Pokkiri Thambi

Pokkiri Thambi
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Directed by	Senthilnathan
Screenplay by	Senthilnathan
Story by	S. Gajendra Kumar
Produced by	Vijaya Muralee S. Selvi P. Pandian
Starring	Anandaraj Kaveri
Cinematography	M. Kesavan
Edited by	J. Elango
Music by	Deva
Production company	Kavi Bharathi Creations
Release date	22 May 1992 (1992-05-22)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Pokkiri Thambi (transl. Rogue brother) 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. It was released on 22 May 1992.[1][2]

Plot

In a remote village, many young women have mysteriously disappeared at night and their dead bodies found the following day. Pannaiyar, the village chief, promises the villagers to find and punish the culprit. Thambidurai is an angry young man who works hard during the day in Pannaiyar's farm and enjoys drinking arrack in the night. He lives with his mother and his sister Selvi. Thereafter, Selvi and Pannaiyar's son Jayanthkumar fall in love but Pannaiyar refuses to marry them and humiliates Thambidurai. A vengeful Thambidurai then sneaks into Pannaiyar's house at night and he forcefully rapes 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

• Anandaraj as Thambidurai
• Kaveri as Kaveri
• Vijayakumar as Pannaiyar
• Janagaraj as Rajamani
• Jayanthkumar as Jayanthkumar
• Balambika as Selvi
• Kumarimuthu as Villager
• Bayilvan Ranganathan as Villager
• Anuja as Irulayee
• Kullamani as Villager
• Boopathi Raja as Maruthu
• King Kong as Thambidurai's friend
• Varalakshmi as Lakshmi
• V. R. Thilagam as Thambidurai's mother
• Pasi Sathya
• Surekha
• Premi as Villager
• Usha Priya as Victim's mother
• Lalitha Kumari as Maruthu's sister
• Senthilnathan as Periya Karuppu

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva.[3][4]

All lyrics are written by Kalidasan

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(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 Kudisakkulla"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:34
5.	"Mattu Vandi"	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:18
Total length:			23:39

Reception

C. R. K. of Kalki said Anandaraj dominated the film from beginning to end.[5]

References

1. "போக்கிரி தம்பி / Pokkiri Thambi (1992)". Screen 4 Screen. 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. January 1992. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
5. சி.ஆர்.கே. (14 June 1992). "போக்கிரி தம்பி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 53. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.

External links

• Pokkiri Thambi at IMDb