Sivappathigaram (transl. Red chapter) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film written and directed by Karu Pazhaniappan. The film stars Vishal and Mamta Mohandas, while Raghuvaran, Manivannan, Upendra Limaye, Rajan P. Dev, and Ganja Karuppu play supporting roles. The film marks Mamta Mohandas's Tamil debut. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar, while S. Gopinath handled the cinematography and Suresh Urs handled the editing. The film released on 24 November 2006.[1]
| Sivappathigaram | |
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| Directed by | Karu Pazhaniappan |
| Written by | Karu Pazhaniappan |
| Produced by | M. R. Mohan Ratha B. S. Radhakrishnan |
| Starring | Vishal Mamta Mohandas |
| Cinematography | S. Gopinath |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | Screen Play Entertainment Ptd. Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
editFormer IAS officer and professor Dr. Elango (Raghuvaran) returns to his native village near Theni with his college-going daughter Charulatha (Mamta Mohandas). He has taken voluntary retirement from a college in Chennai and has come to live in his ancestral house. He plans to do research on folk songs and release the collection as a book. His former student Sathyamoorthy (Vishal) visits to assist him in this venture. Charu falls head over heels for Sathya, on keenly observing his intellect, humaneness, and social awareness.
Meanwhile, general elections are announced to the state legislature, and the parties start finalising the candidates for the constituencies. When the candidates start filing nominations, dreadful things happen. Some candidates from both major parties are murdered, and all the candidates get jittery. A lot of candidates withdraw from the fray fearing death. The parties are in a fix on what to do. The police is on the hunt for the killer. The election commission postpones the elections.
When the police tightens their noose and ties loose ends, the killer is traced. The trail leads to Sathya, and it is found that he is aided in this bloodshed by Elango. The police arrests Elango. At the same time, Charu reveals her mind to Sathya during their travel to Hyderabad. Sathya reveals his undercover deeds.
Three years ago, Satya was a final year management student in Elango's class. Satya's widowed father (Manivannan) also worked in the same college's canteen. When by-elections are announced for Chennai-Central constituency, Satya and his mates, under Elango's guidance, conduct an opinion-poll of the candidates as a field project. They announce the opinion results two days before polling, which said that the opposition's candidate will win. The election give the same result and the ruling party's candidate is angry at losing such an easy chance, and he plans to take revenge with help of the home minister. On the day of Satya's convocation, the police raid the college under the false pretense of looking for drugs. During the fight, Satya's father and around 30 students hide in the canteen. The ruling party candidate leaks cooking gas into the closed room and sets it on fire. All 31 people die, and the management reports it as a freak accident. These events force Satyamoorthy and Elango to resort to the task of cleansing the society of the current breed of dangerous, inhuman and selfish politicians during elections.
Later, Sathya escapes from the police's net and makes another attempt at the Home Minister in Madurai. Whether he succeeds in his attempts and was able to send out the message correctly to the people forms the rest of the story.
Cast
edit- Vishal as Sathyamoorthy
- Mamta Mohandas as Charulatha
- Raghuvaran as Elango
- Manivannan as Sathya's father
- Upendra Limaye as Inspector
- Rajan P. Dev as Idhaya Perumal
- Ganja Karuppu as Vellai
- Sabarish as Sathyamoorthy's friend
- Shanmugarajan
- Sona Heiden as Amusavalli (special appearance in the song Mannarkudi)
Soundtrack
editThe soundtrack and background music have been composed by Vidyasagar.[2] The audio was launched at Chennai on 24 October 2006 at Green Park Hotel.[3][4]
| Song Title | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Atrai Thingal" | Madhu Balakrishnan, Sujatha | Yugabharathi |
| "Chithhiraiyil Enna" | Swarnalatha, Karthik, Maalaiamma | |
| "Adi Chandira Sooriya" | K. A. Gunasekharan, Mahalingam, Muthusami, Palanisami, Gunavathi | |
| "Kalloori Salaikkul" | Karthik, Jack Smelly, Sunitha Sarathy | P. Vijay |
| "Maari Magamaayi" | Chinnaponnu | |
| "Kolaivalinaai" | Kathir, Rahul Nambiar | Bharathidasan |
| "Mannarkudi Kalakalakka" | Manikka Vinayagam, Rajalakshmi, Chinnaponnu | P. Vijay |
| "Poranthiruchi Kalam" | T. K. Kala, Ganga, Jayamoorthy, Saindhavi, Mahalingham |
Critical reception
editRediff.com rated the film 1/5, calling it "super-stupid".[5] 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 blockbuster."[6] Lajjavathi of Kalki wrote the director Karu Palaniappan did not understand whether he wanted to make a commercial film and made an art film or wanted to make an art film and made a commercial film. Half of this and half of that are mixed and tied together, but both do not feel complete.[7] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "It's a film scripted and narrated with sensitivity and sensibility, with some meaningful lines thrown in, and some well-framed shots (Gopinath). Aesthetically packaged and classy, 'Sivappathikaram' is watchable fare, a stylised presenatation of a formula subject".[8] Sify wrote "At best, Sivapathikaaram remains a turgid chronicle of our corrupt political system that leaves you with undeniably mixed feelings".[9]
References
edit- ^ "Sivappathigaram (2006)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Sivappathigaram (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Rangaraj, R (26 October 2006). "Sivappadhikaaram CD released". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Audio release of 'Sivappadhikaram' - with pics". Cinesouth. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 27 November 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Hari, TSV (27 November 2006). "Sivappathigaaram is super-stupid". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ R, Rajaraman. "Sivapathigaram Review". Nowrunning. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ லஜ்ஜாவதி (17 December 2006). "சிவப்பதிகாரம்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 49. Retrieved 11 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Mannath, Malini (6 December 2006). "Sivappathikaram". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Sivapathikaaram". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
