Pathinaaru (2011)

பதினாறு

Shiva and Indu are city-based students,who love each other. However, their love is strongly opposed by the latter’s parents. They're given a handwritten book titled "Pathinaaru" (Sixteen) by Indhu's mother to read. The book depicts a real-life story about two village teenagers Gopi and Ilavarasi, and their romance as they step into adolescence. Facing opposition from her affluent family, the gutsy Ilavarasi takes some bold unconventional steps, which backfires on her. The story of unrequited love and betrayal leaves Indu in a dilemma and she prepares to go with her family’s desires. But Siva is not ready to give up Indu and sets out to do his own investigation to get to the bottom of what ultimately happened to Gopi and Ilavarasi.

Date of release
2011-01-28
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (2)
Genres
Romance
Director
Saba Kailash

Casting

Interesting facts

Pathinaaru (transl. Sixteen) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy. It stars Shiva and Madhu Shalini. The film's background score and soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Though production began in October 2008 under the title 16, the film languished in production hell, and was complete only by early 2010. A year later, Kalaipuli S. Thanu bought the distribution rights and released the film on 28 January 2011 under his V. Creations banner. It was remade in Kannada the same year as Jolly Boy by the same director.

Production

Radio jockey-turned-actor Shiva, who rose to fame through his appearances in Chennai 600028 (2007) and Saroja (2008), revealed that he had signed this film, when it was titled 16, right after Chennai 600028. Though production began in 2008, the film mired in production hell and was complete only by January 2010. Despite this, the film's release still got delayed further, until a year later when noted film producer and distributor Kalaipuli S.

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