| Pirivom Santhippom | |
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| Directed by | Karu Pazhaniappan |
| Starring | Sneha Cheran Jayaram Kanja Karuppu Devadarshini M. S. Bhaskar |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Release date(s) | 14 January 2008 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | 20 crores |
Pirivom Santhippom (English: We'll disunite, We'll reunite) is a 2008 Tamil movie starring Sneha and Cheran in the lead roles and it is about the life of a young couple in a joint family with the Nattukottai Nagarathar Chettiar community located in Karaikudi, TN. This was another grape wine for Sneha as this was completely a heroine centric film. Directed by Karu Pazhaniappan, was released on the eve of Pongal was a Sleeper hit at the box office.Sneha won many awards for her excellent performance in this movie.
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Unusually, this is not a movie dominated by a male protagonist. Instead, it chooses to revolve around the life of Sala (short for Visalatchi) played by Sneha, who when the movie begins is about to complete her master's degree. The only daughter of her parents, she marries into a joint family of assorted uncles, aunts and children, apart from her in-laws. When she moves out along with her husband from a house full of relatives into a house with nobody to speak to, the loneliness begins to slowly get to her. Cheran never notices his wife's abnormality. Sneha slowly becomes a Psycho, who repairs her fridge, fan and other equipments in her house and calls electrician played by Kanja Karuppu and talks with him, to overcome her loneliness. She then starts recording the various sounds that reaches her ears, like birds chirping, leaves waving in air, in to a tape recorder. This abnormality turns violent when she tries to record a child's laughter, which causes a stroke to the child and the child turns immobile, which frightens Sneha. But the child regains its normal state after treatment. Jayaram who comes as a doctor, finds her abnormality and warns Cheran. But it turns too late that Sneha unknowingly consumes too many sleeping pills to overcome her loneliness. Then Jayaram advices Cheran to take Sneha back to their joint family when they discover Sneha is pregnant.. So does Cheran and they lead a happy life.
This loneliness gives Palaniappan the space he needs to make his commentary on family, particularly the Tamil family and "our way of living".
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sneha | Visalatchi |
| Cheran | Natesan |
| Jayaram | Doctor |
| Kanja Karuppu | Electrician |
Initially, Kamalini Mukherjee was casted in the lead role, but she was not able to emote well and as she was alien to Tamil tradition, she was replaced by Sneha.
The film opened to highly positive reviews. This movie was a Pongal release and compared to all other big releases, this film won the best and Sneha's acting was appreciated a lot. This did a reasonable business at the box office by completing 100 days. It was a surprise hit.
The movie's background score and soundtracks are composed by Vidyasagar. The album gained popularity after the movie's release.
| No. | Song Title | Singers | Lyricist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kandaen Kandaen | Karthik, Swetha Mohan | Yugabharathi |
| 2 | Soll Soll | Balaram | Yugabharathi |
| 3 | Kandum Kanamal | Sadhana Sargam | Yugabharathi |
| 4 | Medhuva Medhuva | Karthik , Harini | Kabilan |
| 5 | Iru Vizhiyo | Saindhavi, Vineeth Srinivasan | Jayantha |
| 6 | Nenjathilae | Shreya Ghoshal, Jayaram | Yugabharathi |
Sneha won many awards for her excellent performance in this movie. They are listed below:
1. Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
2. ITFA Award
3. Benze Award for Best Actress
4. Vijay Award for Best Actress
5. Ritz Award for Best Actress
6. Meera Tamil Music Award for Best Actress in a Song Sequence
7. 58th Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress 2008
8. Nominated for Film Fare Best Actress Award
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