Poovukkul Boogambam

Poovukkul Boogambam (transl. An earthquake within the flower) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language action war film written, produced and directed by Thiagarajan, making his directorial debut. The film stars himself and Parvathy alongside B. Saroja Devi and Charan Raj in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by S. P. Venkatesh, credited as Sangeetharajan. The film was released on 13 April 1988.

Poovukkul Boogambam
Poster
Directed by	Thiagarajan
Written by	Thiagarajan Muthubharathi (dialogues)
Produced by	Thiagarajan
Starring	Thiagarajan Parvathy
Cinematography	Gopinath
Edited by	Sivasubramanian
Music by	Sangeetharajan
Production company	Lakshmi Shanti Movies
Release date	13 April 1988 (1988-04-13)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Thiagarajan as Bharath
• Parvathy as Shanthi
• B. Saroja Devi
• Charan Raj
• Janagaraj
• Senthil
• Silk Smitha
• Jayamalini
• Sangeeta
• Sujitha

Production

The film marked the production and directorial debut of Thiagarajan who also appeared in the lead role.^[1] Inspired by an article of real-life military officer Sundarji, Thiagarajan decided to write a script on it. Thiagarajan held the shooting in an army camp near Faizabad along with nearly 3,500 soldiers and also shot at military centres near New Delhi,^[2][3] and also at Chennai, Agra and Srinagar after obtaining permission from the Indian Army.^[4] Khushbu was originally chosen as the lead actress, but she was later replaced by Parvathy.^[2]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. P. Venkatesh, credited as Sangeetharajan.^[5][6] M. G. Ramachandran released the audio of the film.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Anbe Oru Aasai"	Gangai Amaran	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:41
2.	"Naal Naal Varudhu"	Pulamaipithan	Uma Ramanan	4:14
3.	"Naadu Adhe"	Vairamuthu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:05
4.	"Oru Kaalam"	Pulamaipithan	K. J. Yesudas	4:58
5.	"Thethi Sollattuma Chinnaval Naan"	Valampuri John	K. S. Chithra	4:16
6.	"Thaali Seiyattuma"	Vairamuthu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:16
Total length:				27:30

Release and reception

Poovukkul Boogambam was released on 13 April 1988,^[7] and distributed by Lakshmi Shanti Movies.^[8] N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express in his review dated 15 April 1988 noted that Thiagarajan is accountable for the film's merits and drawbacks and also stated the script "is very clearly unable to cope up with the conflict [sic]". He however appreciated the film's music and photography.^[1] Jayamanmadhan of Kalki wrote that, by taking an average plot and adding the word Army Army before every sentence of the story, Thiagarajan has made an earthquake within the flower.^[9]