''Palakkattu Madhavan'' (aka ''Palakkad Madhavan'') is a 2015

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film written and directed by M Chandramohan and produced by TCM. The film stars

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and

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in the lead roles, while

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essays a supporting role.

Plot

Palakattu Madhavan (

) is a lazy, irresponsible man. Embarrassed that his wife Lakshmi (

) earns more than he does, he quits his job out of spite. He then adopts the old woman Pattu Maami (

) as a surrogate mother because she offers to pay cash for the opportunity. The character "Palakkattu Madhavan" is also an acknowledgement of a character with the same name in the movie ''

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'' starring

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and

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Cast

as Palakattu Madhavan *

as Lakshmi *

as Pattu Maami *

Rajendran A. Rajendran,(born 1 June 1957) credited as Motta Rajendran or ''Naan Kadavul'' Rajendran, is an Indian stunt double and actor working mainly in Tamil cinema. He debuted in 2003 with the Tamil film '' Pithamagan'' and has worked as a stunt doub ...

as U. Santosh Kumar * Aarthi as Kokilla Maami *

Swaminathan Lollu Sabha Swaminathan (born 31 January 1959) an Indian actor and comedian on working in the Tamil film and media industry. He appeared in prominent roles in Vijay TV's satiric series ''Lollu Sabha'' before becoming a full fledged actor in Tam ...

as Vichu Maama * Cell Murugan as Chittukuruvi *

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as Suppudu *

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as Madhavan's boss *

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as Samuthirapandian *

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as Pattu Maami's son *

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as Lingusamy / "Link" Samy * T. P. Gajendran as Kuberan Travels Owner *

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as Minister's PA *

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(special appearance)

Production

The film began production in June 2014, with M Chandramohan opting to direct a film to be produced by TCM starring

in the lead role.

Reception

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'' gave the film four out of five stars, noting the film engages the audience due to the presence of actor

in the lead role. ''

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'' generally praised the film but declared its writing somewhat weak and wrote " e entire first half is wasted with redundant scenes that try to tell us what a lazy person Madhavan is." A flaw was noted in writer/director M Chandramohan not developing his characters and letting them remain caricatures. Also, a lack of consistency in their behaviors prevented viewers from caring about them as much as was wished, and it was disliked that the director repeatedly had actor Vivek break the

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for the sake of comedy. The film collected in

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on first day turning out to be a disappointment. The film collected in the Box Office.

Soundtrack

Music is composed by Srikanth Deva.

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has sung "Uchimela" for which Vivek wrote the lyrics.

References

External links

* * {{Official facebook page, PalakkattuMadhavanOfficial 2015 films 2010s Tamil-language films Indian comedy films Films scored by Srikanth Deva 2015 comedy films