Poraali is an Indian Tamil film written and directed by Samuthirakani

Samuthirakani

Samuthirakani is a Tamil film actor and director. He worked as an assistant to director K. Balachander. His 2009 directorial Naadodigal was a runaway hit, which was later remade in three languages. He has acted in several films as well and is best known for his performances in Subramaniapuram and...

, starring M. Sasikumar

M. Sasikumar

M. Sasikumar is a Tamil film director, actor and producer. He is best known in the Tamil film industry for his debut film Subramaniapuram...

 in the lead role. The film, also featuring Telugu actors Allari Naresh

Allari Naresh

Allari Naresh is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of Telugu veteran director and producer EVV Satyanarayana. He got the tag Allari before his name after the success of his first film. But his debut film in Tamil, Kurumbu which was a remake of Allari.-Film...

 and Swati Reddy, Vasundhara and Ganja Karuppu

Ganja Karuppu

Ganja Karuppu, born Karuppu Raja, is an Indian film actor who plays comedy roles in Tamil cinema. He has appeared in many well-known Tamil films like Raam , Paruthiveeran , Subramaniyapuram , and Naadodigal...

 in pivotal roles, released on December 1st, 2011. The Telugu dubbed version of this film, Sangarshana released in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

 on December 1st, 2011. Upon release, the film generally received positive reviews in both the languages.

Plot

Ilankumaran (Sasikumar) a Chennai guy lives a peaceful life with his family and friends. Then enters Bharathi (Swathy) in the life of Kumaran. Bharathi falls in love with Kumaran seeing his good and playful nature. But Kumaran does not reciprocates her love towards him and keeps on avoiding. But at one stage Kumaran accepts her love and they both start to stay happy. But then Nallavan (Allari Naresh) arrives Chennai, he meets Kumaran and speaks about some serious issues. With a thrilling tone the first half ends. Then in the second half it is full of flash back. With many terrific twists and scenes the films comes to an end.

Cast

• M. Sasikumar
  M. Sasikumar
  M. Sasikumar is a Tamil film director, actor and producer. He is best known in the Tamil film industry for his debut film Subramaniapuram...
  
   as Ilankumaran
• Allari Naresh
  Allari Naresh
  Allari Naresh is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films. He is the son of Telugu veteran director and producer EVV Satyanarayana. He got the tag Allari before his name after the success of his first film. But his debut film in Tamil, Kurumbu which was a remake of Allari.-Film...
  
   as Nallavan
• Swati Reddy as Bharathi
• Vasundhara
• Niveda
• Namo Narayana
• Gnanavel
• Jayaprakash
  Jayaprakash
  Jayaprakash is an Indian film actor and producer. He ventured into film business in the early 2000s as a producer, making several films under his banner GJ Cinema and later turned actor, with Cheran's 2007 film, Mayakannadi...
  
  
• Ganja Karuppu
  Ganja Karuppu
  Ganja Karuppu, born Karuppu Raja, is an Indian film actor who plays comedy roles in Tamil cinema. He has appeared in many well-known Tamil films like Raam , Paruthiveeran , Subramaniyapuram , and Naadodigal...
  
  
• Soori

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is scored by Sundar C Babu

Sundar C Babu

Sundar C Babu is a music composer who composes music for Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films in India. He is the son of an eminent Veena Vidhwan Dr.Chitti Babu and Sudakshina Devi and his brothers are Rangasai and Radhakrishnan. Under his father's guidance, Babu began his film composing in the year...

Critical Reception

Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff

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gave the film 3 out of 5, calling "Poraali is worth a watch". GetCinemas.com awarded the movie a 3.5 / 5 rating, stating "A commercial thriller with an unpredictable script, hilarious situations & awesome dialogues!". Supergoodmovies gave it 3 out of 5 and wrote that Porali is a movie to be cherised. Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated it 2/5 calling the movie "A vague experience.."