''Pattaya Kelappanum Pandiya'' is a 2014

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film directed by S. P. Rajkumar and produced by M. Ani Muthu. It stars

Vidharth Vidharth is an Indian actor, appearing in Tamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was in ''Mynaa'' (2010), which became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Productions titled ''Mudhal ...

Manisha Yadav Manisha Yadav (born 11 June 1992) is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in the Tamil film industry. She is best known for her lead role as "Aarthi", a 12th grade student in the 2012 Tamil film '' Vazhakku Enn 18/9'' which first introdu ...

, and Soori in the lead roles. The music was composed by

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with cinematography by S. S. Murthy and editing by K. Thanigachalam. The film released on 5 September 2014.

Plot

The plot revolves around a minibus driver named Velpandiyan (

) and a conductor named Muthupandi ( Soori) and how romance evolves with Kanmani (

) on the bus.

Cast

as Velpandiyan *

as Kanmani * Soori as Muthupandi *

Kovai Sarala Kovai Sarala is an Indian actress and comedian, who prominently plays supporting roles in Tamil and Telugu films. She has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian three times, for her performances in '' Sathi Leelavathi'' (1995), '' ...

as Velpandiyan and Muthupandi's mother *

Ilavarasu Ilavarasu is an Indian cinematographer and actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a cinematographer and worked for 13 films, winning a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for one of them. He, however, became better known ...

as Velpandiyan and Muthupandi's father *

Imman Annachi Imman Annachi (born 13 may 1970) is an Indian actor, television presenter, politician and comedian who has appeared in character roles in various Tamil films. Career Imman Annachi made his debut hosting a show named ''Konjam Arattai Konjam Se ...

as Bus Owner *Vijay Anand as Saravanan * Mohana as Kanmani's friend *

Muthukaalai Muthukaalai is an Indian actor, comedian who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Early life and career Muthukaalai was born in Rajapalayam and dreamt of becoming of a Stunt Choreographer. He attained black belt in Karate at the age of 18. He ...

as Krish * T. P. Gajendran as Doctor *

Lollu Sabha Manohar Lollu Sabha Manohar is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil cinema. He started his career with the television show ''Lollu Sabha'' alongside other comedians, including Santhanam. Career Manohar first garnered attention through ...

as Hospital Attender *Kottachi as passenger ridiculing bus driver *

Halwa Vasu Vasu, popularly known as Halwa Vasu, (died 17 August 2017) was a comedian in the Tamil film industry in India. He worked in around 900 films. Career Vasu who hailed from Madurai district, came to Chennai to work in cinemas after his graduati ...

Jayaprakash V. Jayaprakash is an Indian actor and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu-language films. He ventured into film business in the early 2000s as a producer, making several films under his banner GJ Cinema and later turned actor, with Cheran's ...

(cameo appearance) *

Sangili Murugan Sangili Murugan, is an Indian actor, screenwriter and producer. During the 1980s and 1990s, he was an actor doing negative and supporting roles in Tamil films. He has also worked as production controller in a number of films. His birth name is M ...

(cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, who earlier composed for a film called '' Potta Potti''. * "Yen Vizhunthai" –

Swetha Mohan Shweta Mohan (born 19 November 1985) is an Indian playback singer. She has received four Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Award and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She has recorded more than 700 son ...

Abhay Jodhpurkar Abhay Jodhpurkar is an Indian singer born in Madhya Pradesh. He debuted as a playback singer with the Kannada film Godfather (2012 film), God Father in 2012. He is best known for his song "Moongil Thottam", a duet with Harini (singer), Harini f ...

* "Urula Urulakizhangu" - Tippu * "Sollamale" -

Vijay Prakash Vijay Prakash (born 21 February 1976) is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada and Telugu language films. In addition, he has also sung in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam an ...

* "Seerivarum" -

Velmurugan Velmurugan is a Tamil film playback singer. He is known for folk songs including Madura in ''Subramaniapuram'' and Aadungada in ''Naadodigal'' and Otha Sollala in ''Aadukalam''. He considers being called by James Vasanthan James Vasanthan i ...

Mukesh Mohamed Mukesh Mohamed (earlier called Mukesh) is an Indian playback singer who is known for his mass-style singing. As a versatile singer, he sings melody, folk and gana songs. He has sung more than 500 film songs in various Indian languages. He has also ...

* "Nachu Nachu" - Ranjith,

Priya Himesh Priya Himesh (also credited as Priya Hemesh) is an Indian playback singer. She sings predominantly in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Odia movies. She has sung more than 200 songs working with many leading music directors like Illayara ...

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to

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Critical reception

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'' gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "''Pattaya Kelappanum Pandiyaa'' is very much a film from the 1990s. The problem is that it hews closer to the dreary ones from the decade. It is the kind of film that stops for the director to utter a punchline to a joke before displaying his name in the credit". ''

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

'' wrote, "The narration could have been crisper towards the latter part. ''Pattaya...'' may not have the best of screenplays, but it’s a fairly watchable and a clean wholesome family entertainer thanks to humour quotient". Onlykollywood wrote: "''Pattaiya Kelapanum Paandiya'' is just another Tamil film which glorifies barbaric stalking in the first half and renders an atrocious justification in the second half. The only saving grace in the film is its occasional situational comedies appearing out of nowhere".

References

External links

* 2014 films Indian comedy films 2010s Tamil-language films Films directed by S. P. Rajkumar 2014 comedy films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub