Goripalayam

Goripalayam is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Rasu Madhuravan. The film stars Vikranth, Harish, Ramakrishnan of Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum fame, Manivannan's son Raghuvannan, and Poongodi. It was released on 7 May 2010.^[1]

Goripalayam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rasu Madhuravan
Written by	Rasu Madhuravan
Produced by	S. Michael Rayappan
Starring	Vikranth Harish Ramakrishnan Raghuvannan Poongodi Swasika
Cinematography	Bala Bharani
Music by	Sabesh–Murali
Production company	Global Infotainment
Release date	7 May 2010 (2010-05-07)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Azhagar, the son of a police constable, is tempted to take bad habits, seeing his father in his younger days. Azhagar, along with his friends "A to Z", Azhagappa, and Inippu Murugan, leads a carefree life by involving in petty crimes. Unfortunately, they hold responsibility in Viruman's sister's death. In a bid to take revenge on them, Viruman hires a contract killer named Paandi, who is in the business, only to educate his young brother. What happens after this forms the climax.

Cast

• Vikranth as Paandi
• Harish as Azhagar
• Ramakrishnan as A to Z
• Raghuvannan as Azhagappan
• Prakash as Inippu Murugan
• Poongodi as Poomayilu
• Swasika as Parvathy
• Jagarthi Agarwal as Vijayalakshmi
• Ravi Mariya as Viruman
• Nandha Periyasamy as Karutha Pandi
• Singampuli as M. G. R. Chinnasamy
• Ilavarasu as Moovendhan
• K. P. Jagannath as Sangu Ganesan
• Rajkapoor
• Manobala
• Mayilsamy as Retired rowdy
• Alex as Kazhuvanadhan
• Sujibala as Rani
• Jayalakshmi

Production

Vikranth, cousin brother of actor Vijay, chose to do this film as he wanted to carve his own identity, and had grown tired of being compared to his cousin in earlier films due to his acting style.^[2][3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Sabesh–Murali.^[4]

Title	Singer(s)	Length
"Siriki Vadi En Chittu"	Krishnaraj, Ramakrishna, Bhagyaraj, Archana, Geetha	03:40
"Otta Odasal"	Sabesh–Murali, Janani	05:04
"Oonjal Aadi"	Sathya	06:00
"Enna Indha Maatramo"	Karthik, Srimathumitha	05:34
"Azhagu Katteri"	Surjith, Vijitha, lyrics tamilamudhan	05:17
"Aariraro Kettadhillai"	Vijay Yesudas	05:59
"Aapakari Aapakari"	Murali, Senthildass Velayutham, Shyam, Mimicry Senthil	04:48

Reception

Sify wrote "Like all? made in Madurai? films, it is another gory tale that traces the story of four youngsters who have gone astray due to parental neglect at an early age. [..] Madurai films seems to be losing steam as the subject and treatment is the same in film after film since Sasikumar?s pathbreaking Subramaniapuram happened in 2008".^[5] The New Indian Express wrote "There is no freshness in the script, the narration too lacklustre. There are too many characters, and a huge star cast, none of them making any impact".^[6] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "The idea isn't new, nevertheless it's relevant", commenting on its similarities to Subramaniapuram and Maathi Yosi (2010), and criticising the "noisy" background music but praising the songs and some of the cast performances.^[7]

References

1. Rangarajan, Malathi (6 May 2010). "Trying out a new turf". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
2. Prakash, R S (11 May 2010). "We are not the same". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
3. "An identity, finally". The New Indian Express. 31 March 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
4. "Goripalayam". Gaana. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
5. "Goripalayam". Sify. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
6. "Goripalayam". The New Indian Express. 17 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
7. Rangarajan, Malathi (13 May 2010). "Engaging tale of gore". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

External links

• Goripalayam at IMDb