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Pudhupettai is a film of genre Drama directed by Selvaraghavan with Dhanush
Pudhupettai (2006)
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Add to a movie listPudhupettai (Tamil: புதுப்பேட்டை English: New Hood/Area) is a 2006 Indian Tamil gangster film written and directed by Selvaraghavan, starring his brother Dhanush in the lead, whilst Sneha and Sonia Agarwal enact the lead female character roles. The film, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by Arvind Krishna, Selvaraghavan's usual crew members, released on 26 May 2006, receiving universal critical acclaim for the music and picturisation and ending up a box office success. The film was dubbed into Telugu and released as Dhoolpeta.
Synopsis
The story is set in the backdrop of the slums of Pudhupettai in Chennai, as the title suggests, where a high school kid Kokki Kumar (Dhanush) sees his mom dead after he comes back from watching a film. His father, the murderer is also planning to kill his son Kumar. Kumar sensing danger runs away from home. Homeless and with no food Kumar resorts to begging until he is falsely arrested while standing by and watching a commotion on the street. In jail he befriends handymen of a local goon who take Kumar with them and give him petty jobs to do. In a confrontation with goons of another gang Kumar kills the brother of his enemy gang's head Murthy thus earning the respect of his gang and making enemies for himself both within his gang and outside.Actors
Dhanush
('Kokki' Kumar)
Sneha
(Krishnaveni)
Sonia Agarwal
(Selvi)
Vijay Sethupathi
(Anbu's Henchman)
Bala Singh
(Anbu)
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