Pistha (2022 film)

Pistha is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by M. Ramesh Baarathi and starring Metro Shirish and Mrudula Murali. It was released on 7 October 2022.

Pistha
Promotional poster
Directed by	M. Ramesh Baarathi
Produced by	Sambasivam
Starring	Metro Shirish Mrudula Murali Sathish
Music by	Dharan Kumar
Production company	One Man Productions
Release date	7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Metro Shirish as Sandhai Saravanan
• Mrudula Murali as Selvi
• Arundhati Nair as Nandhinee
• Sathish as Sathish
• Senthil
• Namo Narayana as Mahal Owner
• Yogi Babu as Mark Babu
• Chandini as Bride alliance
• G. Gnanasambandam as Kamal Haasan (Saravanan's father)
• Swaminathan as Gemini Ganesan (Saravanan"s grandfather)
• Mahanadi Shankar as catering owner
• Bava Lakshmanan as Saravanan's relative
• Supergood Subramaniam
• Rangammal

Music

• "Azhagula Rasathi" - Yuvan Shankar Raja
• "Vaa Vaa" - Ranina Reddy, Ramesh

Production

Ramesh Bharathi, the editor of Metro (2016), announced that he would work with actor Shirish on a comedy entertainer titled Pistha in July 2017.^[1] The shoot began during August 2017, with a number of notable supporting actors including Sathish, Yogi Babu and Senthil joining the cast.^[2][3][4] Production progressed slowly, with a five-year delay between the film's start and release.^[5]

Prior to the film's release, it was marketed as the 25th film of music composer Dharan Kumar.^[6][7]

Reception

The film was released on 7 October 2022 across Tamil Nadu. A critic from Maalai Malar gave the film a mixed review, noting that "the effort should have been better".^[8] A reviewer from Times of India gave the film a negative review, writing it was "a below average mindless rural entertainer".^[9] The film also received mixed reviews from critics at The Hindu, Dinamalar and Dina Thanthi.^[10][11][12]

References

1. "Actor Shirish and "Metro" editor team up for "Pistha"". 29 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
2. "Metro Shirish begins his next film Pistha". 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
3. "Pistha is full of celebration, love and comedy: Shirish". The Times of India. 29 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
4. "Senthil joins Pistha". 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
5. "Shirish takes a rural avatar for Pistha". 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
6. "'Pistha' is "Metro" Shirish's Next". 28 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
7. "Dharan brings Yuvan on board for his 25th film". The Times of India. 31 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
8. "Pistha". 8 October 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
9. "Pistha Movie Review: A below average mindless rural entertainer". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
10. "பிஸ்தா: திரை விமர்சனம்". 9 October 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
11. "பிஸ்தா - விமர்சனம் {2/5} : பிஸ்தா - கிளைமாக்சில் மட்டும் - Pistha".
12. "பிஸ்தா: சினிமா விமர்சனம்". 8 October 2022. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

External links

• Pistha at IMDb