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{{Infobox film
| name = Pallavan
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| director = [[Padmamagan]]
| producer = Rufus Parker
| writer =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Manoj Bharathiraja]]|[[Rathi Arumugam|Rathi]]|[[Munna (actor)|Munna]]}}
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
| cinematography = Lakshmi Narayanan
| editing = Pazhanivel
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=y|2003|2|28}}
| runtime =
| studio = Usha Theaters
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
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'''''Pallavan''''' is a 2003 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama]] film written and directed by [[Padmamagan]]. The film stars [[Manoj Bharathiraja]], [[Rathi Arumugam|Rathi]] and [[Munna (actor)|Munna]], while Shara and [[Ilavarasu]] also appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 28 February 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/interesting-fusion/article4588180.ece|title = Interesting fusion|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 6 April 2013|last1 = Kumar|first1 = S. R. Ashok}}</ref><ref>[http://www.sify.com/movies/pallavan-review-tamil-pclutQccgbchi.html sify.com]</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Manoj Bharathiraja]] as Pallavan
*[[Rathi Arumugam|Rathi]] as Meena & Reena (dual role)
*[[Munna (actor)|Munna]] as Manohar
*Shara
*Mukesh
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]
*[[Ilavarasu]]
*[[Abhishek Shankar]]
*[[Mayilswamy]]
*[[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]]
*[[Nalini (actress)|Nalini]]
*[[Madhan Bob]]
*[[Kumarimuthu]] as Nallakannu

==Production==
Directed by [[Padmamagan]], making his first film, several new actors were cast alongside the lead duo of [[Manoj Bharathiraja]] and [[Rathi Arumugam|Rathi]]. [[Munna (actor)|Munna]], a nephew of actress [[Jayabharathi]], made his first acting appearance and was credited as Shankar, alongside Bangalore-based actress Shara and Mukesh.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020621130750/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/05/24/stories/2002052401240200.htm ]</ref> Manoj worked on the film alongside his commitments for another project titled ''MA Gold Model'', which did not have a theatrical release.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/07/30/stories/2002073000580200.htm ]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Padmamagan signed up for the film after having previously written dialogues in the [[Raghava Lawrence]]-starrer ''[[Style (2002 film)|Style]]'' and associated with producer Rufus Parker. The title of the film Padmamagan, was inspired by the name by which Chennai's state-owned city buses were known earlier and Padmamagan hoped to evoke nostalgia amongst the audience. Several scenes and songs for the film were also shot on board in the city's buses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinematoday3.itgo.com/Pallavan1.htm|title=Pallavan}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
Soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar, while lyrics written by Pazhani Bharathi.<ref>http://www.raaga.com/tamil/album/Pallavan-songs-T0000461</ref>
*"Mercury Poove" — Devan, [[Pop Shalini]]
*"Oho nu Sollu" — [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], Timmy
*"Saidudu Saidudu" — [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Timmy
*"Emmaithal" — [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
*"Ma Venuma" — [[Anuradha Sriram]]

==Release==
The film had a low profile release on 28 February 2003. Film critic Balaji Balasubramaniam wrote "''Pallavan'' has almost nothing going for it — it has a couple of uncharismatic heroes, an unrealistic college setting, a clichéd love triangle and an even more clichéd solution to it" and that "the director's treatment of these is not particularly inspired either", "so there is no surprise in the result — a boring, predictable outing that just serves as another nail in the coffin of Manoj's aspirations to become a bankable hero".<ref>http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/2003/pallavan.html</ref> A reviewer from Sify.com wrote "no one expects too much reality in films these days but here the plot is unrelentingly silly that you heave a sigh of relief when the film is over" and "you strive hard to find one redeeming factor in this film, which is technically slipshod with bad direction and jarring music".<ref>[http://www.sify.com/movies/-pallavan-review-tamil-pclu0cgebdfhh.html sify.com]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2003 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in Chennai]]
[[Category:Films shot in Chennai]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]
[[Category:2003 directorial debut films]]

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