Pirivom Santhippom
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Pirivom Santhippom is a 2008 Tamil movie starring Sneha and Cheran
Cheran (director)
Cheran is a Tamil film director from Tamil Nadu, India. He has won the Indian National Film Award thrice for Vetri Kodi Kattu , Autograph , and Thavamai Thavamirundhu . Besides he is three-time Filmfare Award winner as well....

 in the lead roles and it is about the life of a young couple in a joint family with the Nattukottai Nagarathar Chettiar
Nagarathar
The Nagarathars is a Chettiar community in Shaivism that originated in Kaveripoompattinam under the Chola kingdom of India. They are a prominent mercantile Vaishya, caste in Tamil Nadu, South India...

 community located in Karaikudi, TN
Karaikudi
Karaikudi is a town in Sivaganga District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Chettinad literally 'Chetti land' in Tamil, is a collection of 76 villages/towns. Chettinad stretched from Ramnad District and Pudukottai State of 'British' India. The Chettiars, or more properly the Nattukottai...

. This was another grape wine for Sneha as this was completely a heroine centric film. Directed by Karu Pazhaniappan
Karu Pazhaniappan
Karu Pazhanaiappan is a Tamil film director.-Biography:He hails from Karaikudi, known as capital of Chettinad,affluent in cultural heritage. His parents are Sri Pala. Chinna Karuppaiah and Smt. Nagammai and Karu Palaniappan is the eldest amongst their 3 children.Books appealed to Palaniappan right...

, was released on the eve of Pongal
Pongal
Thai Ponggal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry and in Sri Lanka. Pongal coincides with the festival Makara Sankranthi celebrated throughout India. Pongal in Tamil means "boiling over" or "spill over". The boiling...

 was a Sleeper hit
Sleeper hit
A sleeper hit, a.k.a. surprise hit , refers to a film, book, single, album, TV show, or video game that gains unexpected success or recognition...

 at the box office.Sneha won many awards for her excellent performance in this movie.

Plot

Unusually, this is not a movie dominated by a male protagonist. Instead, it chooses to revolve around the life of Sala (short for Visalatchi) played by Sneha, who when the movie begins is about to complete her master's degree. The only daughter of her parents, she marries into a joint family of assorted uncles, aunts and children, apart from her in-laws. When she moves out along with her husband from a house full of relatives into a house with nobody to speak to, the loneliness begins to slowly get to her. Cheran never notices his wife's abnormality. Sneha slowly becomes a Psycho
Psycho
Psycho is a suspense novel by Robert Bloch. It was adapted into Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1960 film of the same name.-Plot:Norman Bates is a middle-aged bachelor who is dominated by his mother, a mean-tempered, puritanical old woman who forbids him to have a life away from her...

, who repairs her fridge, fan and other equipments in her house and calls electrician played by Kanja Karuppu and talks with him, to overcome her loneliness. She then starts recording the various sounds that reaches her ears, like birds chirping, leaves waving in air, in to a tape recorder. This abnormality turns violent when she tries to record a child's laughter, which causes a stroke to the child and the child turns immobile, which frightens Sneha. But the child regains its normal state after treatment. Jayaram
Jayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...

who comes as a doctor, finds her abnormality and warns Cheran. But it turns too late that Sneha unknowingly consumes too many sleeping pills to overcome her loneliness. Then Jayaram advices Cheran to take Sneha back to their joint family when they discover Sneha is pregnant.. So does Cheran and they lead a happy life.

This loneliness gives Palaniappan the space he needs to make his commentary on family, particularly the Tamil family and "our way of living".

Cast

Actor Role
Sneha  Visalatchi
Cheran
Cheran (director)
Cheran is a Tamil film director from Tamil Nadu, India. He has won the Indian National Film Award thrice for Vetri Kodi Kattu , Autograph , and Thavamai Thavamirundhu . Besides he is three-time Filmfare Award winner as well....

 
Natesan
Jayaram
Jayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...

 
Doctor
Kanja Karuppu  Electrician

Filming

Initially, Kamalini Mukherjee was casted in the lead role, but she was not able to emote well and as she was alien to Tamil
Tamil people
Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...

 tradition, she was replaced by Sneha.

Reception

The film opened to highly positive reviews. This movie was a Pongal
Pongal
Thai Ponggal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamils in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry and in Sri Lanka. Pongal coincides with the festival Makara Sankranthi celebrated throughout India. Pongal in Tamil means "boiling over" or "spill over". The boiling...

release and compared to all other big releases, this film won the best and Sneha's acting was appreciated a lot. This did a reasonable business at the box office by completing 100 days. It was a surprise hit.

Soundtrack

The movie's background score and soundtracks are composed by Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar (music director)
Vidyasagar is an Award-Winning Indian film music director and music composer in the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industry. He is very popular in South Indian music industry and best known for his soulful melodies. His fast numbers to many films have earned him much fame too. He has...

. The album gained popularity after the movie's release.
No. Song Title Singers Lyricist
1 Kandaen Kandaen Karthik
Karthik
Karthik is a male given name that is most common name in the southern part of India. The name stands for the Hindu god "Muruga," son of Lord Shiva.The name may refer to:-Actors:...

, Swetha Mohan 
Yugabharathi
2 Soll Soll Balaram  Yugabharathi
3 Kandum Kanamal Sadhana Sargam
Sadhana Sargam
Sadhana Sargam is an acclaimed Indian playback singer. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Film Award and Filmfare Awards.Sargam has sung in many Indian languages for films, television serials and music albums. She is well known for her 90s Hindi songs and recent South Indian songs. She...

 
Yugabharathi
4 Medhuva Medhuva Karthik
Karthik
Karthik is a male given name that is most common name in the southern part of India. The name stands for the Hindu god "Muruga," son of Lord Shiva.The name may refer to:-Actors:...

 , Harini
Harini
Harini is an Indian film playback singer and classical singer, who sings mainly in Tamil films. She has also sung in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam language films, whilst working with many leading film composers. She is married to another playback singer, Tippu.-Career:Harini learnt Carnatic...

 
Kabilan
5 Iru Vizhiyo Saindhavi
Saindhavi
Saindhavi is a Carnatic music singer and a South Indian film playback singer.-Personal life:Saindhavi is engaged to G. V. Prakash and will get married in December 2011. They studied together in Chettinad Vidyashram.-Discography:...

, Vineeth Srinivasan 
Jayantha
6 Nenjathilae Shreya Ghoshal, Jayaram
Jayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...

 
Yugabharathi

Awards Won

Sneha won many awards for her excellent performance in this movie. They are listed below:

1. Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress

2. ITFA Award

3. Benze Award for Best Actress

4. Vijay Award for Best Actress
Vijay Award for Best Actress
The Vijay Award for Best Actress is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil films. It was given from the second ceremony onwards.-Winners and nominations:*2007 Priyamani - Paruthiveeran...



5. Ritz Award for Best Actress

6. Meera Tamil Music Award for Best Actress in a Song Sequence

7. 58th Film Fans Association Award for Best Actress 2008

8. Nominated for Film Fare Best Actress Award
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