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{{Infobox film
| name = Pammal K. Sambandam
| image = Pammal k sambantham.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[T. S. B. K. Moulee|Moulee]]
| producer = [[Sujatha Rangarajan]] <br /> [[P. L. Thenappan]] <br /> '''(Co-Producer)'''
| writer = [[Crazy Mohan]] '''(Dialogue)'''
| screenplay = [[T. S. B. K. Moulee|Moulee]]
| story = Crazy Mohan
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Kamal Haasan]]
* [[Simran (actress)|Simran]]
* [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]]
* [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]]
}}
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = [[Arthur A. Wilson]]<br />[[S. Saravanan]]
| editing = [[Kasi Viswanathan]]
| studio = [[Media Dreams]]
| distributor = [[Raaj Kamal Films International]]
| released = 14 January 2002
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Pammal K. Sambandam''''' is a 2002 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[T. S. B. K. Moulee|Moulee]] and scripted by [[Crazy Mohan]]. The film features [[Kamal Haasan]] in the title role alongside [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] with [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]] and [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] in primary supporting roles. The film was produced by [[P. L. Thenappan]] under Media Dreams, while [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] composed the soundtrack for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.bizhat.com/review_pammal_k_sambantham.php |title=BizHat.com — Pammal K. Sambantham Review. Kamal Haasan, Simran, Abbas, Sneha, Ramesh Khanna, Manivannan |publisher=Movies.bizhat.com |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> The film released on 14 January 2002. The 2009 Hindi film ''[[Kambakkht Ishq]]'' was based on this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/11105/bollywood-borrows-southern-spice-kambakkht.html|title=Bollywood borrows southern spice for 'Kambakkht Ishq', 'Short Kut'|website=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</ref>

==Plot==
When stuntman Pammal Kalyana Sambandham and a reputed surgeon Dr. Janaki come across each other at his younger brother Anand's and her best friend Malathi's elopement, they instantly develop a dislike for each other. They both have a very low opinion of the opposite gender, and also refuse to believe in the concept of marriage. Janaki, in particular, hates Sambandham for his uncouth manners and language. She gets Sambandham arrested when he argues with her at the police station over Anand and Malathi's marriage. Sambandham is eventually released on bail.

Anand and Malathi's marriage soon turns rocky as Malathi feels that Anand had lied to her over a job assignment in [[Australia]] before they had eloped. On the advices of Janaki, Malathi harasses Anand at every opportunity and makes him do the household work. On hearing about Anand's plight, Sambandham decides to fix the relationship by "hooking up" Anand with a woman named Vanaja in order to make Malathi jealous and a more caring and dutiful wife to Anand. But, unfortunately for Anand, Janaki makes Malathi to believe that Anand is cheating on her and forces her to file for divorce.

Meanwhile, Janaki tries to get Sambandham into trouble by barging into an movie shoot involving Sambandham and claiming that he is "involved" in animal cruelty since he is using a bull and a snake as part of the movie. In the chaos which was accidentally created by Janaki as she accidentally throws the snake on to the bull's head, the bull goes mad, the snake gets killed and the bull gores Sambandham in his stomach when he was trying save Janaki from the bull as it was trying to attack her. Janaki performs an emergency surgery on him and saves his life, but during the surgery, her prized possession (a wristwatch gifted to her by her aunt) falls into his stomach, which is detected by the X-Ray. She pretends to fall in love with Sambandham, with the intention to somehow sedate him and perform the surgery again to retrieve the watch. Sambandham, who is unaware that Janaki's watch is in his stomach due to a mix-up with another patient's X-Ray, mistakes Janaki's romantic overtures to be genuine, and falls in love with her. He also inadvertently foils all her plans to sedate him. Eventually, Sambandham provides another shock to Janaki; they are to be engaged at his grandfather's house at [[Pammal]]. During the engagement ceremony, Janaki finally manages to sedate Sambandham and retrieve her watch. Following the surgery, Janaki reveals the truth to Sambandham and ends their engagement, leaving Sambandham heartbroken. Sambandham's troubles increase when he realises that his grandfather had signed a legal document transferring his lodge to him once he is married. When his grandfather finds out that Janaki cancelled the engagement, he suffers a massive heart attack and dies. Meanwhile, Malathi and Anand manage to reconcile and get back together, cancelling their divorce.

Janaki feels guilty over being responsible for Sambandham's grandfather's death. She also finds out that Sambandam had decided to transfer the ownership of the lodge to her and convert it to an orphanage if they had got married, and on this revelation, she realises that she has fallen in love with him. She decides to confess her love to Sambandham, but instead she inadvertently convinces him to marry his relative, a weightlifter Rajeshwari "Raji", within the next two days, as he would lose the possession of the lodge if he doesn't marry by then. However, it turns out that Raji has no interest in the marriage and is in love with a [[Malayali]] boy. In a hilarious climax, Sambandham, Janaki, Anand and Malathi help Raji in eloping with her boyfriend, and Sambandham and Janaki too elope as well, thus ensuring that the lodge remains under Sambandham's ownership.

==Cast==
{{Div col begin}}
* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Pammal Kalyana Sambandam (P.K.S)
* [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] as Dr.Janaki
* [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]] as Anand
* [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] as Malathi
* [[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]] as Koorkenchery Mariya Kutty Thomas (K.M.T)
* [[Ramesh Khanna]] as Biscuit Kanna
* [[Vaiyapuri]] as Delhi
* [[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]] as Malathi's brother
* [[Charle]] as Lawyer
* [[Manivannan]] as Rajeshwari's father
* [[Santhana Bharathi]] as Sambandam's uncle
* [[Sukumari]] as Alaram Mami
* Bayilvan Ranganathan as Mudhaliyar Sangam member
* [[Singamuthu]] as Mudhaliyar Sangam member
* [[Nellai Siva]] as Mudhaliyar Sangam member
* [[T. P. Gajendran]] as Film director
* [[R. Neelakantan|Neelu]] as Police inspector
* [[Yugi Sethu]]
* [[Unnikrishnan Namboothiri]] as Sambandham's grandfather
* [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] as Sambandam's uncle
* [[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]]
* [[M. N. Rajam]]
* [[Nithya Ravindran]]
* [[R. S. Shivaji]]
* [[Madhan Bob]]
* [[Kavithalaya Krishnan]]
* [[K. S. Jayalakshmi]]
* [[S. N. Parvathy]]
* Jaya Murali

{{Div col end}}

==Production==
[[Kamal Haasan]] initially approached [[Moulee]] to make a film for his own production house, but efforts were unfruitful. Subsequently, the film was started under [[P. L. Thenappan]] in August 2001 and the shoot was complete within three months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/jan/21mouli.htm |title=rediff.com, Movies: 'We would measure Kamal's hair every day!' |publisher=Rediff|date=21 January 2002 |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> The film's invitation card for the launch was shaped in the form of the alphabet "K", which formed a significant theme throughout the film. The card also featured images of [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] who was later replaced in the film by [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hinduonnet.com/2001/05/07/stories/09070223.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708230635/http://hinduonnet.com/2001/05/07/stories/09070223.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |title=The Hindu: Some glitz to glamour |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |date=7 May 2001 |access-date=6 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/04/stories/0404401y.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041112124421/http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/04/stories/0404401y.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 November 2004 |title=Talk of the Town |date=4 April 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> Devayani was removed after she went on honeymoon following her sudden marriage and thus she was unable to fulfil her original schedules.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/HOTNEWS-%2011072001.htm |title=not |publisher=Cinematoday2.itgo.com |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> Kamal Haasan's character was a stunt double under [[Vikram Dharma]] in the film and the stunt director had used the air-ramp for the first time in a Tamil film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/12/25/stories/2001122501910200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110111700/http://www.hindu.com/2001/12/25/stories/2001122501910200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2012 |title=Pammal K Sambandam is a family man |date=25 December 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref>

The film was initially slated to be released coinciding with the Diwali season of 2001, but due to the delay of Kamal Haasan's other film, ''[[Aalavandhan]]'', it was shifted to January 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindu.com/2001/07/04/stories/0404401z.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004163705/http://hindu.com/2001/07/04/stories/0404401z.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-04|title=Talk of the town|website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> During the making of the film, the significance of the initial "K" was hidden before Kamal Haasan revealed at a press conference two weeks before release that it stood for "Kalyanam" (Marriage), which the lead characters despised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/01/02/stories/2002010201900200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110111743/http://www.hindu.com/2002/01/02/stories/2002010201900200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2012 |title=Talk of the town |date=2 January 2002 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
Soundtrack is composed by Deva and lyrics for all songs were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]], [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]], [[P. Vijay]] and [[Kamal Haasan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pammal K.Sambandham |url=https://www.saavn.com/album/pammal-k.sambandham/HlwuNW,Yldc_ |website=Saavn |access-date=27 October 2018}}</ref>
{{Infobox album
| name = Pammal K. Sambandam
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 4 November 2001
| recorded = 2002
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 30:10
| label = [[Ayngaran International|Ayngaran Music]]<br>An Ak Audio
| producer = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| prev_title = [[Red (2002 film)|Red]]
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = [[Samasthanam]]
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 30:10
| title4 = Gadothkaja
| lyrics4 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| extra4 = [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]
| length4 = 5:38
| title2 = Kandhasamy Maadasamy
| lyrics2 = [[Kamal Haasan]]
| extra2 = [[Kamal Haasan]]
| length2 = 5:30
| title3 = Sakalakala Vallavane
| lyrics3 = [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]
| extra3 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Sujatha (singer)|Sujatha]]
| length3 = 5:40
| title1 = Endi Sudamani
| lyrics1 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| extra1 = [[Anuradha Sriram]]
| length1 = 3:54
| title5 = Penne Kadhal
| lyrics5 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| extra5 = [[KK (singer)|KK]]
| length5 = 4:22
| title6 = Dindukallu Poota
| lyrics6 = [[P. Vijay]]
| extra6 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], Mahalakshmi Iyer
| length6 = 5:06
}}

==Release==
The film was initially slated to be released coinciding with the Diwali season of 2001, but due to the delay of Kamal Haasan's other film, ''[[Aalavandhan]]'', it was shifted to January 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindu.com/2001/07/04/stories/0404401z.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004163705/http://hindu.com/2001/07/04/stories/0404401z.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 October 2012 |title=Talk of the town |date=4 July 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> ''Pammal K. Sambandam'' took a big opening at the box office,<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-20/news-interviews/27114859_1_kamal-haasan-pammal-ravikumar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918111719/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-20/news-interviews/27114859_1_kamal-haasan-pammal-ravikumar |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 September 2012 |title=Pancha Thanthiram is Kamal's next film |date=20 January 2002 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> running 100 days in 80 centers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/funds-elude-kamal-hassans-mega-flick/articleshow/44105868.cms |title=Funds elude Kamal Hassan's mega flick|work=The Economic Times |date=22 April 2003 |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/jan/19kamal.htm |title=rediff.com, Movies: Kamal, Madhavan: Boys just wanna have fun |publisher=Rediff|date=19 January 2002 |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref>

==Reception==
The film received above average reviews with [[The Hindu]] claiming that "if Mouli had sustained the humorous strain throughout, PKS would have turned out to be a complete comic treat from start to finish. Why he did not do it remains a riddle." The critic also praised the lead performances and [[Crazy Mohan]]'s dialogue writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/18/stories/2002011801400201.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030627230508/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/18/stories/2002011801400201.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-06-27|title=Pammal K. Sambandham|website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> [[Rediff.com]] described it as "an average film", stating that the only "real highpoint is 'Crazy' Mohan's dialogues".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/feb/15pammal.htm|title=This stunt is quite average|website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

Upon release, the film was also dubbed into the Telugu language as ''Brahmachari''. It was later remade in Hindi as ''[[Kambakkht Ishq]]'' in 2009 by [[Sajid Nadiadwala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451460500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707015152/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451460500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 July 2009 |title=Metro Plus Chennai / Cinema : Just love! |date=4 July 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=CHOKKAPAN S, TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-05/news-interviews/28165951_1_mouli-ki-pammal-k-sambandham |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919213316/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-05/news-interviews/28165951_1_mouli-ki-pammal-k-sambandham |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 September 2012 |title=I've heard KI is a remake of Pammal: Mouli |date=5 July 2009 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Imdb title|0422908}}

[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
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[[Category:Films shot in New Zealand]]
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