# Senthoorapandi

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1993 film directed by S.A. Chandrasekhar

Senthoorapandi Theatrical release poster Directed by S. A. Chandrasekharan Screenplay by S. A. Chandrasekharan Story by Shoba Produced by B. Vimal Starring Vijay Yuvarani Cinematography Ravishankar Edited by P. R. Gautham Raj Music by Deva Production company B. V. Combines Distributed by XB Film Creators Release date 10 December 1993 (1993-12-10) Running time 138 minutes Country India Language Tamil

***Senthoorapandi*** is a 1993 Indian [Tamil](/source/Tamil_language)-language [romantic action film](/source/Romantic_action_film) directed by [S. A. Chandrasekharan](/source/S._A._Chandrasekhar). The film stars [Vijay](/source/Vijay_(actor)) and [Yuvarani](/source/Yuvarani) in the lead roles with [Vijayakanth](/source/Vijayakanth) in an extended cameo as the titular character. It revolves around Vijay (Vijay) who falls in love with Meena. Meena's brother opposes their marriage due to rivalry between both the families, whereas Vijay's brother Senthoorapandi (Vijayakanth) returns from jail to help him to win his love.

The film was released on 10 December 1993,[1] and performed well commercially.[2]

## Plot

Vijay returns to his village after his studies, much to the happiness of his parents. On his way, he meets Meena, sister of the local bigwig Ponnambalam. They start with constant conflicts over petty things, but at a point it gets serious where a couple of friends try to assault her - however Vijay comes in time to rescue her and beats them up, even though they are his friends. He does a bit of victim blaming and moral policing to Meena, saying she is dressing in a skimpy manner and that is why guys are misbehaving; and he also tells his friends that they were well intended but assaulting a woman is immoral. This makes her fall in love with Vijay. However, the village is very feudal and casteist and since Vijay belongs to a lower caste, it is opposed by the village head and as punishment for love - the panchayat subjects him to whip lashes from his own father. Unable to see Vijay in pain, Meena also whips herself, confirming their love.

Vijay's mother also discourages the love and says their family lost everything because of inter-caste marriage - and that is when Senthoorapandi, Vijay's elder brother is introduced in flashback. He is in love with Marikozhundhu, a woman from a higher caste and was opposed by her family, but fully supported by Senthoorapandi's family. He marries her but on the same night, her relatives kill Marikozhundhu to save the family's "honour" and in rage, Senthoorapandi kills her relatives and surrenders to the police. So Vijay's mother says that she lost one son to love, does not want to lose the other.

However, they continue and the village sentences Vijay and his parents to death by burying alive - but just then Senthoorapandi is released from prison and he saves them on time - and fully endorses Vijay's love and promises to unite the two lovers. The villagers were looking for a saviour from the atrocities of Ponnambalam and recognise Senthoorapandi as the new village head. Ponnambalam tries to arrange his sister's wedding in another town but Senthoorapandi using his goodwill, goes to the wedding venue - and challenges the groom to face Vijay in a competition - and the winner can marry Meena. Vijay wins and the groom's family agrees.

Just when Vijay and Meena are to get married, to prevent their marriage, Ponnambalam kills the father of Vijay and Senthoorapandi - however as a dying wish, their father expresses to get the wedding done at all costs to Senthoorapandi. Unknown that their father is dead, the wedding goes ahead - but at the stroke of wedding, Vijay says he wants the nuptial thread to be given to him by his father - but Senthoorapandi confesses that Ponnambalam had killed him and he had dressed his father and brought him to the venue but it is a corpse. Vijay and Meena marry amidst tears, while Ponnambalam makes one last fight against Senthoorapandi, where he kills Ponnambalam, and Senthoorapandi surrenders to the police again, blessing Vijay and Meena to lead a good life and take good care of their mother.

## Cast

- [Vijayakanth](/source/Vijayakanth) as Senthoorapandi (Extended guest appearance)

- [Vijay](/source/Vijay_(actor)) as Vijay

- [Yuvarani](/source/Yuvarani) as Meena

- [Vijayakumar](/source/Vijayakumar_(Tamil_actor)) as Senthoorapandi's father

- [Manorama](/source/Manorama_(Tamil_actress)) as Maruthaayi, Senthoorapandi's mother

- [Ponnambalam](/source/Ponnambalam_(actor)) as Ponnambalam, Meena's brother

- [S. S. Chandran](/source/S._S._Chandran) as Sundaralingam

- Tiruppur Ramasamy as Postman

- [Chaplin Balu](/source/Chaplin_Balu) as Vijay's friend

- [O. A. K. Sundar](/source/O._A._K._Sundar) as Meena's suitor

- [Meesai Murugesan](/source/Meesai_Murugesan) as Meena's suitor's father

- [Gauthami](/source/Gauthami) as Marikozhundhu (guest appearance)

- [S. A. Chandrasekhar](/source/S._A._Chandrasekhar) (guest appearance in "Aadadhada Aadadhada")

## Production

After Vijay's debut film as a lead actor *[Naalaiya Theerpu](/source/Naalaiya_Theerpu)* (1992) failed at the box-office, Chandrasekhar decided to cast an established actor alongside Vijay for his next film; Vijayakanth agreed to do the film for free.[3][4]

## Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by [Deva](/source/Deva_(composer)).[5] For the dubbed Telugu version *Bobbili Rayudu*,[6] all lyrics were written by [Rajasri](/source/Rajasri_(writer)).[7]

Tamil No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length 1. "Aadadhada Aadadhada" P. R. C. Balu Deva 4:12 2. "Chinna Chinna" Vaali Mano, Swarnalatha 4:53 3. "Mane Nane" Vaali S. N. Surendar, Swarnalatha 5:06 4. "Pillayare Pillayare" Vaali Mano 3:50 5. "Senthoora Pandikku" Vaali S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 5:08 Total length: 23:09

Telugu No. Title Singer(s) Length 1. "Manasa" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 5:01 2. "Sindura Puvvu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 5:05 3. "Pilladhani" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 3:45 4. "Challanaina" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 4:49 Total length: 18:42

## Reception

Malini Mannath of *[The Indian Express](/source/The_Indian_Express)* wrote it "turns out to be fairly engaging film".[8] K. Vijiyan of *[New Straits Times](/source/New_Straits_Times)* wrote, "It is amazing Chandrasegaran went into production without a proper story. Rajarajan's cinematography is the saving grace in this movie which seems to have nothing new to say".[9] Thulasi of *[Kalki](/source/Kalki_(magazine))* panned the plot and violence but praised the cinematography and music.[10] *[Ananda Vikatan](/source/Ananda_Vikatan)* gave the film a score of 30 out of 100.[11]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["நட்சத்திர படப் பட்டியல்"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240202064212/https://ibb.co/cTSgjhM). *[Cinema Express](/source/Cinema_Express)* (in Tamil). 1 December 2002. pp. 41–43. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["SAC recalls Vijayakanth's help for Vijay"](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2018/apr/16/sac-recalls-vijayakanths-help-for-vijay-5555.html). *[Cinema Express](/source/Cinema_Express)*. 16 April 2018. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211105081513/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2018/apr/16/sac-recalls-vijayakanths-help-for-vijay-5555.html) from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["When Vijayakanth helped Ilayathalapathy Vijay"](http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/sac-recalled-how-vijayakanth-did-sendhoorapandi-free-of-cost-to-help-his-son-vijays-career.html). *Behindwoods*. 14 December 2013. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190821131506/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/sac-recalled-how-vijayakanth-did-sendhoorapandi-free-of-cost-to-help-his-son-vijays-career.html) from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Vijay explains how dad SA Chandrasekar used Vijayakanth's popularity to launch him in Sendhoorapandi, watch throwback video"](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/vijay-says-dad-sa-chandrasekar-used-vijayakanths-popularity-to-launch-him-in-sendhoorapandi-throwback-9085977/). *[The Indian Express](/source/The_Indian_Express)*. 28 December 2023. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231228083719/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/vijay-says-dad-sa-chandrasekar-used-vijayakanths-popularity-to-launch-him-in-sendhoorapandi-throwback-9085977/) from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Sendhoorapandi (1993)"](https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/sendhoorapandi-songs-T0004926). *[Raaga.com](/source/Raaga.com)* (in Tamil). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211105081513/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/sendhoorapandi-songs-T0004926) from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Bobbili Rayudu"](https://indiancine.ma/BDYU/info). *indiancine.ma*. Retrieved 10 January 2021.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Bobbili Rayudu"](https://open.spotify.com/album/2XUTKf1NasosyNUGTbs71t). *[Spotify](/source/Spotify)*. August 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2021.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Mannath, Malini (17 December 1993). ["Few dull moments"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19931217&printsec=frontpage&hl=en). *[The Indian Express](/source/The_Indian_Express)*. p. 6. Retrieved 7 January 2019 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Vijiyan, K. (19 February 1994). ["Tired old village love plot in Chandrasekaran's latest"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-DpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1xMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5479%2C2623375). *[New Straits Times](/source/New_Straits_Times)*. p. 12. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240523095042/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-DpOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1xMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5479%2C2623375) from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2021 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** துளசி (2 January 1994). ["செந்தூரப் பாண்டி"](https://archive.org/details/kalki1994-01-02/page/20/mode/2up). *[Kalki](/source/Kalki_(magazine))* (in Tamil). p. 20. Retrieved 13 February 2023 – via [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive).{{[cite magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_magazine)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** சார்லஸ், தேவன் (22 June 2021). ["பீஸ்ட் : 'நாளைய தீர்ப்பு' டு 'மாஸ்டர்'... விஜய்க்கு விகடனின் மார்க்கும், விமர்சனமும் என்ன? #Beast"](https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/how-vijay-movies-scored-in-vikatan-reviews). *[Ananda Vikatan](/source/Ananda_Vikatan)* (in Tamil). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211008100344/https://cinema.vikatan.com/amp/story/tamil-cinema/how-vijay-movies-scored-in-vikatan-reviews) from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

## External links

- [*Senthoorapandi*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6823034/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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