Sivappathigaram

Sivappathigaram
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Directed by	Karu Pazhaniappan
Produced by	M. R. Mohan Ratha B. S. Radhakrishnan
Written by	Karu Pazhaniappan
Starring	Vishal Mamta Mohandas Raghuvaran Upendra Limaye Manivannan Rajan P. Dev Ganja Karuppu
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	Gopinath
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Distributed by	Screen Play Entertainment Ptd. Ltd.
Release dates	24 November 2006
Running time	133 minutes
Language	Tamil
Budget	7 crore

Sivappathigaram (2006) is a Tamil film directed by Karu Pazhaniappan. The film stars Vishal, Mamta Mohandas, Manivannan, Rajan P. Dev, Upendra Limaye, Ganja Karuppu and Raghuvaran. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. Mamta Mohandas made her debut in Tamil with this film. The film was released on November 2006 to negative reviews, but became a commercial failure. Later on, the film was also dubbed and released in Hindi under the title Aaj Ka Naya Kamina.

Plot

Professor Ilango comes to his native village near Theni, with his college going daughter, Charulatha (Mamta Mohandas). He has taken voluntary retirement from his college service and has come to live in his ancestral house. He plans to do research on folk songs and release a collection as a book. His student Sathiyamurthy (Vishal) assists him in this venture. Charulatha falls for Sathiya, on keenly observing his intellect, humaneness and social awareness. Meanwhile elections are announced to the State Legislature and the parties start finalizing the candidates for the constituencies. When the candidates start filing nominations, the dreadful things happen. Some candidates from both the major parties are murdered and all the candidates get jittery. Lot of candidates withdraw from the fray fearing death. The parties are in a fix on what to do. The Police are on the trace out for the killer. The Election Commission postpones the elections.

When the police tighten their noose and tie loose ends, the killer is traced. The trail leads to Sathiyamurthy and it is found that he is aided in this bloodshed by Professor Ilango. Police arrest Ilango. At the same time Charu reveals her mind to Sathiya during their travel to Hyderabad. Sathiya reveals his undercover deeds. He also tells her about the bitter and gory events which forced himself and Professor Ilango to resort to this task of cleansing the society of the current breed of dangerous, inhuman and selfish politicians.

Sathiya escapes from the police's net and makes another attempt at the Minister. Whether he succeeds in his attempts and was he able to send out the message correctly to the people forms the final pulsating moments. The final moments have been shot well in the Annual Azhagar festival in Madurai.

Cast

Actor	Role
Vishal	Sathyamoorthy
Mamta Mohandas	Charulatha
Manivannan	Sathyamoorthy's Father
Raghuvaran	Professor Elango
Ganja Karuppu	Vellai
Rajan P. Dev	Idhaya Perumal
Sabarish	Sathyamoorthy's friend

Soundtrack

Sivappathigaram
Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar
Released	2005
Producer	Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Kana Kandaen (2005)Kana Kandaen2005 Sivappathigaram (2006) Bangaram (2006)Bangaram2006

The soundtracks and background music has been composed by Vidyasagar.

No.	Song Title	Singers
1	Atrai Thingal	Madhu Balakrishnan, Sujatha
2	Chithhiraiyil Enna	Swarnalatha, Karthik, Maalaiamma
3	Adi Chandira Sooriya	Mahalingam, K.A. Gunasekharan
4	Kalloori Salaikkul	Karthik, Sunitha Sarathy, Jack Smelly
5	Maari Magamaayi	Chinna Ponnu
6	Kolaivalinaai	Rahul Nambiar, Kathir
7	Mannarkudi Kalakalakka	Manicka Vinayakam, Rajalakshmi
8	Poranthiruchi Kalam	T. K. Kala, Saindhavi, Jayamoorthy

Critical Reception

Sivappathigaram got mixed reviews from critics and audiences. Rediff.com rated the film 1/5, calling it as "super stupid". Nowrunning.com rated the film 2.5/5, writing "The movie is above average and a little more care on the narration style, the screenplay and the characterizations could have definitely made it a big hit."

For the Hindi version Aaj Ka Naya Kamina, in.com rated it 2/5. Similarly for the Hindi version, Muvyz.com rated it 2.5/5.

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