Poovum Puyalum

1988 Indian film

Sivakumar
Charan Raj
Radhika

CinematographyIndu ChakravarthyEdited byD. Shyam MukherjeeMusic byS. A. Rajkumar

Production
company

Semba Movies

Release date

10 March 1988 (1988-03-10)

CountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Poovum Puyalum (transl. The flower and the storm) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by Madhampatty Sivakumar, who also wrote the story. The film stars Sivakumar, Charan Raj and Radhika. It was released on 10 March 1988.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Sivakumar as Muthulingam
Charan Raj as Vijay
Radhika as Indhu
Senthamarai
Senthil
Nassar
Madhuri
Vairam Krishnamoorthy
Omakuchi Narasimhan
Senji Krishnan
S. Shankar as student (uncredited)^[2]
Sathyan as boy in the song "Vaa Thambi"^[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, who also wrote all the lyrics.^[4]^[5]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Manmathane"	S. P. Sailaja
2.	"Thalattum"	S. A. Rajkumar
3.	"Vaa Thambi"	Malaysia Vasudevan, chorus
4.	"Vadathukku"	Uma Ramanan
5.	"Eruthe"	K. S. Chithra

Reception

Jayamanmadhan (a duo) negatively reviewed the film for Kalki, panning Radhika's character's Tamil accent while also panning Senthil and Narasimhan's humour. The duo said the film is a must watch for people wanting to write a thesis on how to waste Radhika, Madhuri and Charan Raj's acting prowess while also finding the climax rushed.^[6]

References

^ "Poovum Puyalum (1988)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ Gurusamy, Pandeeswari (17 August 2023). "HBD Shankar: திரையில் பிரம்மாண்டம் காட்டிய இயக்குநர் சங்கர் பிறந்த நாள் இன்று". Hindustan Times (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ Poovum Puyalum (motion picture) (in Tamil). Semba Movies. 1988. From 27:19 to 27:24.
^ "Poovum Puyalum Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by S A Rajkumar". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ "Poovum Puyalum (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP". Apple Music. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ ஜெயமன்மதன் (3 April 1988). "பூவும் புயலும்". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 54. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024 – via Internet Archive.