Padal Thalaivan Tamil Movie Review
Cast-:
Shanmuga Pandiyan Vijayakant | Kasht huri Raja | Yamini Chander | Munishkan th | Karudan Ram | Rishi | A.Venkatesh | Yugi Sethu | Sreejith Ravi | Arul doss | Lo gu NPKS and other.
Crew-:
Song composed, Produced and Arrange d by ILAIYARAAJA Written and Directi on : U.Anbu Music Director : Ilaiyaraaja Producer : Jaganathan Paramasivam Co – Producer : Rajukalidass Dialogue & Scr eenplay Parthiban desingu Cinematogra phy : S.R.Sathish kumar Editing : S.P.Aha med Art Director : P. Raju,Shanmugam S tunt : Mahesh Mathew Singer : Ananya Bhat Lyricist : Ilaiyaraaja Production Ex ecutive : V.Muthu kumar Visual Effects : Sunil Sound design: A.Sathish kumar Fi nal mixing : Anand Ramachanran, k.Jag an Costumer : N.Loganathan Stills : Sakt hi priyan Pro : Sathish (AIM) Publicity de sign : Dinesh Ashok Music Label: MRT M usic and others.
Story -:
Shanmuga Pandian, an elephant trainer, has been raising an elephant since it was a cub. He has named the elephant ‘Mani an’ and is raising it as his own child. Mea nwhile, a group of newcomers to the vill age steals the elephant and hides in the forest. Shanmuga Pandian’s relatives al so help him. Shanmuga Pandian, who is desperate to find the elephant, goes into the forest with his friends in search of th e elephant. He faces various obstacles a nd challenges on this journey. At the sa e time, he learns that a gang is threatenin g and keeping the people who worship t he forest goddess in the forest under th eir control. Did he free those people wh o are living in misery without freedom? Did he find the elephant he raised as his son? Why did the gang steal the elephan t? The rest of the story answers various questions.
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Movie Review -:
In a notable debut in Tamil cinema, Shan muga Pandian plays Velu and veteran di rector-actor Kasthuri Raja plays Vellais amy. The film centres on their emotional bond with their family’s elephant, Mani an, whom they raise as a family. What be gins as a tale of warmth and reconciliati on takes a dark turn when Manian unex pectedly turns violent, injuring several p eople. The incident, captured on video a nd widely circulated, leads to a court or der to shift the elephant to a governmen t-run camp – a decision that devastates the family.
When Manian mysteriously disappears f rom the camp, the emotional part of ‘Pa dai Thalaivan’ intensifies. Velu, driven b y heartache and determination to reunit e with his beloved companion, embarks on a relentless journey through treacher ous forests and mountains. This story of love, loss and the deep bond between hu mans and animals gives the film an emot ional core that is universally appealing.
Shanmuga Pandian delivers commenda ble performances, especially in action-packed films. His screen presence is imm mense, and the sophisticated stunt sequ ences that come during the song ‘Pottu Vacha Thangakoodam’ are designed for the mass audience. His physical strength and energy are one of the highlights of t he film.
However, despite being an action-packe d film, Pada Thalaivan does not fully utili ze Shanmuga Pandian’s acting skills. His performance is underwhelming as his ch aracter lacks emotional layers in many k ey scenes. The direction, while heartfelt, often misses the nuance needed to deep en dramatic moments and deliver a stro ng storytelling punch.
In the supporting cast, Kasthuri Raja, M unishkanth and Aruldas make excellent contributions, while many of the secon dary characters feel underutilized, appe aring briefly and disappearing without a ny significant narrative weight.Overall
Overall, it provides a good platform for the hero Shanmuga Pandian to showca se his action skills, and it tugs at the hea rtstrings with its emotional core. But inc onsistent writing and inconsistent chara cter development prevent it from reach ing the impactful heights it clearly desir es.
This Is My Personal Review So Please G o and Watch The Movie In Theaters Onl y.
Written by B4U Media Admin Ratting B 4U Media 3 / 5
