Appalam (film)

Appalam (transl. Appalam) is a 2011 Malaysian comedy-drama film directed by Afdlin Shauki.^[1][2] It is a Tamil-language remake of the Malay film Papadom, also directed by Afdlin, which itself was inspired by the Disney film College Road Trip (2008). The film revolves around an overprotective father, Samy, who besides his own role as a dad to his only daughter Shruti, has to take on the mother role upon the sudden death of his wife.

Appalam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Afdlin Shauki
Written by	Sasitharan K Rajoo Afdlin Shauki
Produced by	Gayatri Su-Lin Pillai
Starring	S. Gana Raja Ilya Jaclyn Victor Shashi Tharan Sharifah Amani
Cinematography	Meerashiniy Chandren
Edited by	Sasitharan K Rajoo
Music by	R. Lawrence
Production company	Tayangan Unggul
Distributed by	Lotus Five Star
Release date	15 November 2011 (2011-11-15)
Running time	115 min
Country	Malaysia
Language	Tamil
Box office	RM 590,707

The film became the second Malaysian Tamil movie to be shot in 35-mm film format after the 1991 Malaysian Tamil film Naan Oru Malaysian. The film was released on 15 November 2011 in cinemas across Malaysia, Singapore, and Tamil Nadu,^[3] to positive critical acclaim by critics. Appalam also emerged as the highest-grossing locally produced Tamil film of all time before beaten by Maindhan in 2014.^[4]

Plot

Appalasamy (Gana) and his wife Nalaini (Jaclyn Victor) is blessed with a beautiful girl called Shruthi (Raja Ilya). One fateful day, Nalaini gets into a car accident while on the phone arguing with Appalasamy. He promises to his late wife that he will take good care of their daughter, which leads him to become overprotective of her. When Shruthi turns 17 years old, she decides to continue her studies in performing arts at Kuala Lumpur and to be more independent. Secretly, Appalasamy applies for work as a gardener in her college to look after her. Trouble starts to brew when a famous singer decides to court Shruthi.

Cast

• S. Gana as Appalasamy
• Raja Ilya as Shruti
• Jaclyn Victor as Nalaini
• Shashi Tharan as Booty Slap
• Sharifah Amani as Siti
• Afdlin Shauki as Hassan
• Sathiya
• Chelsia Ng
• Haanii Shivraj
• Kristina Vinokree

Soundtrack

Appalam
Soundtrack album by R.Lawrance
Recorded	2011
Genre	Film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Label	Astro Shaw
Producer	Daddy Shaq

The soundtrack was composed by R. Lawrance.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"After Life - Appalam OST"	Dr.Burn	Dr.Burn	2:51
2.	"Thanai Vanthe"	R.Lawrance	N.Kalaivani	3:28
3.	"Uchakattam"	Dr.Burn	Dr.Burn, Masta K and Micheal Rao	2:15

Awards

• Malaysian Indian Film Festival 2012^[5]
  • Best Film Award
• Malaysian Tamil Awards
  • Best Film
  • Best Actress Awards - Raja Ilya