| Pokkisham | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Cheran |
| Produced by | P. Shanmugam |
| Written by | Cheran |
| Starring | Cheran Padmapriya Aryan Rajesh Vijayakumar |
| Music by | Sabesh Murali |
| Release date(s) | 2009 |
| Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Pokkisham (Tamil: பொக்கிஷம், Pokkiṣam ?, English: Treasure) is a 2009 Tamil-language film directed by Cheran. The feature flopped miserably the box office compared to Cheran's previous work, Autograph due to the slow pace of the movie. Movie dubbed by Meena and Prasanna.[1]
This movie's concept was partially taken from the 1995 romantic Hollywood film The Bridges of Madison County, directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Way back in 1970, a marine engineer Lenin (Cheran) from Calcutta comes across a Nagore girl Nadheera (Padmapriya). Started with friendship, later seeded with love, Lenin mails a letter once a month. When Lenin came to Nagore, he was disappointed and sad as Nadheera and her family left the place after selling their home. Years later, Mahesh (Aryan Rajesh), son of Lenin, found his father's hidden life from reading his diary. With help from his friend Shamsudeen (Ajai.R), He marches his way to find Nadheera and deliver the letter to her. He comes to know that Nadheera has shifted to Malaysia after marriage. He goes to Malaysia to meet her. Once he reaches her house, he is greeted by Nadheera's son who welcomes him to the house. Nadheera is now very old and asks Mahesh as to who he is and how does he know her? He replies saying he is Lenin's son and also informs her her that his father died few years back. Nadheera is grief stricken. Mahesh gives her Lenin's last few letters which he could not post because he did not have Nadheera's address. In those letters, Lenin has spoken about his journey to find Nadheera after she and her family shifted from Nagore. He describes his pain and grief over not knowing about her situation during those days, and also about his father who coaxed him to marry another girl, how is now wife is very understanding. Nadheera then drops Mahesh to the airport and while on the way she request him to let her talk to his mother. Nadheera and Mahesh's mother exchange good notes and then she finally drops him to the airport. While coming back, she is talking to her herself as well as to Lenin saying that she had to marry for her father and also she punished his father by not being in touch with him over the years and also apologises to Lenin.[2]