Underplayed Gems

Punnagai Desam (2002)

Punnagai Desam poster
Original title
புன்னகை தேசம்
Directed by
K. Shahjahan
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 35m
Rated
U
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of young friends navigate love and life in a small town. The story follows their romantic entanglements and comedic mishaps.

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What happens

Punnagai Desam (transl. Land of smiles) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. Shajahan in his debut, and produced by R. B. Choudary of Super Good Films. The film stars an ensemble cast of Tarun, Kunal, Hamsavardhan, Dhamu, Sneha and Preetha Vijayakumar, with Devan, Nizhalgal Ravi, Vinu Chakravarthy and Malaysia Vasudevan playing supporting roles. Soundtrack is composed by S. A. Rajkumar. R. Madhi and V. Jaishankar handled cinematography and editing respectively. The film did reasonable business at the box-office upon release on 14 January 2002. It was remade by Shajahan in Telugu as Nava Vasantham (2007) with Tarun reprising his role. This was the final Tamil film of Preetha before her subsequent retirement from the film industry. Over time, the film was slammed for its cringe content and gubeer scenes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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