''Pappali'' () is a 2014 Indian

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-language film directed by A. Govindamoorthy. It stars

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and

Ishaara Nair Ishaara Nair is an Indian actress who has worked in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. Career Ishaara Nair made her debut through the drama film, ''Venmegam'' (2014) and before the film's release, she had secured four more film offers. Tho ...

in the lead roles, while

Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's ''Nayakan'' (1987) and went on to play lead roles fr ...

, Singampuli and

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play supporting roles. The film, which has music composed by

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, was released on 11 July 2014.

Cast

as Karthik *

as Subbalakshmi *

* Ilavarasu *

* Singampuli *

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* Nirosha

Production

Govindamurthy, who had previously directed ''

Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar ''Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar'' is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by A. Govindamoorthy. the song lyrics are penned by Yugabharathi and Vijay Sagar. It stars Karan, Meenakshi and Vadivelu. The film earned mixed r ...

'' (2007) and ''

Vedigundu Murugesan ''Vedigundu Murugesan'' () is a 2009 Tamil-language comedy film directed by A. Govindamoorthy. It stars Pasupathy, Jyothirmayi and Deepa Shankar. The music was composed by Dhina. The film released on 17 July 2009 and received positive reviews fo ...

'' (2009), approached the producers with a script and they readily agreed to produce the venture after listening to his narration. He revealed that the team signed on

and

Ishara Nair Ishaara Nair is an Indian actress who has worked in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. Career Ishaara Nair made her debut through the drama film, '' Venmegam'' (2014) and before the film's release, she had secured four more film offers. Tho ...

to work on the film, as the team could not afford bigger stars and could not afford to wait for their dates. The songs of the film were released in March 2014.

Release

The film opened to poor reviews in July 2014, with a critic from Sify.com noting that the film "is a crude and crass comedy laced with sentiments", adding the "film lacks technical finesse and is difficult to sit through". New Indian Express wrote "The first half with its crude comedy, jarring at times, leads one to believe that the film would be a mindless comic caper. But the latter part makes up for it, taking a total about-turn" praising the message of the film.

References

2014 films 2010s Tamil-language films Films directed by A. Govindamoorthy {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub