Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan

Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan (English: Saravanan from Pudukottai) is a 2004 Indian Tamil film, written and directed by S. S. Stanley, starring Dhanush and newcomer Aparna Pillai in lead roles. The music, scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, was the major highlight of the film. After this film Dhanush was called as the Indian Bruce Lee. The film was released on 14 January 2004, coinciding with Thai Pongal.

Cast

• Dhanush as Saravanan
• Aparna as Shalini
• Karunas as Vimal
• Shasha Sri
• Peter Hein
• V. Swaminathan
• V. Gnanavel
• M. Kabaar

Crew

• Story, Screenplay, Dialogues & Direction: S. S. Stanley
• Production: S. K. Krishnakanth
• Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
• Cinematography: Ramesh G.
• Editing: G. R. Anil Malnad
• Art direction: T. Santhanam
• Choreography: Dinesh
• Stunts: Peter Hein
• Stills: 'Stills' V. Vijay
• Lyrics: Pa. Vijay, Thamarai, Na. Muthukumar & Snehan
• Banner: Indian Theatre Production

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and released on 4 December 2003, features 6 tracks and was hailed as the highight of the film. Yuvan Shankar Raja himself sang two songs and hero Dhanush sang the song 'Naatu Sarakku', debuting as a playback singer as well. Lyrics were penned by Pa. Vijay, Thamarai, Snehan and Na. Muthukumar.

Trivia

• It was the first Tamil film after MGR's 1973 Tamil film Ulagam Sutrum Valiban to be shot in Thailand. The film was shot also in Singapore, Malaysia, Burma and Pulicat in Thiruvallur District, India.

References

Box office

• The film ran for 100 days and grossed $2 million at the box office.