Pokkiri Raja (2016 film)

Pokkiri Raja
File:Pokkiri raja 2016.jpg Poster
Directed by	Ramprakash Rayappa
Produced by	P. T. Selvakumar T. S. Ponselvi
Written by	S. Gnanagiri (dialogues)
Starring	Jiiva Sibiraj Hansika Motwani
Music by	D. Imman
Cinematography	Anji
Edited by	V J Sabu Joseph
Production company	PTS Films International
Distributed by	Cosmo Village Release
Release dates	4 March 2016
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	6 crore

Pokkiri Raja (English: The Rogue King) is a 2016 Tamil comedy drama film directed by Ramprakash Rayappa, starring Jiiva, Sibiraj and Hansika Motwani in the leading roles. It released on 4 March 2016, receiving mixed to negative reviews from critics.

Plot

Sanjeevi (jiiva) is the person with a problem of yawning. he eventually got fired from his old job and dumped by his old girlfriend Sujitha. He joins a job where he meets raqhav (Manobala). Meanwhile,Sanjeevi meets Sunita (Hanshika Motwani) but learns a false case from his friend Mojo (Yogi Babu) that Sunita is a drug addict. Eventually, Sanjeevi learns that she is a clean girl who washes people who urinate near walls and both start loving. on the other hand Guna aka cooling glass Guna (sibiraj) a don was planning to kill someone but gets washed by sanjeevi and got arrested.when guna was released, he tried to kill sanjeevi but got blind after his sunglass breaks in sanjeevis yawn. sanjeevi went to a doctor and realised it was the power of his great grandfather, athiyen ozhi, a guard of an Indian palace with a power to manipulate wind with mouth. the British tried to steal treasures but eventually ran from him. he meets a girl in India who came to confess to come with her but gets stabbed.will sanjeevi use his powers to destroy guna once and for all to form the next crux of the story.

Cast

• Jiiva as Sanjeevi
• Sibiraj as "Cooling glass" Guna
• Hansika Motwani as Sunitha
• Manobala as Raghav
• Mayilswamy
• Chitra Lakshmanan as Doctor
• Yogi Babu as Mojo
• Ramdoss as Munusu
• Sujatha Sivakumar as Sanjeevi's mother
• Mottu Kannan Louis as Mottu Kannan

Production

The project materialised in June 2015, when it was revealed that Jiiva had accepted to work on a film to be directed by Ramprakash Rayappa, who had previously made Tamizhuku En Ondrai Azhuthavum (2015). Sibiraj also joined the film's cast, while D. Imman was signed as music director, after earlier reports suggested that Harris Jayaraj had been finalised. Jiiva had initially planned to produce the film himself before P. T. Selvakumar came forward to produce the film.

The film began production in September 2015 and Hansika Motwani was finalised to play the leading female role. A first look poster was later released during late October 2015.

Soundtrack

Pokkiri Raja (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by D. Imman
Released	14 February 2016
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	22:42
Language	Tamil
Label	Sony Music India
Producer	D. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Miruthan (2016)Miruthan2016 Pokkiri Raja (2016) Vetrivel (2016)Vetrivel2016

The soundtrack was composed by D. Imman.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Athuvutta"	Vivek	D. Imman	4:22
2.	"Rain Rain Go Go"	Vivek	Neeti Mohan, Varun Parandhaman	4:11
3.	"Bubbly Bubbly"	Vivek	Papon, Maria Roe Vincent	4:08
4.	"Taaru Taara"	Arunraja Kamaraj	Divya Kumar	4:06
5.	"Waltzing Whistle"		Instrumental	1:51
6.	"Athuvutta (Reprise)"	Vivek, MC Rude	Vishal Dadlani, MC Rude	4:05
Total length:				22:43

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Only Kollywood
Indiaglitz
The Times of India
Behindwoods
Rediff.com
FilmiBeat

The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, praising Rayappa's concept, but criticized the backstory & main character development. Sify wrote "Ramprakash Rayappa’s Pokkiri Raja has a terrific idea at its core and we have to definitely appreciate the director for this gutsy attempt. However, a weak back story and tacky CG work disappoints". Only Kollywood gave it a 2.75/5 and wrote "Despite a plausible set-up, the follow through is inconsistent, making Pokkiri Raja an unremarkable outing for Ramprakash." Indiaglitz gave a rating of 1.8/5 saying to "watch it at your own risk." M Suganth from The Times of India gave a more positive rating of 3/5 stating that "ultimately, it is such constant stream of laughs in the second half make up for a first half full of yawns." Behindwoods gave it a 2/5 saying that it contains a "good plot which could have been done full justice with a better screenplay." Rediff.com gave it a 1.5/5 calling it "an utter waste of time". FilmiBeat gave it a 2/5, saying that it had a brilliant idea gone awry".

External links

• Pokkiri Raja at IMDb