Purampokku Engira Podhuvudamai is an Indian Tamil police procedural thriller film co-produced, written and directed by S. P. Jananathan, which stars Arya, Shaam, Vijay Sethupathi and Karthika Nair. Also produced by UTV Motion Pictures, the film features cinematography by N. K. Ekambaram and a score by Srikanth Deva, while the soundtrack was composed by newcomer Varshan. The film, which was earlier titled Purampokku, a term used for a piece of land that is common to all, revolves around the relevance of capital punishment in a democratic and free society. The film released on 15 May 2015.
Jananathan revealed that the film would be a political action thriller with Arya portraying role as a social and financial analyst, while Vijay Sethupathi would appear as a railway Khalasi. Posters released from the production unit revealed Arya with a resemblance of Bhagat Singh. In December 2013, Karthika Nair was signed to play the lead female role, as she could speak Tamil fluently and had to share screen space with two tall heroes. Her role was said to be an action-packed one where she would perform her stunt sequences herself. Jananathan stated that though there are two heroes in the film, there will be just one heroine. Later Shaam, who earlier appeared in director’s debut film Iyarkai (2003), was selected to play the role of police officer…
Directed by S. P. Jananathan
Produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur & S. P. Jananathan
Written by S. P. Jananathan
Screenplay by Roghanth
Starring Arya, Shaam, Vijay Sethupathi, Karthika Nair
Music by Varshan (soundtrack) Srikanth Deva (score)
Cinematography N. K. Ekambaram
Edited by N. Ganesh Kumar
Production Binary Pictures & UTV Motion Pictures
Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures
Release dates 15 May 2015 [1]
Running time 159 Minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
