Poi Solla Porom
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Poi Solla Porom is a Tamil comedy film
starring Nedumudi Venu
, Karthik Kumar
and Piaa Bajpai
released in 2008. The film is a remake of the Bollywood
cult film, Khosla Ka Ghosla
.
) is a typical middle class man who has just retired. He wants to buy a plot of land in the city and move in with his wife and children - Uppilinathan(Karthik Kumar
), Vishwanathan and Sindhu. But his son Uppilinathan - who is a software engineer - has no interest in the house and is keen to leave India for New York, where he has obtained a job. Sathyanathan buys the plot from "World Famous Properties" which is managed by Vijayakumar(Cochin Hanifa). When he goes to break stone to build his house, he finds a compound wall erected over his plot with the nameplate saying "Baby Properties". After numerous attempts to meet him, Sathyanathan finally meets Baby who wants him to pay half the amount paid for the plot to be paid to Baby in order to vacate the plot. The Sathyanathans try to think of solutions and finally resort to hiring thugs to break the compound at night. Sathyanathan is arrested the next morning. Through all this, Uppilinathan's attitude towards his father's problem changes when he sees how attached he is to the property. Uppili meets a travel agent Asifbhai (bosskey) who was baby's assistant and cheated by him . uppili with help of his girlfriend , they convinced Daddy (mouli)who is a stage actor and got 136 awards and to be act as varma , an NRI businessman from dubai came to india to sell a land which belongs to fisheries board of govt.atlast the fishery land is given to baby and the family get their land. in the end, baby's assistant johnny tells that there is no man in the name of varma and baby answers that he has been cheated and not to tell this to everyone as people may lose fear on him. The film ends with family of sathyanathan living happily ever after.
The movie was low-budgeted, expectations were low and it started off to a slow start. Soon enough, it became extremely popular through word-of-mouth. It is now declared a hit and has successfully celebrated 100 days!
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
starring Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...
, Karthik Kumar
Karthik Kumar
Karthik Kumar is a noted theatre and Kollywood actor. He is popularly known as 'Evam' Karthik, due to his theater connections.He studied chemical engineering in sri venkateshwara college of engineering,chennai.He is married to playback singer Suchitra Ramadurai.-Filmography:-External links:...
and Piaa Bajpai
Piaa Bajpai
Piaa Bajpai is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She is best known for her performances as Roshini in Venkat Prabhu's comedy Goa and Saro in K. V. Anand's political thriller Ko...
released in 2008. The film is a remake of the Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
cult film, Khosla Ka Ghosla
Khosla Ka Ghosla
Khosla Ka Ghosla is a 2006 Indian comedy drama film directed by Dibakar Banerjee in his directorial debut. It stars Anupam Kher and Boman Irani. Though made on a small budget this film managed to do very well at the box office...
.
Plot
Sathyanathan (Nedumudi VenuNedumudi Venu
Nedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...
) is a typical middle class man who has just retired. He wants to buy a plot of land in the city and move in with his wife and children - Uppilinathan(Karthik Kumar
Karthik Kumar
Karthik Kumar is a noted theatre and Kollywood actor. He is popularly known as 'Evam' Karthik, due to his theater connections.He studied chemical engineering in sri venkateshwara college of engineering,chennai.He is married to playback singer Suchitra Ramadurai.-Filmography:-External links:...
), Vishwanathan and Sindhu. But his son Uppilinathan - who is a software engineer - has no interest in the house and is keen to leave India for New York, where he has obtained a job. Sathyanathan buys the plot from "World Famous Properties" which is managed by Vijayakumar(Cochin Hanifa). When he goes to break stone to build his house, he finds a compound wall erected over his plot with the nameplate saying "Baby Properties". After numerous attempts to meet him, Sathyanathan finally meets Baby who wants him to pay half the amount paid for the plot to be paid to Baby in order to vacate the plot. The Sathyanathans try to think of solutions and finally resort to hiring thugs to break the compound at night. Sathyanathan is arrested the next morning. Through all this, Uppilinathan's attitude towards his father's problem changes when he sees how attached he is to the property. Uppili meets a travel agent Asifbhai (bosskey) who was baby's assistant and cheated by him . uppili with help of his girlfriend , they convinced Daddy (mouli)who is a stage actor and got 136 awards and to be act as varma , an NRI businessman from dubai came to india to sell a land which belongs to fisheries board of govt.atlast the fishery land is given to baby and the family get their land. in the end, baby's assistant johnny tells that there is no man in the name of varma and baby answers that he has been cheated and not to tell this to everyone as people may lose fear on him. The film ends with family of sathyanathan living happily ever after.
Cast
- Nedumudi VenuNedumudi VenuNedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...
as K.R.Sathyanathan - NassarNassarNassar is a Tamil actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist, and singer. He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English films. He is often cited as part of India's specialist character actors, along with the likes of Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Nana Patekar...
as Baby - Karthik KumarKarthik KumarKarthik Kumar is a noted theatre and Kollywood actor. He is popularly known as 'Evam' Karthik, due to his theater connections.He studied chemical engineering in sri venkateshwara college of engineering,chennai.He is married to playback singer Suchitra Ramadurai.-Filmography:-External links:...
as Uppilinathan alias Uppili - Omar Lateef as Vishwanathan alias Vicha
- Lakshmi Ramakrishnan as Sathyanathan's wife
- Delhi GaneshDelhi GaneshDelhi Ganesh born in Tirunelveli as a veteran Tamil film actor, who mostly acts in supporting roles and is perhaps best known for his role in Kamal Hassan comedies and films like Nayagan and Michael Madana Kama Rajan. He has acted in more than 400 films from 1980 to present...
as Principal Sir - Aravind Krishna as Police Inspector
- Piaa BajpaiPiaa BajpaiPiaa Bajpai is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She is best known for her performances as Roshini in Venkat Prabhu's comedy Goa and Saro in K. V. Anand's political thriller Ko...
as Amrutha - Mouli as Daddy
- Balaji as Stage Director
- Bosskey as Asif Iqbal (or Asif Bhai)
Crew
- Producer - PriyadarshanPriyadarshanPriyadarshan is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu...
and Ronnie ScrewvalaRonnie ScrewvalaRonnie Screwvala is an Indian film producer and CEO and founder chairman of which recently partnered with Walt Disney, Fox Searchlight, Sony and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment production company, expanding its global reach.In September 2008, he was named amongst, Esquires List of the 75... - Direction/screenplay/dialogue - Vijay
- Story - Jaideep Sahani
- Music - M.G. Sreekumar
- Lyrics - Na.Muthukumar
- Camera - Aravind Krishna
- editing - AnthonyAnthony (film editor)Anthony is a Tamil film editor. He has worked in over twenty Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu language films. This makes him one of the few editors to have worked for all the 3 biggest film industries in India.-Personal life:Anthony studied BA Lit in Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai...
- Art - V. Selvakumar
- Background Music - Gopi SundarGopi SundarGopi Sunder is an award winning Indian music programmer, film score composer, musician and singer. He has composed music for more than 5000 ad jingles, programmed music for many major composers and have scored more than ten Malayalam films....
- Dance - Gayathri Raghuram
Critical reception
The film won above average reviews from critics with The Hindu citing that "Vijay’s dialogue, both humorous and thought-provoking, tickles the viewer almost throughout" and that "Vijay has understood the pulse of the audience even while sticking to his stand of providing standard fare".The movie was low-budgeted, expectations were low and it started off to a slow start. Soon enough, it became extremely popular through word-of-mouth. It is now declared a hit and has successfully celebrated 100 days!