Release date : October 18, 2018
123telugu.com Rating : 3/5
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Starring : Vishal, Keerthy Suresh, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Director : Lingusamy
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Producers : Akshay Jayantilal Gada, Dhaval Jayantilal Gada, Jayantilal Gada
Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Pandem Kodi Movie Cast
Cinematographer : Shakthi
The much-awaited sequel of Pandem Kodi has hit the big screens today. Titled Pandem Kodi2, the movie stars Vishal, Keerthy Suresh, and Varalaxmi in the lead roles. Read on to check whether the action entertainer lives up to the expectations laid upon it.
Story:
Raja Reddy(Rajkiran), a prominent personality in the Kadapa region fights for the welfare of the surrounding villages. However, an opposition group, led by Bhavani(Varalakshmi Sarathkumar), seeks revenge for a massacre that happened in the past. This is when Balu(Vishal) gets himself involved in these rifts.
Meanwhile, Balu meets Charumathi(Keerthy Suresh) and the couple develops feelings towards each other. How will Balu save his love life amidst all these complexities? Will he be able to settle the ongoing feuds between 2 groups? The answers to these questions form the plot of the film.
Plus Points:
The movie gets off to a flying start as action-packed sequences between two neighboring villages are narrated at a brisk pace. The first twenty minutes show a lot of promise and keep the viewer glued to the screen. The fights have been choreographed well and placed to perfection in the first half.
Rajkiran is a peach of an actor and his screen presence is simply brilliant. His mature and settled acting brings a lot of intensity to the proceedings. Vishal looks dynamic and performed well in the action episodes. The noted actor managed to adapt himself in a commercial setup after starring in a few experimental flicks recently.
Keerthy Suresh excelled in the role of a strong-gutted villager. She looks like a live wire and this is easily one of her most energetic performances till date. Her chemistry with Vishal looks good on screen. Varalakshmi got a meaty role and her portrayal of a cruel and menacing lady is really convincing.
Minus points:
After a decent first half, one would expect a pacy and entertaining second half but the director messes it up with too many subplots. Episodes where the hero tries to cover up a crucial incident that could decide the fate of two villages looks silly and unappealing. It is more like watching two independent halves with the latter one undoing all the good work of the first one.
There are too many action blocks in the second half and that can put off the audience. More often than not, these sequences look like they were forced into the movie to fulfill the runtime requirements.
The climax has been ended abruptly as the antagonist leaves all her anguish after a simple incident and agrees with the hero’s point of view. The subsequent episodes are poor and look far-fetched.
Technical Aspects:
The director, Linguswamy stuck to his strengths and chose an out an out commercial concept for the sequel of a blockbuster movie, which released 13 years ago. Albeit, there are very few similarities between the original one and the sequel.
The production values are good and every frame in the film looks rich. The camera works are on point for this commercial drama. A few fight sequences have been captured well.
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja is adequate. Two songs are good to hear but the real deal here is the scintillating background music. His energetic scores add a lot of depth to action blocks.
Verdict:
On the whole, Pandem Kodi is a routine commercial entertainer which has good performances from the lead cast. The first half is pacy and engaging but things go slightly off track in the second half and that takes a toll on the overall experience. The movie will connect well with a section of the audience who have a liking towards typical action entertainers with mass appeal.
123telugu.com Rating : 3/5
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Sandakozhi | |
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Directed by | N. Linguswamy |
Produced by | Vikram Krishna |
Written by | S. Ramakrishnan(Dialogues) |
Screenplay by | N. Linguswamy |
Story by | N. Linguswamy |
Starring | Vishal Meera Jasmine Rajkiran Lal Raja Suman Setty Ganja Karuppu |
Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
Cinematography | Jeeva Nirav Shah |
Edited by | G. Sasikumar |
Production company | |
Release date | |
Running time | 135 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | ₹10 crore |
Box office | ₹30 crore |
Sandakozhi (transl. Fighting Hen) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by N. Linguswamy and produced by Vikram Krishna under the banner of G K Film Corporation. The film was inspired by the relationship between MC Thatha and Harikrishnan from Trichy District. The film stars Vishal as Harikrishnan, Meera Jasmine , Rajkiran as MC Thatha and Lal in lead roles, whilst Raja, Suman Setty, and Ganja Karuppu as supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film released on 16 December 2005 to rave reviews and has become one of the huge hits in 2005, running for more than 200 days in theatres.[1][better source needed]
The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Pandem Kodi. The film was remade in Kannada as Vayuputra. It was also remade in Odia as Ganja Ladhei. It was declared a blockbuster at the box office and cult film for action film genre.
The film was also later dubbed into Hindi as Jeet Hamari in 2012. A sequel titled Sandakozhi 2 was released in 2018.
Plot[edit]
Balu (Vishal) visits his friend Karthik's (Raja) home in Chidambaram after completion of engineering. He meets Hema (Meera Jasmine), Karthik's sister, and they develop an affection which transforms into love. Kasi (Lal) is the local gangster in Chidambaram who is feared by the entire town. Balu, on his way back to his place, sees Kasi chasing a man with a sickle. When Kasi was about to kill the man he was chasing, Balu interferes and stops Kasi. An angered Kasi immediately tries to attack Balu, and to save himself, Balu retaliates by hitting Kasi. Only then, Balu comes to know that the person he hit is Kasi. To everyone's surprise, Balu smashes Kasi in front of everyone and leaves.
Kasi is furious and wants to take revenge on Balu. Kasi's men trap Karthik's father and get to know about Balu's native place. Kasi sets goons to kill Balu but gets shocked when he knows that Balu's father is Durai (Rajkiran), a powerful man in Madurai, and it will be very difficult to attack them. Kasi leaves to Madurai and waits for the right moment to kill Balu and his family. Meanwhile, Balu meets Hema and her family at a temple. Hema's father initially gets angry seeing Balu as he was responsible to bring trouble by hitting Kasi, but later, Balu convinces him. Both the families decide to get Balu and Hema married to each other.
One day, Kasi tries to kill Balu but instead attacks Durai. Durai understands that Balu is being targeted and decides to protect him. A localite in Madurai (Thalaivasal Vijay) hates Durai and his family and decides to help Kasi so Durai can get killed. Kasi decides to bring in violence during a temple festival day and utilize that opportunity to kill Balu and Durai. But Balu saves Durai and fights Kasi. In the end, Balu hits Kasi and leaves, challenging him to return if he still has guts to take revenge.
Cast[edit]
- Vishal as Balu
- Meera Jasmine as Hema
- Rajkiran as Durai
- Lal as Kasi
- Raja as Karthik
- Suman Setty as Ilango
- Ganja Karuppu as Balu's house servant
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Kasi's friend
- Jaya Murali as Hema's mother
- Shanmugarajan as Durai's brother-in-law
- Thennavan as Durai's brother-in-law
- Mu Ramaswamy as Villager
- John Amirtharaj as Hema's father
- Vidharth (uncredited role) as Balu and Karthik's friend
- Elango Kumaravel (uncredited role) as Balu and Karthik's friend
Production[edit]
The story was originally narrated for Vijay.[2] Vishal says that he worked hard for the role by taking courses in acting and dancing.[3]
A fight scene involving hero Vishal and Lal was picturised in Dindigul for seven days. The songs have been shot at locations in Australia, New Zealand and Chennai. An introduction song for Rajkiran was shot at Theni.[4]
Soundtrack[edit]
Sandakozhi | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 25 November 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 22:37 | |||
Label | New Music | |||
Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up for the first time with director N. Linguswamy and Vishal, was released on 25 November 2005. It features 5 tracks, the lyrics of which were written by Pa. Vijay, Na. Muthukumar, Yugabharathi and Thamarai. Both the film score as well as the songs were appreciated and praised as outstanding with the song 'Dhavanipotta Deepavali' considered as the pick of the album.[5][6]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'Dhavanipotta Deepavali' | Yugabharathi | Vijay Yesudas, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:23 |
2. | 'Ennamo Nadakkirathe' | Na. Muthukumar | Shaan | 5:01 |
3. | 'Gumthalakkadi Gana' | Na. Muthukumar | Karthik, Ranjith | 5:03 |
4. | 'Ketta Kodukkira Boomi' | Thamarai | Chinmayi, Ganga Sitharasu, Jassie Gift, Sujatha Mohan | 4:26 |
5. | 'Mundasu Sooriyane' | Pa. Vijay | Karthik, Sriram | 3:44 |
Total length: | 22:37 |
Reception[edit]
Chennai Online wrote 'Sandakozhi' is an engaging entertainer, an action-flick with a difference'.[7]Sify wrote 'It is well-packaged film without any big stars or unwanted sentiments. Technically, the film is slick with good music by Yuvan and outstanding camerawork by Jeeva and Nirav Shah'.[8]
Box office[edit]
The film was a commercial success grossing $3.5 million at the box office.[9]
Sequel[edit]
In 2015, Linguswamy announced that he would direct the sequel of Sandakozhi with Vishal again, which was shelved. However the project was revived in 2017 with Vishal confirming his presence in the sequel.[10] Rajkiran from the original has been retained in the sequel with additional new cast involving Keerthi Suresh and Varalaxmi.[11] The film was released in 2018 failed to replicate the success of its original film.
Pandem Kodi Star Cast
References[edit]
Pandem Kodi Telugu Movie
- ^'Sandakozhi celebrates 210 days'. Oneindia. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^https://m.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/slideshow/did-you-know-thalapathy-vijay-missed-these-big-films/sandakozhi.html
- ^Vishal signed by Lingusamy!
- ^https://web.archive.org/web/20060101134255/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Onlocation/2005/12sandaikozhi.asp
- ^'Interesting twists'. Chennai, India: The Hindu. 23 December 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^'Movie Review: Sandakozhi'. Sify. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ^'Sandakozhi'. Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 6 January 2006.
- ^'Review: Sandakozhi (2005)'. Sify.
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- ^http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/aug/02/yuvan-shankar-raja-on-board-for-sandakozhi-2-1636876.html
- ^http://www.sify.com/movies/vishal-sandakozhi-2-is-lingusamy-s-fifth-draft-news-tamil-rjhkW8fhhgbbj.html
External links[edit]
- Sandakozhi on IMDb
Pandem Kodi 2 Cast
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