Pudhu Pettai

Selvaraghavan has managed to picture a movie that careens past the usual reality check in films and perches itself atop a hill. A gargantuan talent that has been latent in Dhanush has been exposed. The veracity and his luminous capability to scintillate his dialogues with authenticity is what implodes the shell that the film initially cocoons itself in. The movie wings itself into a political drama that unflinchingly emanates a feeling of relativity. The movie bludgeons relativity to such boundless extents that by the end of it, the viewer is sure to have a sure shot idea of how politics in India works. Kudos to Selva Raghavan for creating a gangster film that saunters happily past the line designed for success and it is a film not to be deigned with.

Pudhupettai - Undoubtedly one of the best Tamil films, set the benchmark for how to make a gangster movie in Tamil! Dhanush, who is a superstar now, was a budding, promising actor back then, hits bull's eye in his portrayal of the Gangster named "Kokki" Kumar. The movie, though wasn't much celebrated at the time of its release, instantly became a cult classic, a few months after. The movie is like a poetry in motion, even though some cinematic liberties are taken in few scenes, the overall feel is so realistic and hard hitting. Right from being a naive adolescent to becoming a ruthless gangster, Dhanush simply rocks every frame he is in, which is literally every frame:-) The supporting actors are all very believable and they did a great job as well. Selvaraghavan is a director who always experiments with different genres and makes a huge impact with his films, even tough they aren't financially successful and this movie is the biggest example of it. Do watch this movie, if you're a lover of pure cinema

Pudhu Pettai = The real world of crime and culprits.

I am not a Tamil guy I m just a cinema lover.What a movie that too in 2006 I must say this movie is a way ahead of its time.Dhanush acting was top notch and treat to watch.

There will always be one movie that someone keeps close to their heart. This one from director Selvaraghavan is one such movie that is very close to my heart till date.

Sometimes miracle do happen. For a film, it is a miracle to be a perfect one in all aspects, may it be acting/music/cinematography/direction/screenplay. Pudhupettai is a sheer class of brilliant acting, nerve catching music and artistic direction.

I doubt if Dhanush could ever do a better acting than this, same applies for Yuvanshankar Raja and Selvaraghavan for their own work. In fact this movie is the best one for all the above three people.

I wish I had a count of number of times I watched this movie. Whatever., it is the best inspiring movie ever made, in any languages for that matter.

People say it has drawn similarities from other Gangster movies, but who cares, It happens for every movie. On that note, this is best Gangster movie ever.

To conclude, if you lack in confidence? frustrated about life? depressed? or feeling let down? then this is movie could be your doctor prescribed one.