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Pazhani (2008)

Pazhani poster
Original title
பழனி
Directed by
Perarasu
Genre
action film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 34m
Rating
3.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man with a mass action image fights against corruption and injustice. The film follows his journey as he takes on powerful enemies and wins over the audience with his larger-than-life persona.

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What happens

Pazhani is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Perarasu. Marketed as "Commercial Panchamirtham", it stars Bharath in the main lead role alongside Kajal Aggarwal and Khushbu. The film, produced by Sakthi Chidambaram under the banner Cinema Paradise, had music by Srikanth Deva. This is Bharath's first action film with a kola mass image makeover and is also the first Tamil film release for Aggarwal. Pazhani launched on 10 August 2007 and was released on 15 January 2008 which coincided with the Pongal festival, and emerged as Pongal winner. It was later remade into Oriya as Gud Boy (2012). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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