Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram

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Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram
Directed by Suresh Krishna
Produced by Ramprasad
Written by Prem
Starring Dhanush,
Meera Jasmine,
Archana,
Santhanam,
Monisha
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Release date(s) 2007
Running time 137 mins
Language Tamil

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram is a Tamil-language movie, was set to be directed by Raju Sundaram but is now been replaced by Suresh Krishna and is set to be released in 2007. It stars Dhanush in the lead role and he is supported by Meera Jasmine and Archana. The music was is set to be rendered by Yuvan Shankar Raja. It is a remake of Kannada flick, Jogi.

The movie revolved around a woman who comes to the city from her village in search of her presumably lost son.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The film is basically narrated in a non-linear fashion, with the use of multiple flashbacks. In the opening scene, a dreaded underworld don is brutally hacked to death by an unknown assailant. The police arrive at the crime scene and arrest the murderer. The murder is releaved to be the handiwork of a novice, Parattai alias Azhagu Sundaram (Dhanush), who works in a roadside tea stall.

In the meantime, the news about the murder reaches the echelons of the underworld. A rival gang of the slain don bails out Azhagu from the lock-up and requests him to be their leader. Azhagu rejects their offer and goes back to his tea stall. An inquisitive trainee journalist (Meera Jasmine) is eager to know about Azhagu and requests an appointment from him. Despite trailing Azhagu for several days, she is unable to interview him. Subsequently, the reporter meets an old woman (Archana) from a remote village, who has come in search of her lost son. After listening to her story, the reporter assures the woman that she will track out her son.

In the flashback, it is revealed that the old lady's son is none other than Azhagu. Azhagu originally hailed from a village called as Singanallur and lived with his father and mother. His father earned his living as a Parattai - a wandering minstrel, who went from one household to another and collected alms. Due to the strenuous workload, he falls ill and dies. Enticed by his childhood friend, who flaunts his success, Azhagu decides to try his luck in the city. However, in the city, he gets tangled with anti-social elements and ends up in jail. His anxious mother comes to the city in search of him.

Spoilers end here.