Poochudava

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Poochudava
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Directed by K. R. Udayasankar
Written byK. R. Udayasankar
Dialogues by AR Murugadoss
Produced byK. Jayaraman
Starring Abbas
Simran
Edited by B. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music by Sirpi
Release date
  • 12 December 1997 (1997-12-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Poochudava is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by K. R. Udayasankar and produced by K. Jayaraman. The film stars Abbas and Simran in the lead roles. Manivannan, Nagesh, Kalpana, Jai Ganesh, Chinni Jayanth, PC Ramakrishnan and Kavitha play supporting roles. It was released on 12 December 1997. [1] The film was dubbed in Telugu as Pelli Kala Vachinde Bala. [2]

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Plot

Abbas portrays the character of a rebellious college student named Kannan in the movie, while Simran takes on the role of his love interest, Nandhini. The first part of the film revolves around the playful conflicts between Abbas and Simran, while the second half focuses on their collaboration to confront opposition from her parents.

Cast

Production

The film went through development hell and took a long time to complete. The original producers, MG Pictures, later transferred it to Jayalakshmi Movie Makers owing to financial problems. It was the first film to cast Abbas and Simran together, though VIP (1997), launched much later with both of them, was released earlier. [3] Abbas and Simran simultaneously also worked on another Telugu project titled Priya O Priya during the making of Poochudava. [4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Sirpy. [5]

SongSingersLyrics
"Computer Graphic" Mano Palani Bharathi
"Kaadhal Kaadhal Kaadhal" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
"Nee Illai" Hariharan
"Sillu Sillu"Krishna Chander, Febi Mani, Mano, K. S. Chithra
"Vaaliba Vayasukku"Hariharan

Reception

Regarding the Telugu dubbed version, a critic from Andhra Today wrote, "With hardly any novelty in the story, it is an out and out director's movie, wherein he has used all his talents to earn the aplomb of the audience". [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Pelli Kala Vachchinde Baala". Andhra Today. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Gobichetipal, Chandra (12 January 1998). "Simran - The girl who would be queen!". Minnoviyam. Archived from the original on 20 April 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Gobichetipal, Chandra (25 August 1997). "Marquee News from Kodambakkam - the Tamil Tinsel-town". Minnoviyam. Archived from the original on 20 April 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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