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Porkkalam
Porkkalam
Soundtrack album by Rohit Kulkarni
Released	November 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Capital Film Works
Producer	Rohit Kulkarni
Rohit Kulkarni chronology

Porkkalam
Porkkalam
Directed by	Bandi Saroj Kumar
Written by	Bandi Saroj Kumar
Produced by	D. Bhaskara Rao
Starring	Kishore; Tinnu Anand; Sathyan; Sampath Raj; Smitha; Lal; Biju Menon; Santhana Bharathi; Ponvannan;
Cinematography	Bandi Saroj Kumar
Edited by	Bandi Saroj Kumar
Music by	Rohit Kulkarni
Distributed by	Mannan Films
Release date	14 January 2010;
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	3 Crores

Porkkalam (transl. Battlefield) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Bandi Saroj Kumar. Starring Kishore of Polladhavan and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame, Tinnu Anand, who starred in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan and Bombay, comedy actor Sathyan and Smitha, a newcomer from Karnataka, in lead roles and seven artists as Villains, the film has musical score by Rohit Kulkarni. The film was released on 14 January 2010.

Cast

Kishore as Karnan
Tinnu Anand as Bhismaki
Sathyan as Sathya
Smitha as Sneha
Lal as Aslam Bhai
Sampath Raj as Dhronam Raju
Biju Menon as Inspector Rangasamy
Santhana Bharathi
Ponvannan as Pasupathy
Rajesh as Karnan's Father
Atheesh as Obulage
Srinivasan
Joe Anthony
Santhoshi as Karnan's mother

Production

The first schedule was shot in late 2008 in various places in Tamil Nadu including Dhanushkodi, Madurai, Tenkasi, Thiruchendur, Karaikudi and Rameswaram. Following this, the film's second schedule was shot from 13 October 2008 to 26 November 2008 in the parts of Chennai and Puducherry and in the Ramoji Film City, in Hyderabad, while in January 2009, the third and last schedule was shot in several places in Thailand.^[1] The film was also heavily publicized through the internet prior through release, on social networking sites.

Soundtrack

Film score and the soundtrack are composed by Rohit Kulkarni, despite early indications that Yuvan Shankar Raja would compose the music.^[2] The songs were released straight to the shelves, with the album containing several debutant singers.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aran Thiran"	KK (singer)
2.	"Indha Bhoomyil"	Nisha	5:19
3.	"Porkkalam Theme"	Nisha, Candy, Mimosa
4.	"Unnale"	S. P. B. Charan
5.	"Yaaro Ivan Yaaro"	Karthik, Carolisa

Release

The film was released on 14 January 2010 on Pongal alongside Aayirathil Oruvan, Kutty and Naanayam.^[3]

Reception

The film opened in a few centres across Chennai, Tamil Nadu to an average opening. The film grossed Rs. 5,70,286 in the opening weekend in Chennai and became a failure at the box-office.^[4] Baradwaj Rangan of The Hindu wrote,"In Porkalam, the first-time director Bandi Saroj Kumar takes the visual-narrative to a wholly different level, in the sense that this is a film that might actually have worked without dialogue."^[5] Rediff wrote "If only Bandi Saroj Kumar had cut through the slo-mo, added a fitzy villain and reworked half his movie, then Porkkalam would have been brilliant. As it is, this battlefield is a dud".^[6] Behindwoods wrote "To be fair to Bandi Sarojkumar, he seems to have delivered what he intended to. But, the problem here is that the semi-slow motion nature of scenes, the surreal feel and ‘desaturated color’ do not make for particularly entertaining viewing. But it is possible that a few of the technical aspects used here might be seen more often in Tamil cinema henceforth".^[7]

References

^ "Porkkalam Progress". poorkkalam.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
^ "Porkkalam working stills". Cinefundas. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
^ "One day to Pongal!". Sify. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ "Porkkalam - Behindwoods.com - Tamil Top Ten Movies - Naanayam Kutty Porkkalam Aayirathil Oruvan Vettaikaran". Behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
^ "Between Reviews: Different Strokes « Baradwaj Rangan". Baradwajrangan.wordpress.com. 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
^ "Review: This Porkkalam is a dud". Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Porkkalam Movie Review". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2024.