Pazhani

Pazhani

Year: 2008

Runtime: 154 mins

Language: Tamil

Director: Perarasu

DramaAction

A Tamil action film featuring Bharath as Pazhani, a fearless car driver drawn into a conflict that tests his loyalty and courage. Directed by Perarasu and produced by Shakthi Chidambaram under the Cinema Paradise banner, the score is composed by Srikanth Deva. Kajal Agarwal plays the love interest, while Kushboo appears as Bharath’s sister.

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Pazhanivel, Bharath Srinivasan, is released from jail after 15 years and, by a twist of fate, he saves Jeevanandham from a group of goons, earning a position as Jeevanandham’s car driver. This chance encounter sets the stage for a tangled web of family ties, loyalties, and hidden motives that will pull Pazhanivel deeper into the household he once merely served.

Karpagambal, Jeevanandham’s wife, discovers Pazhanivel’s true relation to her as her brother, a revelation that complicates every future interaction. To keep his identity from her, Pazhanivel adopts the alias Vellaiyan, aware that Karpagambal has harbored a longstanding enmity toward her brother since childhood. Amid the shifting dynamics, Pazhanivel also finds himself drawn to Deepti, portrayed by Kajal Agarwal, and he soon longs for a life beyond his covert status.

As the story unfolds, Pazhanivel learns that Jeevanandham keeps a money-minded concubine named Durga, a fact that unsettles the already fragile balance within the household and fuels the tension between truth and deceit. When Karpagambal eventually airs her knowledge of Pazhanivel’s familial link, she reacts with fury, and her anger drives her to have him sacked from his position. The revelation of the real truth about Pazhanivel comes through a painful flashback: their father, Meiyappan, had a concubine whom Pazhanivel killed at the age of 10 to protect his mother. This act, and the years that followed, left a scar that shaped Karpagambal’s view of her brother and set the stage for a lifetime of misunderstandings.

Despite the rift, Karpagambal begins to see Pazhanivel in a new light, and she finally tells him not to come to her husband’s house again, a boundary he initially respects but cannot fully honor. Jeevanandham, meanwhile, has other plans; he contemplates divorcing Karpagambal to marry Durga legally, a move Pazhanivel refuses to allow. The conflict escalates when Jeevanandham conspires with the unscrupulous Vaikundan to stage a foul play that costs the family its home. Believing Vaikundan has seized the property, Karpagambal is forced out, but Pazhanivel arrives in time to rescue her and take her with him.

Vaikundan’s treachery continues to unravel the balance of power, as he cheats Jeevanandham and forcibly takes control of his home, leaving Jeevanandham penniless. Durga abandons Jeevanandham and sides with Vaikundan, signaling a complete collapse of the former alliance and a sharpening of Pazhanivel’s resolve to protect his sister and family in any way necessary. In a deft turn of manipulation, Pazhanivel orchestrates a turnaround that leaves Jeevanandham financially ruined, with the business now registered in Karpagambal’s name as the owner of the export firm that once belonged to Jeevanandham. Durga’s alliance with Vaikundan tightens the noose around Jeevanandham, who slowly comes to realize the breadth of his mistakes.

The climax arrives in a brutal confrontation where Pazhanivel faces Vaikundan and Durga in a deadly fight, killing both attackers in what he frames as an act of protecting those he loves. The law catches up with Pazhanivel, and he is arrested for the murders, ending up in jail once more. As he reflects on his journey, he recognizes the circular nature of his sacrifices: he began by entering jail to safeguard his mother’s well-being, and now he ends up jailed for the well-being of his sister, a testament to the heavy toll of loyalty, family duty, and the gray areas in between.

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