Pori (film)

Pori (transl. Sparks) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Subramaniam Siva, who rendered his debut Thiruda Thirudi, a 2004 runaway blockbuster. The film stars Jiiva and Pooja. The film was later dubbed into Hindi under the title Naya Zalzala and released in 2011.^[1] The film met with negative reviews and turned out to be a box office bomb.^[2]

Pori
Directed by	Subramaniam Siva
Written by	Subramaniam Siva
Produced by	Sambandam Karthi
Starring	Jiiva Pooja Seeman Sampath Raj Nagesh Karunas
Cinematography	N. K. Ekambaram
Edited by	Antony
Music by	Dhina
Production company	Nivi-Pavi Creations
Release date	9 February 2007 (2007-02-09)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Hari (Jiiva) is an unemployed youth who runs a pavement book shop in Tripiclane area. His father (Nagesh), an upright retired schoolteacher, buys him a shop in a building with his PF money. He names it "Periyar Bookshop" and runs it with his friends (Karunas and Ganeshkar). Meanwhile, he constantly bumps into a TV reporter Pooja (Pooja), and a love-hate relationship happens. One day, a Malaysian-based businessman named Mahadevan (Seeman) comes and evicts Hari from the shop, claiming that it belongs to him. Hari now discovers that his father was cheated by a land mafia gang which specializes in forged documents and is hand-in-glove with revenue officials. He decides to take the gauntlet and unveil the evil forces behind the property grabbers. Soon, he discovers that Nama Shivayam (Sampath Raj), Vinayagam real estates owner, is the brains behind the entire operation. How Hari becomes a one-man army and brings Nama Shivayam to justice forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Jiiva as Hari
• Pooja as Pooja
• Seeman as Mahadevan
• Sampath Raj as Nama Shivayam
• Nagesh as Hari's father
• Karunas as Hari's friend
• Ganeshkar as Hari's friend
• Delhi Ganesh as Pooja's father
• Shanmugarajan as Police Inspector
• Jagan as himself
• Kanal Kannan as Special appearance
• Daisy Shah as Item dancer (Special appearance)

Production

The film was initially announced in December 2005 with Jiiva and Nila starring, before the latter was replaced by Pooja.^[3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Dhina and lyrics by Yugabharathi.^[4]

Pori
Soundtrack album by Dhina
Released	3 January 2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Producer	Dhina
Dhina chronology
Nee Venunda Chellam (2006) Pori (2007) Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar (2007)

Tracklist

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Eppadiyellam"	Shankar Mahadevan
2.	"Jigina Nadanthu"	Grace Karunas, Jassie Gift
3.	"Perunthil Nee"	Madhu Balakrishnan, Madhushree, Dhina
4.	"Pookkalellam"	Hariharan
5.	"Vedhala Dhevathaiye"	Shankar Mahadevan, Malathi
6.	"Yetta Uyarathil"	Jeeva, Dhina, Subramaniam Siva

Reception

Pori received negative reviews from critics. A critic from Nowrunning.com rated the film 1/5, stating that "If you have all the time in the world to do nothing else, go watch Pori. A seriously depressing movie with absolute lack of comedy, story line, good music and everything which goes into making a good movie."^[5] Sify wrote "There is no script or narrative as the director deploys all cinematic cliches since time immemorial. Six songs at regular intervals that are badly picturised tests your patience. Jeeva has done a larger-than-life role which just does not suit him".^[6] Rediff wrote "Watch Pori if you want to aimlessly fritter time away".^[7]

References

1. Naya Zalzala - नाया ज़लज़ला - Full Length Action Hindi Movie. YouTube. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
2. "Pori Tamil Movie (2007) - Venpura". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
3. . Archived from the original on 18 October 2006.
4. . Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Pori Review | Pori Tamil Movie Review by Sharada Balasubramanian".
6. . Archived from the original on 16 March 2016.
7. "Pori fails to sparkle".

External links

• Pori at IMDb