" | Bharadwaj, Reshmi | 03:34 |
| "Pooveli" | Instrumental | 02:24 |
| "Kathai Solla" | Bharadwaj, Sunandha, Manorama, Nizhalgal Ravi, Charle | 05:01 |
Release
The film became a blockbuster and completed a 100-day run, with the makers of the film coming together soon after to make another production, Rojavanam.
Kausalya won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in the film while Karthik went on to win the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize.
Critical reception
Indolink wrote the film "has its good moments with consistent screenplay".[3] Kalki wrote .[4] A reviewer from Deccan Herald wrote "Pooveli prompts one to look at the possibility that the life of the city may be excluding us from fuller pastures, possibilities with more life."[5]
Remake
The film was remade in Telugu in 1999, as Alludugaaru Vachcharu with Jagapathi Babu playing the lead role while Kausalya, Abbas and Heera reprised their roles from the original in Telugu.
References
- "Pooveli (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- "Pooveli (1998)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- Subramanian, K. "Movie Review | Pooveli". Indolink. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- "பூவேலி". Kalki (in Tamil). 20 December 1998. p. 96. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- "Pooveli (Tamil)". Deccan Herald. 24 January 1999. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2022.