{{No plot|date=June 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox film | image = Pambattam.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = V. C. Vadivudaiyan | writer = V. C. Vadivudaiyan | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | producer = V. Palanivel | starring = Jeevan <br /> Mallika Sherawat <br /> Rittika Sen<br />Saipriya Deva<br />V. C. Vadivudaiyan | narrator = | cinematography = Iniyan J Haris | editing = Suresh Urs | music = Amresh Ganesh | studio = Vaithiyanathan Film Garden | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2024|2|23}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Tamil | budget = | gross = }} '''''Pambattam''''' ({{Translation|Snake dance}}) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language horror thriller film<ref name="Year">{{Cite web |date=4 January 2020 |title=Jeevan chose this script from the three that I narrated to him: Vadivudaiyan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/jeevan-chose-this-script-from-the-three-that-i-narrated-to-him-vadivudaiyan/articleshow/73084444.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107123603/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/jeevan-chose-this-script-from-the-three-that-i-narrated-to-him-vadivudaiyan/articleshow/73084444.cms |archive-date=7 January 2020 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> directed by V. C. Vadivudaiyan and starring himself, Jeevan, Mallika Sherawat, Rittika Sen, and Saipriya Deva. The film was released after a four-year delay to highly negative reviews. The film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Naagmati'', which had a direct-to-television release on 21 September 2023 on Zee Cinema prior to the theatrical release of the Tamil version.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZR9QHcNCu0 |title=Naagmati {{!}} 21st Sept, Thur, 8 PM {{!}} TV Par Pehli Baar {{!}} Promo {{!}} Zee Cinema |date=18 September 2023 |publisher=Zee Cinema |access-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826035635/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZR9QHcNCu0 |archive-date=26 August 2024 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref>
== Cast == {{Cast listing| *Jeevan as R. Boominathan / Saravanan *Mallika Sherawat as Mangamma Devi *Suman as Police Officer *Rittika Sen as Radhika *Saipriya Deva as Nagamati *V. C. Vadivudaiyan as K. Kali *Salil Ankola *Saravanan * Rikin *Livingston as Thief *Ramesh Khanna as Police Officer *Saravana Sakthi as Police Officer *Karate Raja as Police Officer * Niyamat Khan * Andrea Kurunathan }}
== Production == The film began production in January 2020 and Jeevan accepted to star after listening to three of V. C. Vadivudaiyan's scripts.<ref name="Year" /> This film marked his comeback to films after a five-year gap.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Avinash |date=4 January 2020 |title=Jeevan's comeback film titled 'Paambaattam' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2020/Jan/04/jeevans-comeback-film-titled-paambaattam-2084806.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115012354/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2020/jan/04/jeevans-comeback-film-titled-paambaattam-2084806.html |archive-date=15 November 2023 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The film was planned as a multilingual film with the Hindi version titled as ''Naagmati''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 November 2021 |title=Amrish's Bollywood debut Nagamati is a historical fiction starring Mallika Sherawat |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/amrishs-bollywood-debut-nagamati-is-a-historical-fiction-starring-mallika-sherawat/articleshow/87608293.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710165031/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/amrishs-bollywood-debut-nagamati-is-a-historical-fiction-starring-mallika-sherawat/articleshow/87608293.cms |archive-date=10 July 2023 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Mallika Sherawat plays a queen in the film, which marks her return to Tamil cinema after a twelve-year gap.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 February 2020 |title=Mallika to play a modern-day queen in her Kollywood comeback |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/mallika-to-play-a-modern-day-queen-in-her-kollywood-comeback/articleshow/73871569.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928115136/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/mallika-to-play-a-modern-day-queen-in-her-kollywood-comeback/articleshow/73871569.cms |archive-date=28 September 2021 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 February 2020 |title=12 years after Dasavataaram, Mallika Sherawat to make a comeback in Kollywood with Pambattam |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/south-cinema/12-years-dasavataaram-mallika-sherawat-make-comeback-kollywood-pambattam/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301235923/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/south-cinema/12-years-dasavataaram-mallika-sherawat-make-comeback-kollywood-pambattam/ |archive-date=1 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> Sherawat joined the sets in February 2021 during the second schedule and shot some of her dialogues in Hindi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 2021 |title=Mallika Sherawat to join the set of Vadivudaiyan's Pambattam |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/mallika-sherawat-to-join-the-set-of-vadivudaiyans-pambattam/articleshow/81194657.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715182806/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/mallika-sherawat-to-join-the-set-of-vadivudaiyans-pambattam/articleshow/81194657.cms |archive-date=15 July 2022 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> A dungeon set was made at Binny Mills in Chennai. The stunts were choreographed by Super Subbarayan. Jeevan sustained several injuries including burns from torches falling in a narrow passage and a hairline muscle tear from falling through gaps between beds while rolling sideways on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Rinku |date=28 November 2022 |title=Location Diaries: Jeevan for Pambattam- A walk through fire |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/features/2022/Nov/28/location-diaries-jeevan-for-pambattam-a-walk-through-fire-37131.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201062608/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/features/2022/nov/28/location-diaries-jeevan-for-pambattam-a-walk-through-fire-37131.html |archive-date=1 February 2023 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Cinema Express}}</ref> At the film's trailer launch, Saipriya Deva said that she signed the film as a heroine but lamented about how her name was disregarded from promotional material.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 November 2022 |title="Why Are You Cornering Me? " – Actress's Question To Director On Stage Created Controversy |url=https://chennaimemes.in/why-are-you-cornering-me-actresss-question-to-director-on-stage-created-controversy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203223748/https://chennaimemes.in/why-are-you-cornering-me-actresss-question-to-director-on-stage-created-controversy/ |archive-date=3 February 2023 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Chennai Memes}}</ref>
== Reception == A critic from ''The Times of India'' rated the film {{Fraction|1|1|2}} out of 5 and wrote that "The overall vibe of ''Pambattam'' is jaded and even comical. The scenes that are supposed to be pretty serious, like a marriage by abduction and even the death of one of the important characters, just don't make you feel any kind of emotion".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Radhakrishnan |first=Roopa |date=Feb 23, 2024 |title=Pambattam Movie Review : A 'so bad it's good' movie that's jaded and even unintentionally comical |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/pambattam/movie-review/107932454.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223155048/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/pambattam/movie-review/107932454.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> A critic from ''Dinakaran'' wrote that the director delivered the film in the old formula of telling a historical story and then combining it with a social story.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 February 2024 |title=பாம்பாட்டம் விமர்சனம் |url=https://cinema.dinakaran.com/pampatam-criticism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323102108/https://cinema.dinakaran.com/pampatam-criticism/ |archive-date=23 March 2024 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Dinakaran |language=Ta}}</ref> A critic from ''Zee Tamil'' wrote that since it is a small budget film, they did not spend much on CG scenes, and it would have turned out to be a better film if only a little attention had been paid to it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 February 2024 |title=ஜீவன் நடித்துள்ள பாம்பாட்டம் படம் எப்படி உள்ளது? திரைவிமர்சனம்! |url=https://zeenews.india.com/tamil/movies/jeevan-starring-pambattam-movie-review-in-tamil-489958 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229172732/https://zeenews.india.com/tamil/movies/jeevan-starring-pambattam-movie-review-in-tamil-489958 |archive-date=29 February 2024 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=Zee Tamil |language=Ta}}</ref>
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