புதுப்பேட்டை (2006)

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Pudhupettai is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language crime action film written and directed by Selvaraghavan starring his brother Dhanush in the lead role, while Sonia Agarwal and Sneha play supporting roles. It follows the story of a slum-dwelling student from Pudhupettai who becomes a dreaded gangster in North Chennai as a means of survival.

Production

Selvaraghavan originally intended to make a film titled Oru Naal Oru Kanavu for Lakshmi Movie Makers, but shelved the venture, and continued working with the same producers and cast as the earlier film, consisting of Dhanush, Sonia Agarwal and Sneha. R. K. Suresh was cast in a minor role as a criminal, but his father made him back out of the film.

The film was launched on 6 March 2005, with Aravind Krishna as its cinematographer. Selvaraghavan first approached Harris Jayaraj to compose the music, but he refused as he felt it was not his type of genre. After his refusal, Selvaraghavan finalized Yuvan Shankar Raja as the composer.

Selvaraghavan called the film "an experiment" and stated it had "one of the most complicated screenplays", while revealing he was more nervous about the final product than his previous ventures. It was also the first Tamil film to be shot in Super 35 mm instead of the Cinemascope format, as well as the first to be released in digital format.

In March 2006 a trailer of Pudhupettai was attached to screenings of Pattiyal, and audiences noticed numerous similarities between the films. It was later reported that Pudhupettai was being delayed as Selvaraghavan was reworking the film to avoid comparisons with Pattiyal.

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