''Sindhu Samaveli'' () is a 2010 Tamil-language
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erotic thriller
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film written and directed by
Samy. The film stars debutants
Harish Kalyan
Harish Kalyan (born 29 June 1990) is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films and also appeared in a few Telugu language films. He made his acting debut in ''Sindhu Samaveli'' (2010) opposite debutante Amala Paul, ...
,
Amala Paul
Amala Paul (born 26 October 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Telugu cinema, Telugu films. She made her acting debut by appearing in a supporting role in the Malayalam-language ...
, and Ghajini. The music was composed by
Sundar C Babu Sundar (Devanagari: सुन्दर) is an adjective signifying attractive, beautiful, good, handsome or nice. It has its origin in Sanskrit language. The word is also used as names of people by speakers of languages branching off of Indo-Aryan l ...
.
The film became Samy's third controversial film in succession, achieving an "A" certificate upon censor following ''
Uyir
''Uyir'' ( en, Soul, italic=yes) is a 2006 Tamil erotic thriller film written and directed by Samy. Starring Srikanth, Sangeetha and Samvrutha Sunil, the film revolves around a woman who falls in love with her brother-in-law after the demise ...
'' and ''
Mirugam
Mirugam () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Samy. The film stars debutant Aadhi and Padmapriya. The music was composed by Sabesh–Murali with editing by Suresh Urs and cinematography by Ramnath Shetty. The fil ...
''. Upon release, the film met with contrasting reviews, whilst some critics refused to give the film a rating, declaring their disgust at the film's plot.
The film released on 3 September 2010 and did poorly at the box office.
The lead actress, Amala Paul, was given the stage name Anaka by Samy.
Plot
Anbu (
Harish Kalyan
Harish Kalyan (born 29 June 1990) is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films and also appeared in a few Telugu language films. He made his acting debut in ''Sindhu Samaveli'' (2010) opposite debutante Amala Paul, ...
) is a brilliant student in a village school in the Kanyakumari area. His mother teaches in the same school, and his father Veerasami (Ghajini) is a CRPF soldier in Assam. His classmate Sundari (
Amala Paul
Amala Paul (born 26 October 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Telugu cinema, Telugu films. She made her acting debut by appearing in a supporting role in the Malayalam-language ...
), who is elder to him by three years, falls for him. One day, Veerasami gets injured in a militant attack and takes voluntary retirement and comes back to the village. Veerasami dotes on his family, especially his son, but tragedy strikes as his wife dies from a snakebite. Both father and son are devastated. Anbu decides to fulfill his mother's dream of becoming a teacher. Around this time, Veerasami and other relatives pressure Anbu into marrying Sundari. The newlyweds are together for hardly a month before they are separated as Anbu has to go to the teachers' training school. Sundari is left in the house to look after her father-in-law.
Veerasami longs for a sexual companion after his wife's death and starts lusting after Sundari. Being in close quarters with Sundari and with Anbu absent, he fantasises about having sex with her. After rescuing her from a fall from a boat, he tries to have sex with the unconscious Sundari. But regaining consciousness soon, she is shocked and covers herself up. Unable to control his urge, he has sex with Sundari on the boat. After this incident, Veerasami tries to kill himself but is stopped by Sundari, stating that she also partook in the act. They ignore the incident and try to live a normal life. Veerasami starts to drink heavily and sleeps outside regularly. One day, Sundari invites him inside and provides food. This time, Sundari, aroused by the previous incident, is the first to seduce Veerasami. After having sex multiple times, the father-in-law and daughter-in-law are now comfortable with the new illicit relationship. They start going out for movies together. Sundari provides Veerasami with alcohol when he needs it, cooks food, and performs the sexual favours that he needs. In turn, Veerasami buys Sundari kinky clothes and watches her wear them.
One day Anbu returns to find learn the bitter truth. He tries to engage in sex with Sundari, but she avoids him. The father and son are now vying for the same woman. Sundari becomes heartbroken and commits suicide after reading an article written by Anbu where he mentions that he suspects a relationship between Sundari and Veerasami but hopes that Sundari remains faithful to him and that he loves her deeply. After Sundari's death, Anbu gets feeling of called under a tree where it is written camera. The scene shifts to a boat in which Anbu and his father are both drinking. The scene shifts back showing Anbu taking out the camera where a recording shows Sundari confessing it was all because his father raped her that she lost herself and had illegal relations and she does not have any quality to live with a loving Anbu and thus turns her head to a railway track where a train is running. Enraged by all this, Anbu plans to kill his father. Anbu asks his father why he did not feel wrong while lusting for Sundari, to which he replies that Sundari was very beautiful and he feels sad that he shaved his head with Anbu and it was good that his wife died earlier. He also points out that if Sundari cheated on Anbu, then what was the possibility that his wife did not cheat on him while he was serving in the military. Hearing this, Anbu gets enrages and starts stabbing the boat. The boat gets filled with water. Anbu, in his mind, tells his father that an animal like him should die and leaves him alone, who was drinking whiskey and gets inebriated. Anbu jumps out of the sinking boat and swims to shore, while the boat with the unconscious father drifts further to the sea.
Cast
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Harish Kalyan
Harish Kalyan (born 29 June 1990) is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films and also appeared in a few Telugu language films. He made his acting debut in ''Sindhu Samaveli'' (2010) opposite debutante Amala Paul, ...
as Anbu
*
Amala Paul
Amala Paul (born 26 October 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Telugu cinema, Telugu films. She made her acting debut by appearing in a supporting role in the Malayalam-language ...
as Sundari
* Ghajini as Veerasami
* Fahad Nasar as Anbu's schoolmate
*
Ganja Karuppu
Ganja Karuppu is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in comedy roles in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Bala's '' Pithamagan'' (2003), Ganja Karuppu experienced success in the late 2000s with his roles in '' Raam'' (2005), ...
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by
Sundar C Babu Sundar (Devanagari: सुन्दर) is an adjective signifying attractive, beautiful, good, handsome or nice. It has its origin in Sanskrit language. The word is also used as names of people by speakers of languages branching off of Indo-Aryan l ...
.
Release
''The Times of India'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "You can only be thankful that the film is not crude. Finally, excellent camera work by Utpal V Nayanar. Art work by Thotta Tharani stands out".
References
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* {{IMDb name, 9382569
2010 films
2010 thriller drama films
Films about adultery in India
Films based on works by Ivan Turgenev
2010s Tamil-language films
Films scored by Sundar C. Babu
2010 drama films
Indian thriller drama films