Pa Paandi

2017 2h 5m TA

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 35

RomanceComedyAction

Synopsis

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‘Power’ Paandi, once a legendary stunt master who ruled the world of film stunts in his prime years is now content in living a peaceful life with his son and grandchildren. But he soon realizes that his acts that he thinks is normal and righteous, constantly irks his son who seems to taking their relationship for granted. One such overblown tiff with his son drives him to go do some soul searching, the outcome of which has many unexpected experiences.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Rajkiran
Paandian Pazhanisami (Power Paandi)
Dhanush
Younger Paandian Pazhanisami (Power Paandi)
Madonna Sebastian
Younger Poonthendral
Revathi
Poonthendral
Prasanna
Raghavan
Chaya Singh
Prema
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Himself
Robo Shankar
Himself

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dhanush
Writers: Dhanush, Dhanush, Subramaniam Siva
Languages: Tamil
Countries: India

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1 / 7

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dhanush, shot by R. Velraj. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

ERA

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Original score by Sean Roldan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Prasanna GK shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Rajkiran and Dhanush and Madonna Sebastian carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6734886 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 35 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dhanush directs. R. Velraj behind the camera. Sean Roldan scores. Prasanna GK cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in Tamil.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2Directed by Dhanush, shot by R. Velraj. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Sean Roldan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Prasanna GK shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Rajkiran and Dhanush and Madonna Sebastian carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt6734886 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 35 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: R. Velraj
Original score: Sean Roldan
Editing: Prasanna GK
Costume design: Poornima Ramaswamy
Stunt coordinator: Stunt Silva
Runtime: 125 min · 2h 5m
Status: Released
Original language: TA
Certification (US): U
IMDB: Pa Paandi (2017)

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Reno2018-02-04
★ 7/10
About first love and dignified man! The directional debut film for actor Dhanush. After his father, brother, wife and sis-in-law, now it's his turn, but did he succeed! Well, no doubt that he's one of the finest actors of this era. Multi-talented, though this film was an above average. Seeing the characters and the message, it had potential, but too much traditional narration for commercial gain let it down. I mean it should have been a pure drama film without any songs and unrealistic fight sequences. A famous ex-stunt coordinator, living happily in the twilight of his life with his son and his family. That's what he had thought until every time he ended up in trouble only to disappoint him. Then begins his soul search journey which lets us know his flashback and how the rest of the tale unfolds was told emotionally. The narration splits into three and liked them all, but the third one was the best. Both, Rajkiran and Dhanush were good. The music was really a disappointment. One of the BG score was quite similar to the film '3'. Apart from stunts and music video, the rest of the film is what worth a watch. A decent direction, that he can still be a great director if try to give more realistic film for such a story. A rare film in Tamil. You won't see regularly a film about an old man. So it should be watched. 7/10

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