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{{Infobox film
| name          = Pokkiri Thambi
| name          = Pokkiri Thambi
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| director      = [[Senthilnathan]]
| director      = [[Senthilnathan]]
| producer      = Vijaya Muralee<br>S. Selvi<br>P. Pandian
| producer      = Vijaya Muralee<br />S. Selvi<br />P. Pandian
| writer        = S. Gajendra Kumar <small>(dialogues)</small>
| writer        = S. Gajendra Kumar <small>(dialogues)</small>
| screenplay    = Senthilnathan
| screenplay    = Senthilnathan
| story          = S. Gajendra Kumar
| story          = S. Gajendra Kumar
| starring      = [[Anandaraj]]<br>[[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]]
| starring      = [[Anandaraj]]<br />[[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]]
| music          = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| music          = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = M. Kesavan
| cinematography = M. Kesavan
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'''''Pokkiri Thambi''''' is a [[Tamil films of 1992|1992]] Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Senthilnathan]]. The film features [[Anandaraj]] and [[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]] in lead roles, with [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Janagaraj]], Jayanthkumar, Balambika, [[Kumarimuthu]], Bayilvan Ranganathan, Anuja, [[Kullamani]], Boopathi Raja and [[King Kong (actor)|King Kong]] playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] and was released on 22 May 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spicyonion.com/movie/pokkiri-thambi/|title=Pokkiri Thambi (1992) Tamil Movie|access-date=6 January 2020|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/pokkiri-thambi-movie/11674|title=Pokkiri Thambi (1992)|access-date=6 January 2020|publisher=gomolo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Pokkiri_Thambi/9881|title=Find Tamil Movie Pokkiri Thambi|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523055236/http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Pokkiri_Thambi/9881|archive-date=23 May 2010|access-date=6 January 2020|publisher=jointscene.com|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/filmography.cgi?name=pokkiri%20thambi|title=Filmography of pokkiri thambi|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818051913/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/filmography.cgi?name=pokkiri%20thambi|archive-date=18 August 2004|access-date=6 January 2020|publisher=cinesouth.com|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
'''''Pokkiri Thambi''''' is a 1992 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[thriller film]] directed by [[Senthilnathan]]. The film stars [[Anandaraj]] and [[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]], with [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]], [[Janagaraj]], Jayanthkumar, Balambika, [[Kumarimuthu]], Bayilvan Ranganathan, Anuja, [[Kullamani]], Boopathi Raja and [[King Kong (actor)|King Kong]] playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] and was released on 22 May 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=போக்கிரி தம்பி / Pokkiri Thambi (1992) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/pokkiri-thambi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506045436/https://screen4screen.com/movies/pokkiri-thambi |archive-date=6 May 2022 |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=Screen4screen |language=en, ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pokkiri Thambi ( 1992 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/filmography.cgi?name=pokkiri%20thambi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818051913/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/filmography.cgi?name=pokkiri%20thambi |archive-date=18 August 2004 |access-date=6 January 2020 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref>


==Plot==
== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=May 2022}}
In a remote village, many young women have mysteriously disappeared the night and their dead bodies are found the following day. Pannaiyar ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]), the village chief, promises the villagers to find and punish the culprit. Thambidurai ([[Anandaraj]]) is an angry young man who works hard the day in Pannaiyar's farm and enjoys drinking [[arrack]] the night. He lives with his mother (V. R. Thilagam) and his sister Selvi (Balambika). Thereafter, Selvi and Pannaiyar's son Jayanthkumar (Jayanthkumar) fall in love with each other but Pannaiyar refuses to marry them and humiliates Thambidurai. A vengeful Thambidurai then sneaks into Pannaiyar's house the night and he forcefully rapes Kaveri ([[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]]) thinking that she is Pannaiyar's daughter.
In a remote village, many young women have mysteriously disappeared the night and their dead bodies are found the following day. Pannaiyar ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]), the village chief, promises the villagers to find and punish the culprit. Thambidurai ([[Anandaraj]]) is an angry young man who works hard the day in Pannaiyar's farm and enjoys drinking [[arrack]] the night. He lives with his mother (V. R. Thilagam) and his sister Selvi (Balambika). Thereafter, Selvi and Pannaiyar's son Jayanthkumar (Jayanthkumar) fall in love with each other but Pannaiyar refuses to marry them and humiliates Thambidurai. A vengeful Thambidurai then sneaks into Pannaiyar's house the night and he forcefully rapes Kaveri ([[Kaveri (Tamil actress)|Kaveri]]) thinking that she is Pannaiyar's daughter.


At the village court, Kaveri reveals that her elder sister was found dead a few months ago in this village so she has come to their village to find the culprit. Kaveri was kidnapped that night and the abductor put her in Pannaiyar's house. Thambidurai who went this way raped her. Pannaiyar orders Thambidurai to marry her immediately and he marries her in front of the villagers. Later, Thambidurai finds out that the serial killer and serial rapist is none than Pannaiyar and he exposes Pannaiyar's true face to the villagers. Overcome by embarrassment, Pannaiyar commits suicide by drowning.
At the village court, Kaveri reveals that her elder sister was found dead a few months ago in this village so she has come to their village to find the culprit. Kaveri was kidnapped that night and the abductor put her in Pannaiyar's house. Thambidurai who went this way raped her. Pannaiyar orders Thambidurai to marry her immediately and he marries her in front of the villagers. Later, Thambidurai finds out that the serial killer and serial rapist is none than Pannaiyar and he exposes Pannaiyar's true face to the villagers. Overcome by embarrassment, Pannaiyar commits suicide by drowning.


==Cast==
== Cast ==
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*[[Anandaraj]] as Thambidurai
*[[Anandaraj]] as Thambidurai
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==Soundtrack==
== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album|
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 5 tracks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pokkiri Thambi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pokkiri-thambi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1416900824 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111200037/https://music.apple.com/us/album/pokkiri-thambi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1416900824 |archive-date=11 November 2019 |access-date=6 January 2020 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pokkiri Thambi |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pokkiri-thambi/rdt4E8lrPDQ_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111200039/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pokkiri-thambi/rdt4E8lrPDQ_ |archive-date=11 November 2019 |access-date=6 January 2020 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref>
| name      = Pokkiri Thambi
 
| type      = [[soundtrack]]
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| extra_column = Singer(s)
| cover      =
| headline = Tracklist
| alt        =
| all_lyrics = Kalidasan
| released  = 1992
| total_length = 23:39
| recorded  = 1992
| title1 = Silu Silu
| venue      =
| extra1 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]]
| studio    =
| length1 = 4:41
| genre      = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| title2 = Marai Karumarai
| length    = 23:39
| extra2 = [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], K. S. Chithra
| label      = Super Recording Co Ltd
| length2 = 5:26
| producer  = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| title3 = Yei Mannula Urundu
| prev_title =
| extra3 = [[Swarnalatha]]
| prev_year  =
| length3 = 4:40
| next_title =
| title4 = Ootta Guduzhaila
| next_year  =
| extra4 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| length4 = 4:34
| title5 = Mattu Vandi
| extra5 = Malaysia Vasudevan
| length5 = 4:18
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The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 5 tracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pokkiri-thambi-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1416900824|title=Pokkiri Thambi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)&nbsp;- EP by Deva|access-date=6 January 2020|publisher=mio.to}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pokkiri-thambi/rdt4E8lrPDQ_|title=Pokkiri Thambi By Deva|access-date=6 January 2020|publisher=jiosaavn.com}}</ref>
== Reception ==
CRK of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' said Anandaraj dominated the film from beginning to end.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=சி.ஆர்.கே. |date=14 June 1992 |title=போக்கிரி தம்பி |url=https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1992/jun/14-06-1992/p53.jpg |url-status=live |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |language=ta |page=53 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506045434/https://kalkionline.com/kalkionline_archive/imagegallery/archiveimages/kalki/1992/jun/14-06-1992/p53.jpg |archive-date=6 May 2022 |access-date=6 May 2022}}</ref>


{{tracklist|
== References ==
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{{reflist}}
|headline = Tracklist
|all_lyrics=Kalidasan
|total_length=23:39
|title1=Silu Silu|extra1=[[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]]|length1=4:41
|title2=Marai Karumarai|extra2=[[Malaysia Vasudevan]], K. S. Chithra|length2=5:26
|title3=Yei Mannula Urundu|extra3=[[Swarnalatha]]|length3=4:40
|title4=Ootta Guduzhaila|extra4=[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]|length4=4:34
|title5=Mattu Vandi|extra5=Malaysia Vasudevan|length5=4:18
}}


==References==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 10:50, 6 May 2022

Pokkiri Thambi
Directed bySenthilnathan
Produced byVijaya Muralee
S. Selvi
P. Pandian
Written byS. Gajendra Kumar (dialogues)
Screenplay bySenthilnathan
Story byS. Gajendra Kumar
StarringAnandaraj
Kaveri
Music byDeva
CinematographyM. Kesavan
Edited byJ. Elango
Production
company
Kavi Bharathi Creations
Release date
  • 22 May 1992 (1992-05-22)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Pokkiri Thambi is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Senthilnathan. The film stars Anandaraj and Kaveri, with Vijayakumar, Janagaraj, Jayanthkumar, Balambika, Kumarimuthu, Bayilvan Ranganathan, Anuja, Kullamani, Boopathi Raja and King Kong playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 22 May 1992.[1][2]

Plot[edit]

In a remote village, many young women have mysteriously disappeared the night and their dead bodies are found the following day. Pannaiyar (Vijayakumar), the village chief, promises the villagers to find and punish the culprit. Thambidurai (Anandaraj) is an angry young man who works hard the day in Pannaiyar's farm and enjoys drinking arrack the night. He lives with his mother (V. R. Thilagam) and his sister Selvi (Balambika). Thereafter, Selvi and Pannaiyar's son Jayanthkumar (Jayanthkumar) fall in love with each other but Pannaiyar refuses to marry them and humiliates Thambidurai. A vengeful Thambidurai then sneaks into Pannaiyar's house the night and he forcefully rapes Kaveri (Kaveri) thinking that she is Pannaiyar's daughter.

At the village court, Kaveri reveals that her elder sister was found dead a few months ago in this village so she has come to their village to find the culprit. Kaveri was kidnapped that night and the abductor put her in Pannaiyar's house. Thambidurai who went this way raped her. Pannaiyar orders Thambidurai to marry her immediately and he marries her in front of the villagers. Later, Thambidurai finds out that the serial killer and serial rapist is none than Pannaiyar and he exposes Pannaiyar's true face to the villagers. Overcome by embarrassment, Pannaiyar commits suicide by drowning.

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 5 tracks.[3][4]

All lyrics written by Kalidasan. 

Tracklist
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Silu Silu"  Mano, K. S. Chithra 4:41
2. "Marai Karumarai"  Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra 5:26
3. "Yei Mannula Urundu"  Swarnalatha 4:40
4. "Ootta Guduzhaila"  S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:34
5. "Mattu Vandi"  Malaysia Vasudevan 4:18
Total length:
 23:39

Reception[edit]

CRK of Kalki said Anandaraj dominated the film from beginning to end.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "போக்கிரி தம்பி / Pokkiri Thambi (1992)". Screen4screen (in English and தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Pokkiri Thambi ( 1992 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pokkiri Thambi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Pokkiri Thambi". JioSaavn. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ↑ சி.ஆர்.கே. (14 June 1992). "போக்கிரி தம்பி". Kalki (in தமிழ்). p. 53. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

External links[edit]

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