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{{About||other uses|Porkkala (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Porkkalam
| image =
| caption =
| director = Bandi Saroj Kumar
| producer = D. Bhaskara Rao
| writer = Bandi Saroj Kumar
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]]|[[Tinnu Anand]]|[[Sathyan (Tamil actor)|Sathyan]]|[[Sampath Raj]]|[[Nivedhitha|Smitha]]|[[Lal (actor)|Lal]]|[[Biju Menon]]|[[Santhana Bharathi]]|[[Ponvannan]]}}
| music = [[Rohit Kulkarni]]
| cinematography = [[Bandi saroj kumar]]
| editing = [[Bandi saroj kumar]]
| distributor = Mannan Films
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2010|1|14}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 3 Crores
| gross =
}}
'''''Porkkalam''''' ({{lang-ta|போர்க்களம்}}; {{lang-en|Battlefield}}) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language [[action film]] Directed, DOP and Edited by debutant Saroj Kumar. Starring [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]] of ''[[Polladhavan (2007 film)|Polladhavan]]'' and ''[[Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu]]'' fame, [[Tinnu Anand]], who starred in [[Mani Ratnam|Mani Ratnam's]] ''[[Nayakan]]'' and ''[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]'', comedy actor Sathyan and [[Nivedhitha|Smitha]], a newcomer from [[Karnataka]], in lead roles and seven artists as [[Villain]]s, the film has [[Film score|musical score]] by Rohit Kulkarni. The film was released on 14 January 2010.

==Cast==
* [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]] as Karnan
* [[Tinnu Anand]] as Bhismaki
* [[Sathyan (Tamil actor)|Sathyan]] as Sathya
* [[Nivedhitha|Smitha]] as Sneha
* [[Lal (actor)|Lal]] as Aslam Bhai
* [[Sampath Raj]] as Dhronam Raju
* [[Biju Menon]] as Inspector Rangasamy
* [[Santhana Bharathi]]
* [[Ponvannan]] as Pasupathy
* [[Rajesh (actor)|Rajesh]] as Karnan's Father
* [[Atheesh]] as Obulage
* [[Srinivasan]]
* [[Joe Anthony]]
* [[Santhoshi]] as Karnan's Mother

==Production==

===Filming===
The first schedule was shot in late 2008 in various places in [[Tamil Nadu]] including [[Dhanushkodi]], [[Madurai]], [[Tenkasi]], [[Thiruchendur]], [[Karaikudi]] and [[Rameswaram]]. Following this, the film's second schedule was shot from 13 October 2008 to 26 November 2008 in the parts of [[Chennai]] and [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]] and in the [[Ramoji Film City]], in [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], while in January 2009, the third and last schedule was shot in several places in [[Thailand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://poorkkalam.com/progress.html|title=Porkkalam Progress|publisher=poorkkalam.com|accessdate=2009-04-05}}</ref> The film was also heavily publicized through the internet prior through release, on social networking sites.

==Release==
===Reception===
The film opened in a few centres across [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] to an average opening. The film which grossed Rs. 5,70,286 in the opening weekend in Chennai and became a failure at the box-office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-movies-jan-18/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-porkkalam.html |title=Porkkalam - Behindwoods.com - Tamil Top Ten Movies - Naanayam Kutty Porkkalam Aayirathil Oruvan Vettaikaran |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-08}}</ref> [[Baradwaj Rangan]] of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote,"In ''Porkalam'', the first-time director Bandi Saroj Kumar (who’s barely in his mid-twenties, I hear) takes the visual-narrative to a wholly different level, in the sense that this is a film that might actually have worked without dialogue."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/between-reviews-different-strokes |title=Between Reviews: Different Strokes « Baradwaj Rangan |publisher=Baradwajrangan.wordpress.com |date=2010-02-06 |accessdate=2012-11-08}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Porkkalam
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Rohit Kulkarni]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = November 2009
| recorded = 2009
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = Capital Film Works
| producer = [[Rohit Kulkarni]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =''[[Ammavin Kaipesi]]''
| next_year =2012
}}
Film score and the soundtrack are composed by Rohit Kulkarni, despite early indications that [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] would compose the music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinefundas.net/2010/01/08/porkkalam-movie-working-stills/ |title=Porkkalam working stills |work=Cinefundas |accessdate=2010-02-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111032145/http://www.cinefundas.net/2010/01/08/porkkalam-movie-working-stills/ |archivedate=11 January 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The songs were released straight to the shelves, with the album containing several debutant singers.
{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Aran Thiran
| extra1 = [[KK (singer)]]
| length1 =
| title2 = Indha Bhoomyil
| extra2 = Nisha
| length2 = 5:19
| title3 = Porkkalam Theme
| extra3 = Nisha, Candy, Mimosa
| length3 =
| title4 = Unnale
| extra4 = [[S. P. B. Charan]]
| length4 =
| title5 = Yaaro Ivan Yaaro
| extra5 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Carolisa
| length5 =
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=4315528}}
* {{official website|http://poorkkalam.com/}}

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[[Category:2010 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2010 directorial debut films]]

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