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{{short description|1998 film directed by Selva}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Pooveli
| image = Pooveli.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Selva (director)|Selva]]
| writer = Murthy Ramesh Nagulan Ponnusamy (dialogues)
| screenplay = Selva
| story = Selva
| starring = [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]] [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] [[Heera Rajgopal|Heera]]
| producer = Rajam Balachander Pushpa Kandaswamy
| music = [[Bharathwaj]]
| studio = [[Kavithalayaa Productions]]
| editing = [[Suresh Urs]]
| cinematography = R. Raghunatha Reddy
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998|12|04}}
| runtime = 144 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Pooveli''''' ({{trans|Floral Fence}}) is a 1998 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama]] film directed by Selva. An unofficial remake (with Indian twist) of [[A Walk in the Clouds|''A Walk in the Clouds'' (1995)]], the film stars [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]], [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] and [[Heera Rajgopal]] in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by [[Bharathwaj]] while lyrics by [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pooveli (2001) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pooveli/ |access-date=25 November 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
The movie opens with the main characters revealing their thoughts on love. Maha ([[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]) feels one must love before the wedding while Shalini ([[Heera Rajagopal|Heera]]) feels love is for after the wedding. [[Radha Ravi]] is totally opposed to love and feels it is a way in which children cheat their parents while Murali ([[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]]) is totally for it.

Murali follows Shalini around expressing his love for her. But when she insults his love, he promises he wouldn't trouble her again and that one day, she would understand him and come to him. He runs into Maha, his classmate in school, who has recently lost her lover in an accident. To force her father to accept her love, she had already told him that she was married. Circumstances force her uncle to think Murali is her husband and they go back to her house in the village.

Their plan is for Murali to earn the displeasure of the members of her household so that he can leave, but his plans backfire and earn him their love and affection. As he continues living there, he starts to like having a family around and also falls in love with Maha. The only black sheep in their family is [[Anandaraj]], who keeps troubling them.

Maha's grandmother ([[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]), finds out the arrangement between her and Murali, but since she likes Murali, plays a trick to get them both married.

Shalini, who has meanwhile developed feelings for Murali, shows up at the village before the wedding creating doubts in the minds of the other. This leads to some confusion and problems which are cleared in the climax.

==Cast==
* [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] as Murali
* [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]] as Arun
* [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] as Mahalakshmi (a) Maha
* [[Heera Rajgopal|Heera]] as Shalini
* [[Radha Ravi]] as Maha's Father as Chidambaram Pillai
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Maha's grandmother
* [[Nizhalgal Ravi]] as Chidambaram's Brother
* [[Charle]] as Chidambaram Brother's Brother-in-law
* [[Anandaraj]] as Maha's aunty Husband
*Rajasekaran as Arun's Father

==Soundtrack==
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| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Bharathwaj]]
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| prev_title = [[Kaadhal Mannan]]
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| next_title = [[Rojavanam]]
| next_year = 1999
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Music is composed by [[Bharathwaj]]. Soundtrack contains 10 songs.<ref>http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000600</ref> Lyrics written by [[Vairamuthu]].
* "Itharku Peyar" – [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
* "Oru Poo Ezhuthum Kavithai" – [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
* "Kathai Solla" – [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Nizhalgal Ravi]], [[Charle]], [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]]
* "O Shalini" – [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
* "Muthu Muthu" – Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, [[Swarnalatha]]
* "Vaazhkai" – [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]]
* "Itharku Peyar" – Hariharan
* "Nathiyil Saaya" – [[Bharadwaj]], Reshma
* "Kadhai Solla" – Bharadwaj
* "Pooveli" – Instrumental

==Release==
The film became a blockbuster and completed a 100-day run, with the makers of the film coming together soon after to make another production, ''[[Rojavanam]]''.<ref>http://chandrag.tripod.com/index.html</ref>

[[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] won the [[Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil)|Filmfare Best Actress Award]] for her performance in the film while Karthik went on to win the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]].

===Critical reception===

Indolink wrote:"has its good moments with consistent screenplay".<ref>http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/Pooveli_8319.html</ref> Balaji wrote:" nice movie without a single boring moment".<ref>http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/1999/pooveli.html</ref>

==Remake==
The film was remade in Telugu as ''[[Alludugaaru Vachcharu]]'' with [[Jagapathi Babu]] playing the lead role while [[Kausalya]], [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]] and [[Heera Rajgopal|Heera]] reprised their roles from the original in Telugu.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1764546}}

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[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bharadwaj (music director)]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1998 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Selva (director)]]

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