Poikkal Kudhirai

Poikkal Kudhirai (1983)

Poikkal Kudhirai is a 1983 Tamil-language Indian comedy feature film directed by K. Balachander and produced by Kalaivani. Starring Viji and Raveendran, the film had Ramakrishna and lyricist Vaali making their acting debuts. Kamal Haasan appeared in a guest role. Poikkal Kudhirai was based on Crazy Mohan's play Marriage Made in Saloon. Poikkal Kuthirai is an hilarious depiction of how Sambandam (Vaali) — who bets on each and every small thing and wins — and Indu (Ramakrishnan) enter into a bet at a saloon owned by Muthu (Ravindar). The bet is that Indu will win Sambadam's daughter Janaki's (Viji) heart and marry her. If Muthu is successful in his mission, Sambandam will shave half of his moustache for their marriage. If he fails, Muthu will shave his head. Who wins the bet is the film's narrative.

Date of release
1983-09-02
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 28m
Genres
Drama
Director
K. Balachander

Casting

Interesting facts

Poikkal Kudhirai is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by K. Balachander, starring Ramakrishna and Viji. Lyricist Vaali made his acting debut through this film. Kamal Haasan appeared in a guest role. Poikkal Kudhirai was based on Crazy Mohan's play Marriage Made in Saloon. The film was released on 2 September 1983, and became an average success. It was remade in Kannada as Mavanige Thakka Aliya (1992).

Production

Poikkal Kudhirai is based on Crazy Mohan's play Marriage Made in Saloon. Lyricist Vaali made his acting debut in Tamil with this film. Mohan wrote the dialogues, making his feature film debut.

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