Rajkiran Revathi Prasanna Dhanush Madonna Sebastian
Cinematography
Velraj
Edited by
Prasanna GK
Music by
Sean Roldan
Production company
Wunderbar Films
Distributed by
K Productions
Release date
14 April 2017 (2017-04-14)
Running time
125 minutes
Country
India
Language
Tamil
Pa Paandi (also known by its former title Power Paandi) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film, written and directed by Dhanush in his directorial debut. He also produced the movie under his studio Wunderbar Films.[1] The film revolves around Pa Paandi (played by Rajkiran in the title role), a retired ex-stunt master in the film industry, travels to Hyderabad to seek out for freedom, and also to reunite with his old village lover. Revathi, Prasanna and Chaya Singh play supporting roles in the film. Dhanush, who produced and directed the film, portray a cameo appearance in the film as the younger version of the protagonist, while Madonna Sebastian, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Dhivyadarshini too played cameo roles.
The film was announced on 5 September 2016, announcing the title of the film, with a poster release, and the commencement of Principal photography took place on the same day. The filming took place in Chennai, Hyderabad and Madurai.[2][3] Initially the film was titled Power Paandi, the makers changed its title to Pa Paandi to seek tax exemption. The music was composed by Sean Roldan, while Velraj and Prasanna G. K. handled the film's cinematography and editing respectively.[4]
Pa Paandi was released on 14 April 2017, coinciding with the Tamil New Year's Day, receiving positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success.[5] The film was remade in Kannada as Ambi Ning Vayassaytho was released in 2018.[6]
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PaPaandi (also known by its former title Power Paandi) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film, written and directed by Dhanush in his directorial...
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