Pon Manickavel (film)

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Pon Manickavel
Pon Manickavel film poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed byA. C. Mugil
Written byA. C. Mugil
Produced by Nemichand Jhabak
Hitesh Jhabak
Starring Prabhu Deva
Nivetha Pethuraj
Mahendran
Suresh Menon
Sudhanshu Pandey
CinematographyK. G. Venkatesh
Edited byT. Shivanandeeswaran
Music by D. Imman
Production
company
Jhabak Movies
Distributed by Disney+ Hotstar
Release date
  • 19 November 2021 (2021-11-19)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Pon Manickavel is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by A. C. Mugil of Kandaen fame. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Nivetha Pethuraj in lead roles. [1] Music is scored by D. Imman. It is the 50th film of Prabhu Deva. [2] The film was released on 19 November 2021. [3] The film also marks the final film appearance of actor and director Mahendran, before his death on 2 April 2019. The film received negative reviews from critics. [4]

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Plot

A beheaded body of a judge is found at the entrance of his residence. The police department heads the investigation with Officer Peruvalathan. There are 4 gunshot wounds but no bullets found. The DCP suggests that ACP Pon Manickavel assist them, for him being a gun specialist. Manik has resigned from his job after one of his cases in Salem. He joins the team with a rather dull and non-serious investigation, which is hated by Peruvalathan. But soon he understands Manik. Manik concludes that the next target for the killer is an Inspector. The inspector gets a threatening message from an unknown number and requests Manik's help. But the car the Inspector was in blasts right in front of Manik and Peruvalathan. They trace an IP address and reach the residence of an Undercover officer Kailash.

Kailash provides a photograph of the Judge and Inspector with a business tycoon Arjun K Maran. Arjun is immediately given police protection when the assassin arrives, trying to kill him. Manik also becomes close and a personal bodyguard for Arjun, by telling him about his past case in Salem, which ended up in a jail term and his resignation from his job. Manik fails to convict a criminal, Sait, who raped and murdered a girl. Seeing the man out, the girl's mother shoots herself with Manik's gun. Manik is sent to 6 months in prison. Arjun provides Manik with 10 Crores as requested and gains his trust. Kailash discovers that the killer is an old man, named Nasarathulla. Nasarathulla's granddaughter was harassed via message by Arjun and when she filed a complaint, Arjun was arrested. But he claimed that the phone was stolen and released. Nasarathulla then finds his granddaughter kidnapped by some men while he is on a video call with her and the police don't help. She was then found dead in a train accident. Nasarthulla was then caught by police, trying to buy an illegal gun.

Having the man's image through CCTV, Manik sends it to Arjun, who says it was an old business issue. He is then given protection in the Commissioner's Office but is attempted to be killed. Manik saves him, gaining his trust more. Once, trying to evade Arjun's assassination, Manik is stabbed. In the hospital, the Commissioner tells the higher official that they are watching Arjun's movements without him knowing as they suspect his actions of having a 4th person in the case, who might either be behind this or the next target. The attempt at his house and Commissioner's office were set up by Manik, but the last attack was real. Manik then finds out from a CCTV ad footage of the man who stabbed him and finds his name as Aaron. Aaron then tries to kill Manik's wife Anbu but Manik kills him in an abandoned building. Manik then requests Arjun to reveal the truth.

Arjun reveals the name Badrinath as a bug suspect. Badrinath is a bigger businessman than Arjun, who is a pervert and womanizer. Nasarathulla's granddaughter Jaseela, was one of his women. Arjun, the judge and the inspector also raped her, before handing her over to Badrinath. Arjun reveals that Jaseela is still captive in Badrinath's villa. Manickavel rescues her and keeps her safe at his house. Badrinath receives a threatening message and is given protection as well, this time headed by DCP Thilak. But Badrinath is also targeted at his house flees to his guesthouse, and stays in an underground bunker.

Amidst these, Kailash tries to track down the unknown gun used to kill the Judge. It narrows down to Manik, still using the special gun provided by Delhi Armory. Indeed, it was Manik, who had been faking all these, from protecting Arjun to protecting Badrinath. Badrinath is then killed by Manik in his bunker, after causing a distraction in the garden. Manik and Nasarathulla were in the same cell in prison and Nasarathulla told him everything. Manik often finishes off criminals who have evaded jail terms due to influence. The Sait from his Salem encounter was also killed by Manik. As Manik shoots Badrinath, the police arrive and Manik tells them that the old man shot Badrinath and turned the gun on him so he had to shoot in self-defence. The commissioner praises him.

It is then revealed that Nasarthulla is safe with him. Arjun was killed by Nasarathulla and Manik killed the judge and the inspector. Kailash, without informing anyone and personally to Manik, vows to arrest him one day to which Manik wishes him luck.

Cast

Production

The first look poster of Pon Manickavel shows Prabhu Deva as a police officer, and for the first time, he is acting as a police officer in his filmography. [5] For the first time, D. Imman is composing music with Prabhu Deva in his film.[ citation needed ]

Soundtrack

Pon Manickavel
Soundtrack album by
D. Imman
Released2020
Recorded2019
StudioD.Imman’s Sound Factory
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length21:11
LanguageTamil
Label Sony Music India
Producer D. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Annaatthe
(2021)		Pon Manickavel
(2021)		 Etharkkum Thunindhavan
(2022)
Singles from Pon Manickavel
  1. "Uthira Uthira"
    Released: 18 June 2019
  2. "Jithaan Jithaan Jinukku"
    Released: 21 June 2019
  3. "Pon Manickavel"
    Released: 26 June 2019
  4. "Vizhuvathum Ezhuvathum"
    Released: 26 June 2019
  5. "Magaraasaney"
    Released: 26 June 2019
  6. "Magaraaniye"
    Released: 26 June 2019

The film's score and songs were composed by D. Imman and lyrics by Madhan Karky, Viveka, GKB and Ranjan.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Uthira Uthira" Madhan Karky Shreya Ghoshal, Sreekanth Hariharan, Maria Roe Vincent 3:54
2."Jithaan Jithaan Jinukku"GKBShika Prabhakaran, Sukumar Rajendran4:33
3."Pon Manickavel"Ranjan D. Imman 2:27
4."Vizhuvathum Ezhuvathum" Viveka Ashwin Sharma2:43
5."Magaraasaney" Viveka Varsha Renjith4:43
6."Magaraaniye" Viveka Srinivas 4:11
7."Akkini Kunju ondru Kandaen" Bharathiyar   
Total length:21:11

Release

The filmmakers initially announced that the film would be released worldwide on 21 February 2020, then later pushed to a 6 March 2020 release. [6] [7] The film was further postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] In July 2021, it was announced that the theatrical release was cancelled, and that the film would instead stream via Disney+ Hotstar. [9] The film was released on 19 November 2021. [10]

Reception

The film received highly negative reviews from critics and mixed reviews from audience.[ citation needed ]

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