''Goripalayam'' is a 2010 Indian

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'' fame Rasu Madhuravan. The film stars

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, Harish, Ramakrishnan of '' Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum'' fame,

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's son

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, and Poongodi. The film released on 7 May 2010 to moderate responses.

Plot

Azhagar ( Harish), the son of a police constable, is tempted to take bad habits, seeing his father in his younger days. Azhagar, along with his friends A to Z ( Ramakrishnan), Azhagappa (

), and Inippu Murugan (Prakash), leads a carefree life by involving in petty crimes. Unfortunately, they hold responsibility in Viruman's (

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) sister's death. In a bid to take revenge on them, Viruman hires a contract killer named Paandi (

), who is in the business, only to educate his young brother. What happens after this forms the climax.

Cast

as Paandi * Harish as Azhagar * Ramakrishnan as A to Z *

as Azhagappan * Prakash as Inippu Murugan * Poongodi as Poomayilu * Swasika as Parvathy * Jagarthi Agarwal as Vijayalakshmi *

as Viruman *

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as Karutha Pandi *

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as M. G. R. Chinnasamy *

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as Moovendhan * K. P. Jagannath as Sangu Ganesan * Rajkapoor *

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as Retired rowdy * Alex as Kazhuvanadhan * Sujibala as Rani * Laksha * Jayalakshmi

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

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. ''Behindwoods'' wrote "Sabesh-Murali duo deserves a pat for sticking to sensible and gentle percussive usage for this ‘rural-themed’ story".

Reception

''Sify'' wrote "Like all? made in Madurai? films, it is another gory tale that traces the story of four youngsters who have gone astray due to parental neglect at an early age. .Madurai films seems to be losing steam as the subject and treatment is the same in film after film since Sasikumar?s pathbreaking Subramaniapuram happened in 2008". ''Behindwoods'' wrote "Goripalayam could have been a sensible and sensitive film about how societal negligence can be a breeding opportunity for the unwanted".

References

External links

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