''Krishnaveni Panjaalai'' is an Indian

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written and directed by debutant Dhanapal Padmanabhan, the film has Hemachandran, Nandana, M. S. Bhaskar,

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and Bala Singh among others in lead roles. The film is set in the backdrop of the 1980s and is about the lives of workers in a cotton mill. Music is by

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'' fame. The movie is released on 8 June 2012.

Plot

Kadir (Hemachandran) and Poonkothai (Nandana) are cotton mill workers in

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. Their affection grows into love but once the mill closes down following a strike, life gets hard for them and everyone working along with them.

Cast

* Hemachandran as Kathir * Nandana as Poonkothai * M. S. Bhaskar *

as Krishnamoorthy *

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Release

''The Times of India'' gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half out of five stars and stated that "Krishnaveni Panjaalai works in parts and could have been more engaging had its screenplay been more tightly knit." A critic from the Hindu wrote that "It is in the screenplay that Dhanapal falters. Scenes end abruptly and stand as separate strands without cohesion". ''India Today'' noted that "The climax of the film is very emotional and touches a chord. However, the screenplay could have been better".

References

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