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Panakkaran

Panakkaran (transl. Rich man) is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by P. Vasu. A remake of the Hindi film Lawaaris (1981), it stars Rajinikanth and Gautami. The film was released on 14 January 1990, Pongal day, and ran for more than 175 days in theatres.

Panakkaran
Poster
Directed byP. Vasu
Screenplay byP. Vasu
Story byR. M. Veerappan
Produced byT. G. Thyagarajan
V. Thamizhazhagan
StarringRajinikanth
Gautami
CinematographyM. C. Sekar
Edited byK. R. Krishnan
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Sathya Movies
Release date
  • 14 January 1990 (1990-01-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

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Bhuvana is a famous singer and she is in love with Vishwanathan, a leading business man. She gets pregnant before wedding but Vishwanathan wants it to be aborted. Bhuvana, who doesn't want to abort her child, decides to break up with Vishwanathan and she leaves with her brother Rao Bahadur without informing Vishwanathan. Bhuvana gives birth to a baby boy but Rao takes away the baby and gives it to Aarumugam, a drunkard asking him to kill the baby and lies to Bhuvana that the baby was a stillborn. Bhuvana leaves the hospital without informing anyone and even Rao Bahadur doesn't know her whereabouts.

Meanwhile, Aarumugam decides to raise the baby on his own instead of killing it with the intention of making some money with the help of baby. He names the baby as Muthu. Muthu gets a job in a factory which is owned by Shankar, who happens to be the son of Vishwanathann and Pushpa. It is shown that Vishwanathann leads an unhappy life with his wife Pushpa in an estate. He feels guilty about his betrayal to Bhuvana thinking she is dead and Rao Bahadur uses this opportunity to make some money out of it.

Muthu understands that workers are not paid properly in Shankar's factory and decides to fight against it which angers Shankar and Rao Bahadur. Latha, who happens to be Rao Bahadur's only daughter falls in love with Muthu without knowing his true identity. One day, Muthu breaks the liquor bottles as Aarumugam buy dozens of alcohol bottles in Muthu's first salary. Aarumugam gets furious seeing this and reveals that Muthu is an orphan which makes Muthu worry and he leaves Aarumugam's home. Later Shankar transfers Muthu to work in his estate present at Ooty with the plan of killing him. Muthu meets Vishwanathan in the estate and gets into his good books. During a function, Saranraj plans to kill Muthu but accidentally Vishwanathan gets hurt and is in need of a rare blood group for surgery. Now it is revealed that Bhuvana is alive and she stays in an ashram. Seeing the advertisement for blood requirement, she comes forward to save Vishwanathan. On the way, Shankar and Rao Bahadur tries to kill her so that Vishwanathan will also die. But Muthu saves her. Now it is revealed that Muthu is the son of Bhuvana and they are united. Vishwanatan is saved and he marries Bhuvana with the consent of Pushpa.

Cast

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Production

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To celebrate the silver jubilee of the production company Sathya Movies, R. M. Veerappan decided to remake the Hindi film Laawaris with Rajinikanth and chose P. Vasu as the director. Vasu made changes to the screenplay for Tamil version by eliminating unnecessary characters from the original.[1][2] The film marked the first of several collaborations between Rajinikanth and Vasu.[3][4] While filming the song "Nooru Varusham", Rajinikanth dressed in drag.[5] The scene where Rajinikanth's character expresses his sadness to Gautami's character was shot at Gem Granites, Madras (now Chennai).[1]

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[6][7] The song "Nooru Varusham" is frequently played at wedding receptions in Tamil Nadu.[8] The song "Ullukulla Chakravarthy" is set in Mayamalavagowla raga.[9]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Ding Dang Dang
Irandum Ondrodu Ondru"		PulamaipithanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra5:00
2."Maraththa Vechchavan"IlaiyaraajaIlaiyaraaja3:59
3."Nooru Varusham" (female)VaaliS. Janaki4:27
4."Nooru Varusham" (male)VaaliMano4:27
5."Silence Silence"PiraisoodanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki4:38
6."Ullukulla Chakaravarthy"IlaiyaraajaIlaiyaraaja4:31

Release and reception

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Panakkaran was released on 14 January 1990, Pongal day.[10] The Hindu wrote, "A well chalked out screenplay with effective penmanship coupled with ideal situations to suit Rajinikanth contribute to make Sathya Movies Panakkaran one of the good release of Pongal".[11] P. S. S. of Kalki wrote the only worthy thing to remember was Rajinikanth's acting, while praising the humour and found the music to be okayish.[12] The film ran for more than 175 days in theatres.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b பாரதி, திரை (16 October 2022). "ஆறிலிருந்து எழுபது வரை: ரஜினி சரிதம் - 81". Kamadenu (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
  3. ^ "P Vasu Interview". Behindwoods. 14 April 2005. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ ""A milestone in Rajni's career": P.Vasu". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Rajiikanth to Vijay: Tamil actor who aced the gender swap without the FaceApp". The Times of India. 28 June 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Panakkaran Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Panakkaran". Gaana. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  8. ^ "கவிஞர் பிறைசூடன் பிறந்தநாள் ஸ்பெஷல்: காலம்தோறும் ஈர்க்கும் கவிஞர்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 6 February 2021. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ^ ராமானுஜன், டாக்டர் ஜி. (1 June 2018). "ராக யாத்திரை 07: மாரியம்மனும் மரிக்கொழுந்தும்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Pokkiri Raja to Baashha, Mr. Bharath and Petta, list of Rajinikanth's movies released on Pongal, in pictures". Times Now. 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  11. ^ "பணக்காரன் | பத்திரிகைகள் பாராட்டுகின்றன!". Dina Thanthi (in English and Tamil). 28 January 1990. p. 14. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021 – via Rajinifans.com.
  12. ^ பி. எஸ். எஸ். (25 February 1990). "பணக்காரன்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 19. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  13. ^ Selvaraj, N. (20 March 2017). "வெள்ளி விழா கண்ட தமிழ் திரைப்படங்கள்" [Tamil films that completed silver jubilees]. Thinnai (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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