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The film stars Karthi in his feature film debut as the title character, with Priyamani as the female lead and Ponvannan, Saravanan and Ganja Karuppu and Sujatha Sivakumar playing supporting roles. Paruthiveeran () is a 2007 Indian Tamil epic romantic drama film written and directed by Ameer Sultan. A reviewer from '' called the film a 'gripping tale narrated with a skill and imagination which only directors like Amir are endowed with', rating it three out of five. Furthermore, he noted that Ameer's 'creative helming, which includes split-screen, appears unbridled and sometimes outright chaotic, but always serves the script', while writing that performances were 'consistent with the bombastic storytelling'. Fests that appreciate curry flavors will eat this one up, though uninitiated auds could experience culture shock'. Russell Edwards of 'Variety' cited, 'rough production values are mitigated by a myriad of sophisticated cinematic techniques that show this is no boondocks effort. Heaping praise on the director, the reviewer further adds that Ameer had 'shown his class again' and 'enhance his reputation as a master craftsman'. A 'Behindwoods' critic wrote that ' Paruthiveeran' 'lives up to all that it promised and more'. The reviewer appreciated the cast and crew, describing Karthi's performance as 'excellent', while citing that Saravanan 'excels' and Priyamani had done 'a fairly good job in her deglamourised role'. Sriram Iyer of 'Rediff' gave the film three out of five stars, lauding it as a 'remarkable effort' and claiming that Ameer 'successfully brings alive the feel of the pastures'. The film received overall positive critical response, particularly regarding the lead artists' performances. The film was dubbed into Telugu and released as 'Malligadu' on 2 March 2012. It also emerged a high commercial success, running successfully for more than one year in theatres. 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, whilst 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. After two years of making, the film was released on 23 February 2007 and received universal critical acclaim. ' Paruthiveeran' was entirely shot in Madurai and its surroundings. Since the release of the movie, both parties have been accusing each other for failing to make a payment which each owes from the other.

Paruthiveeran movie#

But towards the completion of the movie, Ameer ran out of funds and the movie went back to Gnanavel. Ameer has complained that the original producer Gnanavel, couldn't finance the movie till its completion, so he supposedly gave up the movie to Ameer. There was a controversy surrounding the ownership of the movie. He composed a folk music-based score and used rural sounds with instruments as dholak, nadaswaram, thavil and urumee. ' Paruthiveeran' was notably the first ever entirely village-based film Yuvan Shankar Raja had scored music for. Moreover, a couple of traditional, village-based singers contributed to the album by lending their voice to a few songs.

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It features vocals from Yuvan Shankar Raja's father Ilaiyaraaja, director Ameer himself and professional playback singers Shreya Ghoshal, Manikka Vinayagam and Madhumitha. The album consists of six songs, including one instrumental track, featuring the nadaswaram only. The soundtrack album was released on 11 November 2006 at Green Park Hotel in Chennai, with several prominent film personalities participating in the event, including fellow actor Vijay, who launched the audio. The film's score as well as the soundtrack were scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up with his friend Ameer Sultan following two successive successful collaborations in 'Mounam Pesiyadhe' (2002) and 'Raam' (2005). The film was screened five times at the Berlin Film Festival in two German subtitled versions and three English subtitled versions. ' Paruthiveeran' was honoured with the 'Special Mention' award from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival. Notably, Priyamani has won the Best Actress prizes at all awards ceremonies. The film and many of its cast and crew have been awarded or nominated by many associations in India and worldwide for the film.