Payanigal Gavanikkavum

Payanigal Gavanikkavum (transl. Passengers take note) is an Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama film directed by S. P. Shakthivel and produced by All In Pictures.[1] The film stars Vidharth and Karunakaran with a supporting cast including Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli, Masoom Shankar, and Prem Kumar.[2] The film's music is composed by Shanmanth Nag, with cinematography handled by S. Pandikumar and editing done by R. S. Sathishkumar. The film is a remake of the 2019 Malayalam film Vikruthi written by Ajeesh P. Thomas and directed by Emcy Joseph.[3] The film premiered on Aha on 29 April 2022.[4]

Payanigal Gavanikkavum
Film poster
Directed byS. P. Shakthivel
Screenplay byS. P. Shakthivel
Based onVikruthi
by Ajeesh P. Thomas
Produced byT. Vijaya Raghavendra
StarringVidharth
Karunakaran
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli
CinematographyS. Pandikumar
Edited byR. S. Sathishkumar
Music byShanmanth Nag
Production
company
All In Pictures
Distributed byAha
Release date
  • 29 April 2022 (2022-04-29)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Ezhilan and his wife Tamil are both hearing and speech impaired. After spending two nights in the hospital where his daughter was admitted, Ezhilan travels back home on a Chennai Metro train but he falls asleep. Another passenger, Antony, finds this amusing and decides to post a picture of Ezhilan online, labelling him a drunkard. The rest of the movie explores the troubled Ezhilan and his family face when he is recognized by people as the "Chennai Metro Drunkard", as well as how Antony deals with the consequences of his actions.

Cast

Release and reception

The film premiered on Aha on 29 April 2022.[4] Sruthi Raman of The Times of India cited that "This dramedy explores the double-sidedness of social media" and further wrote that "While the film does have a needed message for the internet generation of our times, it’s not as breezy as it intends to be".[5]

References
  1. "Vidharth to star in Payanigal Gavanikkavum, the remake of Malayalam film Vikruthi". Cinema Express. Retrieved 21 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Vidharth's Payanigal Gavanikkavum trailer out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 24 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Suraj Venjaramoodu- Soubin Shahir starrer 'Vikruthi' to be remade in Tamil". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "விதார்த், கருணாகரன் நடிப்பில் கவனம் ஈர்த்த 'பயணிகள் கவனிக்கவும்'… ஆஹா தமிழ் அடுத்த வெளியீடு!". Webdunia Tamil. Retrieved 25 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Payanigal Gavanikavum Review: This dramedy explores the double-sidedness of social media". m.timesofindia.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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