# Piragu > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Piragu > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Piragu.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piragu > Source revision: 1341428920 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2007 Indian film Piragu Directed by N. Jeeva Written by N. Jeeva Produced by R. Saravana S. K. Chandhrasekar Starring Hamsavardhan Keerthi Chawla Sunitha Varma Cinematography A. Kasi Vishwa Edited by A. P. Manivannan Music by Srikanth Deva Production company Dreamland Movies Release date 21 September 2007 (2007-09-21) Running time 145 minutes Country India Language Tamil ***Piragu*** (transl. *Then*) is a 2007 Indian [Tamil](/source/Tamil_language)-language [crime drama film](/source/Crime_drama_film) directed by N. Jeeva. The film stars [Hamsavardhan](/source/Hamsavardhan), [Keerthi Chawla](/source/Keerthi_Chawla) and [Sunitha Varma](/source/Sunitha_Varma), with [Vadivelu](/source/Vadivelu), [Kadhal Dhandapani](/source/Kadhal_Dhandapani), [Malaysia Vasudevan](/source/Malaysia_Vasudevan), [Sabitha Anand](/source/Sabitha_Anand), Emey, and [Karate Raja](/source/Karate_Raja) playing supporting roles. The film, produced by R. Saravana and S. K. Chandhrasekar, had music by [Srikanth Deva](/source/Srikanth_Deva), cinematography by A. Kasi Vishwa, and editing by A. P. Manivannan. The film released on 21 September 2007. ## Plot Sathya ([Hamsavardhan](/source/Hamsavardhan)) is a [drama](/source/Drama) director in his village who lives with his father Ramaiah ([Malaysia Vasudevan](/source/Malaysia_Vasudevan)), a respected [Koothu](/source/Koothu) artist, and his mother ([Sabitha Anand](/source/Sabitha_Anand)). The village belle Thulasi ([Keerthi Chawla](/source/Keerthi_Chawla)), Sathya's relative, is in love with him since her childhood. Sathya comes to Chennai with hopes of becoming a cinema director one day. In [Chennai](/source/Chennai), he lost his luggage and contact addresses. He is now left penniless and has nowhere to go. Sofia ([Sunitha Varma](/source/Sunitha_Varma)), a small mechanic shop owner, gives him food to eat and accommodates him in her mechanic shop. In turn, Sathya helps her repair [motorcycles](/source/Motorcycles) besides looking for a film producer. Afterwards, Sofia falls in love with Sathya. At last, impressed by Sathya's story, a film producer accepts to producer his film. The same day, Sathya saves David ([Karate Raja](/source/Karate_Raja)) from being killed by local rowdies. The gang leader Antony ([Kadhal Dhandapani](/source/Kadhal_Dhandapani)) commends Sathya for saving his brother from the rival gang rowdies and offers him to join his gang. Sathya declines Antony's proposal and speaks ill of his activity. Thereafter, Sathya's parents and Thulasi arrive in Chennai; they are accommodated by Sofia in her house. In the meantime, Antony and the rival gang leader Annapoorani (Emey) make peace and want to kill Sathya. What transpires next forms the rest of the story. ## Cast - [Hamsavardhan](/source/Hamsavardhan) as Sathya - [Keerthi Chawla](/source/Keerthi_Chawla) as Thulasi - [Sunitha Varma](/source/Sunitha_Varma) as Sofia - [Vadivelu](/source/Vadivelu) as Samarasam - [Kadhal Dhandapani](/source/Kadhal_Dhandapani) as Antony - [Malaysia Vasudevan](/source/Malaysia_Vasudevan) as Ramaiah - [Sabitha Anand](/source/Sabitha_Anand) as Sathya's mother - Emey as Annapoorani - [Karate Raja](/source/Karate_Raja) as David - [Chitra Lakshmanan](/source/Chitra_Lakshmanan) as Film Producer - [Crane Manohar](/source/Crane_Manohar) as Production Manager - [Sampath Ram](/source/Sampath_Ram) as SP Sivakumar - [Gana Bala](/source/Gana_Bala) as Mechanic - Lalitha Paatti as Sathya's grandmother - Anjali Devi as Antony's wife - [Kong Kong](/source/King_Kong_(actor)) as Samarasam's assistant - [Shankar](/source/Ambani_Shankar) as Samarasam's assistant - [Chelladurai](/source/Chelladurai) as Police Officer - [Bonda Mani](/source/Bonda_Mani) as Beeda Shop Owner - [Thambi Ramaiah](/source/Thambi_Ramaiah) - [Thideer Kannaiah](/source/Thideer_Kannaiah) - [Halwa Vasu](/source/Halwa_Vasu) - [Muthukaalai](/source/Muthukaalai) - Kalidoss as Moneylender - Ravi Shanth as Elango - [Siva Narayana Murthy](/source/Siva_Narayana_Murthy) as Bayilvan Veeramuthu - Vijay Ganesh as Valakka - Marthandam - Subburaj - Amirthalingam - Rajmohan - [Vengal Rao](/source/Vengal_Rao) - [Ragasya](/source/Ragasya) as an [item number](/source/Item_number) - [Robert](/source/Robert_(choreographer)) in a special appearance ## Soundtrack Piragu Soundtrack album by Srikanth Deva Released 2007 Recorded 2007 Genre Feature film soundtrack Length 32:10 Label Five Star Audio Producer Srikanth Deva Srikanth Deva chronology Nenjai Thodu (2007) Piragu (2007) Vijayadasami (2007) The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [Srikanth Deva](/source/Srikanth_Deva). The soundtrack, released in 2007, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by [Na. Muthukumar](/source/Na._Muthukumar), [Piraisoodan](/source/Piraisoodan), Devakumar, Muthumagan and [Gana Bala](/source/Gana_Bala).[1] Gana Bala, credited as Anathai Bala made his debut as singer and lyricist with this film in the song "Pathinoru Aattam" and also appeared in the song.[2] Track Song Singer(s) Lyrics Duration 1 "Mudalil Santhithen" Harish Raghavendra, Meganthi Na. Muthukumar 5:40 2 "Unnaipole Pennai" Srikanth Deva, Srilekha Parthasarathy Devakumar 5:32 3 "Amma Appa" Vijay Yesudas Na. Muthukumar 5:28 4 "Padinoru Per Aatam" Gana Bala Gana Bala 5:21 5 "Kitavaada Kitavaada" Suchitra Muthumagan 5:10 6 "Aasai Dosai" Anuradha Sriram Piraisoodan 4:59 ## Reception The film critic Malini Mannath wrote, "A lackluster script and slipshod narration reveal the amateurishness of a debutant director who seems not quite able to translate his ideas on to the screen", and that, "The saving grace of the film is Hamsavardhan (son of yesteryear hero Ravichandran), who bravely strides on through all the inadequacies of the script and his lacklustre role".[3] Laya of *Kalki* called Vadivelu's comedy as relief and noted Srikanth Deva's music as average, called both story and screenplay as uncompelling.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Piragu (2007)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180722053034/http://mio.to/album/Piragu+(2007)). MusicIndiaOnline. Archived from [the original](http://mio.to/album/Piragu+(2007)) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["I want to take Gana to a different level"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010901/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOICH%2F2013%2F02%2F10&ViewMode=GIF&PageLabel=39&EntityId=Ar03900&AppName=2). *Times of India*. Archived from [the original](http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOICH%2F2013%2F02%2F10&ViewMode=GIF&PageLabel=39&EntityId=Ar03900&AppName=2) on 3 December 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Malini Mannath. ["Lackluster, Slipshod: Piragu"](http://www.siliconeer.com/past_issues/2007/siliconeer_november_2007.html). siliconeer.com. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150317071430/http://www.siliconeer.com/past_issues/2007/siliconeer_november_2007.html) from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** லயா (28 October 2007). ["பிறகு"](https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-10-28/page/64/mode/2up). *Kalki* (in Tamil). p. 65. Retrieved 21 May 2024. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Piragu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piragu) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piragu?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.