Paruthiveeran

Paruthiveeran
Poster
Directed byAmeer
Written byAmeer
Produced byAmeer
StarringKarthi
Priyamani
CinematographyRamji
Edited byRaja Mohammad
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Distributed byStudio Green
Release date
  • 23 February 2007 (2007-02-23)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Paruthiveeran (transl. Hero of Paruthiyur) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language romantic action drama film written and directed by Ameer. The film stars Karthi in his feature film debut as the title character, with Priyamani as the female lead and Ponvannan, Saravanan, Ganja Karuppu, Sampath Raj, and Sujatha Sivakumar playing supporting roles. Produced by Ameer, it features a soundtrack and score composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematograhy by Ramji and editing by Raja Mohammad.

Paruthiveeran was entirely shot in Madurai and its surroundings.[1] After two years of making, the film was released on 23 February 2007 and received universal critical acclaim. The female lead of this film Priyamani has won the National Film Award for Best Actress (2006) for her brilliant and intense performance as a gang rape victim. In this film, Priyamani's voice modulation and dialogue delivery in a Madurai Tamil accent are considered as the finest performance outputs given by an actress in the Tamil film industry to date. The film won prizes at major film award ceremonies in India, including two National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, among others, while being screened at several international film festivals such as the Berlin International Film Festival and the Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema as well. It also emerged as a huge commercial success, running successfully for more than one year in theatres.[2]

  1. ^ "Behind the scenes of "Paruthiveeran"". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 13 February 2007. Archived from the original on 26 February 2007.
  2. ^ "'Paruthi Veeran' 450 not out!". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2009.