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* [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] as Dr. Madhava
* [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] as Dr. Madhava
* [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] as Simi Madhava (Voice dubbed by [[Savitha Radhakrishnan]])
* [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] as Simi Madhava
* [[Raghava Lawrence]] as Azhagu
* [[Raghava Lawrence]] as Azhagu
* [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] as Chella (Voice dubbed by Jayageetha)
* [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] as Chella (Voice dubbed by Jayageetha)

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Paarthale Paravasam
DVD cover
Directed byK. Balachander
Written byK. Balachander
Produced byPushpa Kandaswamy
StarringMadhavan
Simran
CinematographyA. Venkatesh
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 November 2001 (2001-11-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Paarthale Paravasam (transl. Ecstasy, just watching) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by K. Balachander, for whom this was his 100th film.[1] It was produced by Balachander's home banner Kavithalayaa Productions and stars Madhavan and Simran in the lead roles alongside Raghava Lawrence and Sneha. The film's music was composed by A. R. Rahman, whilst A. Venkatesh was cinematographer. It tells the story of a couple going through a breakup after the husband is exposed for having had a child from a juvenile relationship. It also shows the introduction of love interests for the couple, and if they reconcile, forms the crux of the plot.

Paarthale Paravasam released on 14 November 2001 to mixed reviews and became a commercial failure, even though soundtrack was praised.[2]

Plot

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Madhava is a doctor, and a single appearance in a film as an actor has made him the heartthrob of thousands of girls. But he decides not to continue with his film career since he promised to his late father to dedicate his life to medicine and social service.

Madhava marries Simi. But a revelation about his past love affair with a college friend with whom he fathered a son causes both his mother and his wife to become furious with him. Soon Simi divorces Madhava, but they continue to remain friends and even go to the extent of fixing each other's second marriages.

Simi decides to get Madhava married to Chella, a nurse at his hospital, while Madhava decides to get Simi married to Azhagu, a professional stage dancer. But in order to convince Azhagu's father to get Azhagu married to Simi, he had to agree with Azhagu's greedy father to give up the land on which he is constructing a hospital for cancer patients.

Madhava and Chella's wedding and Simi and Azhagu's wedding are fixed on the same date. But Azhagu marries one of his cousins on that date on learning about his father's greed. Then Chella's parents find out about Madhava's past and call off the wedding. In the end, Madhava and Simi remarry and Chella marries Kumaran, Madhava's colleague.

Cast

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Production

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Paarthale Paravasam was launched as Balachander's 100th film at his office in Chennai.[3] The original cast announced on the day of the launch included noted singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. However, he was replaced by prominent poet Vaali before the shoot started.[4] Moreover, Raju Sundaram was initially supposed to play the role eventually portrayed by Lawrence in the film.[5] Balachandar managed to select Kamal Haasan in a guest appearance, but failed to do the same with Rajinikanth.[6]

Production of the film was delayed multiple times during the shoot owing to rains in Kerala. Balachander also announced that Rahman and Simran's busy scheduled had held up the film's progress.[7] The song "Nee Thaan En Desiya Geetham" was shot in Malaysia featuring Madhavan and Sneha.[1] Some scenes were canned in Taiping.[8] Another was shot at Bekal Fort, Kasargod, in Kerala with Madhavan and Simran, which took five days to finish.[9] The introduction song of Madhavan and a team of dancers was shot in Ooty, while a fourth song sequence, with Madhavan and Simran was on the floors of AVM. The fifth was picturised in the Vijaya Vauhini Studios, in sets where Lawrence and Simran danced for the fifth song.[10][11]

Music

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Paarthale Paravasam
Soundtrack album by
A. R. Rahman
Released24 June 2001
RecordedPanchathan Record Inn
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length47:48
LabelSa Re Ga Ma
Ayngaran Music
ProducerA. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Star
(2001) 		Paarthale Paravasam
(2001) 		Alli Arjuna
(2002)

The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vaali, Vairamuthu and Na. Muthukumar.[12] Guitarist Rashid Ali had his debut as a vocalist through this film. Nithyasree Mahadevan told about the making one of the songs, "We did not have any lyrics except the words "Manmadha Masam", when Shankar Mahadevan, Rahman Sir and I started it. So we worked on improvisations with those two words and sent the meter to poet Vaali. Vaali Sir was so overwhelmed with the tune that he said he did not want to pollute it with more words. So the song has a very unusual presentation with minimum lyrics."[13] The track "Love Check" was a fusion number that had just two words "Love Check" with Sivamani's drums.[14] The songs were choreographed by Lawrence Raghavendra; "Nee Thaan En Desiya Geetham" was picturised in Malaysia.[1] The song "Azhage Sugama" is loosely based in Sahana raga.[15]

# Title Singer(s) Duration Lyrics
1 "Nee Thaan En Desiya Geetham" K. S. Chithra, P. Balram 3:25 Vaali
2 "Adhisaya Thirumanam" Sujatha Mohan, Sriram Parthasarathy, Kalyani Menon, Sriram Narayan 6:17 Vaali
3 "Moondrezhuthu" Harini, Karthik 4:51 Vaali
4 "Parthale Paravasam" Ganga Sitharasu, A. R. Reihana, Febi Mani, Fegi, Poornima 5:32 Na. Muthukumar
5 "Azhagae Sugama" Srinivas, Sadhana Sargam 5:05 Vairamuthu
6 "Azhagae Sugama"-2 Srinivas, Sadhana Sargam 4:03 Vairamuthu
7 "Love Check" Anandan Sivamani, Palakkad Sreeram 3:38 Vaali
8 "Manmadha Maasam" Shankar Mahadevan, Nithyasree Mahadevan 4:45 Vaali
9 "Naadhir Thinna" Rashid Ali, Sangeetha Sajith 5:48 Vaali

Paravasam was the Telugu dubbed version of this movie. Where lyrics were written by A.M. Ratnam and Shiva Ganesh.[16]

Telugu Track Listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Neevena Jatheeya"Balaram, K.S. Chitra 
2."Manmadha Masam"Shankar Mahadevan, Nithyasree Mahadevan 
3."Cheliya Kushalama"S.P. Balasubramaniam, Sadhana Sargam 
4."Aksharalu Rendaina"Harini, Karthik 
5."Paravasam Paravasam"A.R. Rehna, Ganga, Febi, Poornima 
6."Atisaya Parinayam"Kalyani Menon, Sujatha Mohan, Sriram Narayan, Sriram Parthasarathy 
7."Nadiri Dinna"Shankar Mahadevan, S.P. Sailaja 

Release and reception

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The film, upon release on 14 November 2001, with critics citing it as a "disappointment". A critic claimed that the dialogues were "insipid", the narration "lacklustre" and the film was "a monotonous journey for the audience".[17] Similarly, the reviewer from Sify.com labelled the film as "insufferable" and drew criticism to the director and the lead actors, saying that only Vivek's position was the "silver lining".[18] The Hindu wrote "The storyline is the foundation on which an interesting screenplay is built and when the foundation itself is flawed, the exercise makes you weary — especially towards the end."[19] Rediff wrote "At the end of it all, you get the feeling that the director failed to keep control of his storyline. Which is very sad, considering the director was known to be a control freak, and his trademark was a gift for intense, gripping storytelling".[20] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote The problem is that Balachander, who got into being a little realistic, a little cinematic, and a lot guts, has gotten stuck in dramatic cinema this time.[21]

After the failure of Paarthale Paravasam, Balachander felt that the star cast was the reason for the failure and claimed that if it been made with newcomers it would have been successful.[2]

References

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  5. ^ "rediff.com, Movies: Simran: Absolutely hot!". Rediff.com. 14 June 2001. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Cinema". Cinematoday2.itgo.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  7. ^ "டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!". Archived from the original on 15 February 2005.
  8. ^ Lifestyle, Dinesh Kumar Maganathan @ FMT (14 September 2024). "M'sian Karthik explores life, love and humour in 'C 4 Cinta'". Free Malaysia Today | FMT. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Parthale Paravasam". 12 September 2002. Archived from the original on 12 September 2002.
  10. ^ HostOnNet.com. "BizHat.com – Paarthalae Paravasam Review. Madhavan, Simran, Vivek, Sneha, Manivannan". Movies.bizhat.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Kavithalaya hits its century". 17 September 2002. Archived from the original on 17 September 2002.
  12. ^ "Paarthale Paravasam Tamil movie song lyrics". 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Musical legacy". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 31 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009.
  14. ^ "Musical Notes". The Hindu. 8 September 2007. Archived from the original on 17 March 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  15. ^ Mani, Charulatha (27 April 2012). "A Raga's Journey — Soothing Sahana". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  16. ^ https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/paravasam/Qm2SeLQS8pk_
  17. ^ "Parthale Paravasam". 1 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009.
  18. ^ "Movie Review:Paarthale Paravasam". Sify. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  19. ^ "Paarthalae Paravasam". The Hindu. 23 November 2001. Archived from the original on 20 February 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  20. ^ "rediff.com, Movies:The Rediff Review: Paarthale Paravasam". Rediff.com. 4 December 2001. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  21. ^ தாசன், விஷுவல் (2 December 2001). "பார்த்தாலே பரவசம்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 88–89. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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