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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Poi Solla Porom<br />
| image = Poi Solla Porom Poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[A. L. Vijay]]<br />
| screenplay = Jaideep Sahni <br /><small>'''(Original Screenplay)'''</small><br> A. L. Vijay<br />
| story = [[Jaideep Sahni]]<br />
| based_on = ''[[Khosla Ka Ghosla]]'' by [[Dibakar Banerjee]] & [[Jaideep Sahni]]<br />
| starring = [[Karthik Kumar]]<br>[[Piaa Bajpai]]<br>[[Nedumudi Venu]]<br>[[T. S. B. K. Moulee|Moulee]]<br />
| producer = [[Priyadarshan]]<br>[[Ronnie Screwvala]]<br />
| music = [[M. G. Sreekumar]] (songs),<br>[[Gopi Sunder]] (BGM)<br />
| cinematography = [[Aravind Krishna]]<br />
| editing = [[Anthony (film editor)|Anthony]]<br />
| studio = Four Frames Pictures<br />
| distributor = [[UTV Motion Pictures]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2008|09|12}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Poi Solla Porom''''' ({{lang-en|italic=y|We Are Going to Lie}}) is a 2008 Tamil [[comedy film]] directed by [[A. L. Vijay]], who had earlier directed the [[Ajith Kumar]]-starrer ''[[Kireedam (2007 film)|Kireedam]]''. The film is a remake of the [[Bollywood]] cult film ''[[Khosla Ka Ghosla]]'' <ref>https://www.oneindia.com/2008/09/10/khosla-ka-ghosla-tamil-remake-among-utvs-5-films-in-tamil-telugu-1221030181.html?story=2</ref> and stars [[Karthik Kumar]], [[Piaa Bajpai]], and [[Nedumudi Venu]] in the lead roles, alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Omar Lateef, Justina, [[Lakshmi Ramakrishnan]], [[Cochin Haneefa]], [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]], [[Bosskey]], [[John Vijay]], and [[T. S. B. K. Moulee|Moulee]]. The music was composed by [[M. G. Sreekumar]] with editing done by [[Anthony (film editor)|Anthony]] and cinematography by [[Aravind Krishna]]. The film released on 12 September 2008.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
K. R. Sathyanathan ([[Nedumudi Venu]]) 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 ([[Lakshmi Ramakrishnan]]) and children: Uppilinathan alias Uppili ([[Karthik Kumar]]), Vishwanathan alias Vicha (Omar Lateef), and Sindhu (Justina). However, Uppili, 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.<br />
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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 ([[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]), who wants him to pay half of the amount paid for the plot to be paid to Baby in order to vacate the plot. The Sathyanathan family tries to think of multiple solutions and finally resorts to hiring thugs to break the compound at night. Sathyanathan is arrested the next morning.<br />
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Through all this, Uppili's attitude towards his father's problem changes when he sees how attached he is to the property. Uppili meets his travel agent named Asif Iqbal alias Asif Bhai ([[Bosskey]]) to cancel the US trip. Asif reveals that he was once Baby's assistant and was cheated by him of his ancestral land. Uppili, with the help of Asif, and Uppili's his girlfriend Amrutha ([[Piaa Bajpai]]), convinces Daddy ([[T. S. B. K. Moulee|Moulee]]), who is a stage actor and got 136 awards, to act as Varma, an NRI businessman from Dubai who has to India to sell a plot which actually belongs to the fisheries board of government. At last, Baby pays Varma, the advance amount (35 lakhs) for the fishery land and Nathan family uses that money to get their land.<br />
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The film ends with Sathyanathan's family living happily ever after. Baby's assistant Johnny ([[John Vijay]]) reveals that there is no man in the name of Varma and the land belongs to the state government. Baby acknowledges that he has been cheated and decides to cover it up to preserve his reputation.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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* [[Karthik Kumar]] as Uppilinathan alias Uppili, a software engineer who wants to leave India for New York<br />
* [[Piaa Bajpai]] as Amrutha (voice dubbed by [[Suchitra]]), Uppili's girlfriend who helps him convince Daddy to act as Varma<br />
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as K. R. Sathyanathan (voice dubbed by [[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]]), a retiree and middle-class man<br />
* Omar Lateef as Vishwanathan alias Vicha, Sathyanathan's son<br />
* Justina as Sindhu, Sathyanathan's daughter<br />
* [[Lakshmi Ramakrishnan]] as Saradha, Sathyanathan's wife<br />
* [[Cochin Haneefa]] as Vijayakumar, a man who owns "World Famous Properties"<br />
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Baby, a man who owns "Baby Properties" and a fishery land<br />
* [[Bosskey]] as Asif Iqbal (Asif Bhai), a travel agent and Baby's assistant who was cheated by him<br />
* [[John Vijay]] as Johnny, Baby's assistant<br />
* [[T. S. B. K. Moulee|Moulee]] as "Daddy" or Chandra Mohan, a stage actor who owns 136 awards and acts as an NRI businessman named Varma<br />
* [[Delhi Ganesh]] as Principal<br />
* [[Aravind Krishna]] as Police Inspector<br />
* [[Balaji Venugopal]] as Stage Director or Sharmaji, who acts as Varma's assistant<br />
* [[George Maryan]] as Muthu Karuppan<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Music was composed by [[M. G. Sreekumar]] who made his debut as composer with this film while another Malayalam composer [[Gopi Sundar]] composed the film score. Title song was not included in the film instead it was used as promotional song, the song was blatantly ripped off from Hindi song "Chak De Phatte" from the original Hindi film.<br />
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* "Poi Solla Porom" - [[Jassie Gift]]<br />
* "Gandhi Note Kaiyil" - [[Kailash Kher]]<br />
* "Indha Payanthil" - [[Swetha Mohan]]<br />
* "Indha Payanathil" II - [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]]<br />
* "Oru Vaarthai Pesamal" - [[Shreya Ghoshal]]<br />
* "Kannamoochi Aattam" - [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
The film won positive 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".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/09/12/stories/2008091250090300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915011203/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2008/09/12/stories/2008091250090300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-09-15 |title=Cinema Plus / Film Review : Laugh, and pause to think |date=2008-09-12 |access-date=2013-05-15 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><br />
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==Production==<br />
After [[Kireedam (2007 film)|''Kireedam'']], Priyadarshan approached Vijay to remake the Hindi film ''Khosla Ka Ghosla'' in Tamil under his production house and hence they collaborated to make ''Poi Solla Porom''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/06/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-vijay.htm |title=Directing Madhrasapattinam - |publisher=Rediff Movies |date=2010-07-06 |access-date=2013-05-15}}</ref> The film was completed within 34 days, with a cast containing veteran actors such as Nassar and Nedumudi Venu as well as relative newcomers including Karthik Kumar and Piaa Bajpai. The film also became one of the first ventures in Tamil cinema to feature a promotional song, with Vijay maintaining that the song reflected the story of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/39460.html |title=Promotional song for 'Poi Solla Porom' |publisher=Indiaglitz.com |date=2008-06-20 |access-date=2013-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2008/08/01/stories/2008080150790400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011131616/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2008/08/01/stories/2008080150790400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 October 2008 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Stargazing | date=1 August 2008}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.poisollaporom.com/}}<br />
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