Pasanga (Tamil:
பசங்க; English: Kids) is a 2009 Tamil film directed by debutant Pandiraj, who worked as an erstwhile assistant to Cheran. It stars numerous debutant child artists in the lead roles along with newcomer Vimal and
Saroja fame Vega Tamotia in supporting roles. The film, produced by Sasikumar and scored by James Vasanthan, who both rose to fame with the 2008 hit film
Subramaniyapuram, released on 1 May 2009 to high critical acclaim, bagging three National Film Awards and several other awards at International Film Festivals.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Release
- 4 Awards
- 5 Music
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Plot
The story unfolds in a dry barren village. Anbukkarasu (Kishore), the
protagonist who wants to excel in his life as a Collector and is an
encouraging child, comes across Jeevanandam (Sree Raam), the son of the
school teacher Chokkalingam(JayaPrakash), on the first day of school.
Jeeva develops instant dislike for Anbu. The good-hearted Anbu tries to
befriend Jeeva. However, Jeeva continues to hate Anbu with a passion.
Enter Manonmani (Dharini), Jeeva's cousin, who develops affinity towards
Anbu. This only makes Jeeva detest Anbu further. Not only Anbu excels
in academics but also in extracurricular activities, contributes to
widening the rift between the two.Anbu's parents have diiferent opinions
at Life which develops fight between them and also turns out to be a
positive for Jeeva to hurt Anbu further.
A fight between Anbu and Jeeva escalates to involve their parents and
this results in strife between their respective families as well.Even
though as elders,they soothe out and solve the rift between them when
Jeeva's father tells the importance of forgiving in life as from his
experience to Anbu's father which makes him go along in a good way with
his wife. However, in a twist, Meenakshi Sundaram (Vimal), Anbu’s uncle
falls in love with Soppikannu (Vega), the sister of Jeeva. The families
get united when they agree to Meenakshi Sundaram’s wedding with
Soppikannu, much against the wishes of Jeeva and Anbu whiich continues
the rift further.
At the end of their 6th grade,when Jeeva;s father asks everyone to a
write a letter about their past year good/bad happenings which makes
Anbu and Jeeva share their feelings about one another. Anbu shares his
likings towards Jeeva while Jeeva stands as he was in the
beginning.Manonmani makes Jeeva understand the coming of Anbu has
changed his life to a good living being.All of a sudden Anbu meets with
an accident.Jeeva as first,helps Anbu recover by using the encouraging
theraphy and he asks sorry and they both reunite ending with Meenakshi
Sundaram's marriage with Soppikannu.
Cast
- Kishore as Anbukkarasu Vellaichamy
- Sree Raam as Jeeva Nithyanandham Chokkalingam
- Vimal as Meenakshi Sundaram
- Vega Tamotia as Soppikannu Chokkalingam
- Pandian as Kuzhanthaivelu (Pakkada)
- Dharani as Manonmani
- Murugesh as Kuttimani
- Karthikraja as Gautham Vellaichamy (Bujjima)
- Yoganathan as Akila
- Jayaprakash as Chokkalingam
- Sivakumar as Vellaichamy
- Sujatha as Mrs. Chokkalingam
- Senthikumari as Pothumponnu Vellaichamy
Release
The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Kalaignar. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.
Awards
2010 National Film Awards
- Best Child Artist - Kishore & Sree Raam
- Best Dialogues - Pandiraj
- Best Feature Film in Tamil
2010 Filmfare Awards South
- Best Supporting Actor - Jayaprakash
2010 Vijay Awards
- Best Supporting Actor - Jayaprakash
- Best Debut Actor - Vimal
- Best Find of the Year - Pandiraj
- Best Crew
- Vijay Award For Special Performance-Sensational Award - Sree Raam & Kishore
2009 International Children's Film Festival
- Golden Elephant Award for Best Director - Pandiraj
2009 Chennai International Film Festival
- Second Best Feature Film - Pasanga
2010 Pondicherry Government Awards
- Best Feature Film - Pasanga
Music
Pasanga |
Soundtrack album by James Vasanthan |
Released |
25 March 2009 |
Genre |
Film soundtrack |
Length |
19:40 |
Label |
Think Music |
James Vasanthan chronology |
Subramaniyapuram
(2008) |
Pasanga
(2009) |
Naanayam
(2009) |
|
Music and soundtracks were composed by
Subramaniyapuram fame James Vasanthan. The soundtrack features four songs, the lyrics for which are written by Thamarai, Yugabharathi and James Vasanthan himself.
Track |
Song |
Singer(s) |
Duration |
Lyrics |
Notes |
1 |
'Naandhaan Goppanda' |
Sathyanarayanan, Larson Cyril |
4:32 |
Yugabharathi |
|
2 |
'Oru Vetkam Varudhe' |
Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal |
6:00 |
Thamarai |
|
3 |
'Who's that Guy' |
Benny Dayal |
2:02 |
James Vasanthan |
|
4 |
'Anbaale Azhagaagum' |
M. Balamurali Krishna, Baby K.Sivaangi |
6:06 |
Yugabharathi |
|
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