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Poi Solla Porom (2008)

Poi Solla Porom poster
Original title
ய் சொல்ல போறோம்
Directed by
A. L. Vijay
Genre
comedy drama
Country
India
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family tries to get back land that was taken from them by a fraudster using fake documents. They come up with a plan involving lies to outsmart the cheat.

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What happens

Poi Solla Porom (transl. We Are Going to Lie) is a 2008 Tamil comedy film directed by Vijay. It is a remake of the 2006 Hindi film Khosla Ka Ghosla and stars Nassar, Nedumudi Venu, Moulee, Karthik Kumar, and debutante Piaa Bajpai alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Omar Lateef, Justina, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Cochin Haneefa, Bosskey, and John Vijay. The music was composed by M. G. Sreekumar with editing done by Anthony and cinematography by Aravind Krishna. The film released on 12 September 2008. The story is loosely based on real-life famous landgrabber and land shark E. V. Perumalsamy Reddy of EVP Film city based out of Chennai, who is famous for forging documents to take possession of others land. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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