Pudhiya Geethai

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Pudhiya Geethai
Puthiya Geethai.jpg
Release poster
Directed by K. P. Jagan
Written byK. P. Jagan
Produced byVishwas Sundar
Starring Vijay
Meera Jasmine
Ameesha Patel
CinematographyRamesh Krishna
Edited by V. T. Vijayan
Music bySongs:
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Score:
Karthik Raja
Production
company
Viswaas
Release date
  • 8 May 2003 (2003-05-08)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Pudhiya Geethai (transl. New Gita) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language supernatural action drama film written and directed by newcomer K. P. Jagan. The film stars Vijay in the main lead role with Meera Jasmine and Ameesha Patel in the female lead roles. Kalabhavan Mani and Karunas play other supporting roles. Notably, this film is Patel's first and remains her only Tamil film till date. The film, which has music scored by brothers Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja.

Contents

Pudhiya Geethai released on 8 May 2003. The film received mixed reviews and became a commercial failure.

Plot

The movie starts with a polydactylic baby boy born to Chinnaya from Nagapattinam, who works for Swamy, an astrologer. Swamy writes the horoscope of the baby and understands that the child will grow up to be an intelligent and responsible person but, he also predicts that the child's life will be only 27 years short. He suggests the baby to be named Sarathy but does not inform about the short life.

Back to the present in Chennai, Sarathy is an intelligent person and an optimist, who excels in studies and sports and is also liked by everyone around him. He takes care of his mother Thaiyalnayagi and sister, following his father's death. Suji is Sarathy's close friend and considers him as her well-wisher. Sarathy runs a restaurant with his friends as part-time and is also involved in real estate transactions earning brokerages. Jo is Suji's friend who teases her by being closer to Sarathy, revealing the love that she had for him.

Reddiyar is a rich but ingenuous businessman. He is into real estate business and cheats many people by allotting improper plots. Sarathy knows about Reddiyar's plans and fight against him supporting the poor people, which creates enmity between Reddiyar and Sarathy.

Lawrence is Sarathy's friend. He falls in love with Sarathy's sister but is scared whether Sarathy will accept their love. Sarathy happily accepts and also convinces his mother. Sarathy's sister's wedding is arranged. Now, Sarathy is 27 years old. Meanwhile, Suji feels jealous about Sarathy and Jo getting close to each other, but Jo realizes that Suji is in love with Sarathy. Finally, Suji proposes her love to Sarathy, which he accepts.

On the day of Sarathy's sister's marriage, Jo explains the love that Suji has for Sarathy and vice versa. Sarathy goes to meet Suji, but Reddiyar has planned to kill Sarathy on the way. Sarathy fights Reddiyar's men, and Reddiyar is left alone. However, Sarathy does not kill Reddiyar and instead makes him understand the value for life and the talks about the positive attitude that one should have. This makes Reddiyar realize his mistake.

Sarathy leaves the place to meet Suji but meets with an accident on the way and gets admitted to the hospital with severe injuries. The doctors say that the chances of his survival are minimal, and all his family and friends cry outside the hospital, but Reddiyar, who was Sarathy's former enemy, comes to the place and witnesses everyone crying and panicking. He tells everyone to stop crying and keeps calling Sarathy with a positive energy, which will make him get back to normal. Everyone starts calling Sarathy and his condition improves drastically. Sarathy is saved and recovers. Sarathy then lives 100 years of his wish which leads his life happily.

The movie ends with a message to the audience that positive attitude is essential for everyone to succeed, even death will revive them.

Cast

Production

The film was initially titled Sarathy after the lead character's name. [1] The project was then titled as Geethai with Esha Deol as heroine. However, the film eventually featured two lead actresses with Meera Jasmine being signed on to be a part of the project after the success of her 2002 film, Run . [2] [3] Amisha Patel also accepted to be a part of the film, replacing Deol, after getting the entire script translated in English for her to read. [4] Before release, the film's title was changed to Pudhiya Geethai after Hindu organisations objected the title. [5] Shooting got wrapped in March 2003. [6]

Soundtrack

Pudhiya Geethai
Soundtrack album by
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released29 March 2003
Recorded2002–2003
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Five Star Audio
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Aadanthe Ado Type
(2003)		Pudhiya Geethai
(2003)		 Kadhal Kondein
(2003)

The songs were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, collaborating with Vijay for the first time, while his elder brother Karthik Raja composed the film's background score. The audio CD containing songs released on 29 March 2003 and features 6 tracks, the lyrics were penned by Vaali, Pa. Vijay, Yugabharathi and Vijay Sagar.

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Naan Odum Ilaignan" Vaali Mano, Tippu 04:56
2."Mercury Poove" Pa. Vijay Nideesh Gopalan, Bhavatharini, Bonnie Chakraborty 04:36
3."Vasiyakaara (Version 1)" Yugabharathi Devan, Chitra Sivaraman 03:52
4."Manase"Pa. VijayBonnie Chakraborty, Tippu, Swarnalatha 05:05
5."Vasiyakaara (Version 2)"Yugabharathi Hariharan, Chitra Sivaraman03:52
6."Annamalai"Vijay SagarTippu, Devan04:51
Total length:27:14

Release and reception

Pudhiya Geethai released on 8 May 2003.

The film earned mostly mixed reviews. The critic from The Hindu stated that "the end is predictable, but the conviction with which the climax drives home the message makes it interesting." [7] Another reviewer stated the film had "nothing new", describing it as "real melodramatic soap-opera that moves hearts of viewers and at the same time gives a message for the audience." [8] Ananda Vikatan rated the film 39 out of 100. [9] Chennai Online wrote "The debutant director can be commended for etching such a beautiful character, albeit a too-good-to-be-true one. But the director's dilemma, whether to stand by the astrological predictions or to prove them wrong, is evident in the latter part of the narration. The inspiration seems to be the Telugu film Murari (2001), which too had a similar knot and ending". [10] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote Kodambakkam lacks films that supports the title, in that way Pudhiya Geethai feels complete. [11] Indiainfo wrote "The film loosely inspired by Telugu hit film, MURARI, has illogical storyline. With no impressive screenplay, it fails to hold the audiences all the while". [12]

The film did not perform well at the box office. [13] [14]

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