''Poovukkul Boogambam'' () is a 1988 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

-language action war film written, produced and directed by

Thiagarajan Thiagarajan Sivanandam (born 21 June 1946) is an Indian actor, director and producer in Tamil cinema. Beside Tamil, he has also acted in several Malayalam and Kannada films and a few Telugu films. He is the father of Tamil actor Prashanth and t ...

, making his directorial debut. The film stars himself and Parvathy alongside

B. Saroja Devi Bangalore Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. She acted in around 200 films in over six decades. She is known by the epithets "''Abhinaya Saraswathi''" (Saraswathi of ac ...

and

Charan Raj Charan Raj is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi movies. Career Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South Indian ...

in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by

S. P. Venkatesh S. P. Venkatesh (also credited as Sangeetharajan; born 5 March 1955) is an Indian music director and composer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He was at his prime in the late 80s and 90s, being reputed for his background scores and songs ...

, credited as Sangeetharajan. The film was released on 13 April 1988.

Plot

Cast

* Parvathy *

Janagaraj Janagaraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in over 200 films predominantly in Tamil cinema as a comedian or in supporting roles. He also starred in few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. Early life Janagaraj was born to Vadivelu and Muthul ...

Production

The film marked the production and directorial debut of Thiagarajan who also appeared in the lead role. Inspired by an article of real-life military officer Sundarji, Thiagarajan decided to write script on it. Thiagarajan held shooting in an army camp near Faizabad along with nearly 3,500 soldiers and also shot at military centres near New Delhi after obtaining permission from Indian Army. Khushbu was originally chosen as the lead actress, but she was later replaced by Parvathy.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by

, credited as Sangeetharajan.

Release and reception

''Poovukkul Boogambam'' was released on 13 April 1988. N. Krishnaswamy of ''

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'' in his review dated 15 April 1988 noted that Thiagarajan is accountable for the film's merits and drawbacks and also stated the script "is very clearly unable to cope up with the conflict ic. He however appreciated the film's music and photography. Jayamanmadhan of '' Kalki'' wrote that, by taking an average plot and adding the word Army Army before every sentence of the story, Thiagarajan has made an earthquake within the flower.

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* {{IMDb title, id=3422392 1980s action war films 1980s Tamil-language films 1988 directorial debut films 1988 films Films scored by S. P. Venkatesh Indian action war films