Poovum Puyalum

Poovum Puyalum (transl. The flower and the storm) is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar and produced by Madhampatty Sivakumar, who also wrote the story. The film stars Sivakumar, Charan Raj and Radhika. It was released on 10 March 1988.^[1]

Poovum Puyalum
Poster
Directed by	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Screenplay by	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Story by	Madhampatty Sivakumar
Produced by	Madhampatty Sivakumar
Starring	Sivakumar Charan Raj Radhika
Cinematography	Indu Chakravarthy
Edited by	D. Shyam Mukherjee
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Production company	Semba Movies
Release date	10 March 1988 (1988-03-10)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Sivakumar as Muthulingam
• Charan Raj as Vijay
• Radhika as Indhu
• Senthamarai
• Senthil
• Nassar
• Madhuri
• Vairam Krishnamoorthy
• Omakuchi Narasimhan
• Senji Krishnan
• S. Shankar as student (uncredited)^[2]
• Sathyan as boy in the song "Vaa Thambi"^[3]

Production

The film was produced by Madampatti Sivakumar who also wrote the story. This was his first solo film as producer after Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi (1987). The film was launched at AVM Studios along with song recording with Sathyaraj gracing the event.^[4] The scene where Sivakumar marries Rasika was shot at Balaji Marriage Hall at T. Nagar, Chennai.^[5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, who also wrote all the lyrics.^[6][7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Manmathane"	S. P. Sailaja
2.	"Thalattum"	S. A. Rajkumar
3.	"Vaa Thambi"	Malaysia Vasudevan, chorus
4.	"Vadathukku"	Uma Ramanan
5.	"Eruthe"	K. S. Chithra

Critical reception

Jayamanmadhan (a duo) negatively reviewed the film for Kalki, panning Radhika's character's Tamil accent while also panning Senthil and Narasimhan's humour. The duo said the film is a must watch for people wanting to write a thesis on how to waste Radhika, Madhuri and Charan Raj's acting prowess while also finding the climax rushed.^[8]