Pammal K. Sambandam is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Moulee and scripted by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Kamal Haasan in the title role alongside Simran, Abbas and Sneha. The film was produced by P. L. Thenappan under Media Dreams, while Deva composed the music.
Pammal K. Sambandam released on 14 January 2002. It received positive reviews and became a commercial success. It was later remade in Hindi as Kambakkht Ishq in 2009.[1][2] The core plot of the film was reported to be based on the 1999 film The Bachelor.[3]
When a stuntman Pammal Kalyana Sambandham alias P.K.S and a reputed surgeon Dr. Janaki come across each other at his younger brother Anand's and her best friend Malathi's elopement in Chennai, they instantly develop a dislike for each other. They both have a very low opinion of the opposite gender, and also refuse to believe in the concept of marriage. Sambandham humorously often censors his middle name "Kalyana" as it means "marriage". Janaki, in particular, hates Sambandham for his uncouth manners and language. She gets Sambandam arrested when he argues with her at the police station over Anand and Malathi's marriage. Sambandham is eventually released on bail.
Anand and Malathi's marriage soon turns rocky as Malathi feels that Anand had lied to her over a job assignment in Australia before they had eloped. On the advices of Janaki, Malathi harasses Anand at every opportunity and makes him do the household work. On hearing about Anand's plight, Sambandham decides to fix the relationship by "hooking up" Anand with a woman named Vanaja in order to make Malathi jealous and a more caring and dutiful wife to Anand. But, unfortunately for Anand, Janaki makes Malathi to believe that Anand is cheating on her and forces her to file for divorce.
Mientras tanto, Janaki intenta meter a Sambandham en problemas irrumpiendo en el rodaje de una película que involucra a Sambandham y afirmando que está "involucrado" en la crueldad animal ya que está usando un toro y una serpiente como parte de la película. En el caos que fue creado accidentalmente por Janaki cuando accidentalmente arroja la serpiente sobre la cabeza del toro, el toro se vuelve loco, la serpiente muere y el toro azota a Sambandham en su estómago cuando intentaba salvar a Janaki del toro. tratando de atacarla. Janaki le realiza una cirugía de emergencia y le salva la vida, pero durante la cirugía, su preciada posesión (un reloj de pulsera que le regaló su tía) cae en su estómago, lo que es detectado por rayos X. Ella finge acercarse a Sambandham, con la intención de sedarlo de alguna manera y realizar la cirugía nuevamente para recuperar el reloj. Sambandham, que no sabe que el reloj de Janaki está en su estómago debido a una confusión con la radiografía de otro paciente, confunde las propuestas románticas de Janaki con genuinas y se enamora de ella. Sin darse cuenta, también frustra todos sus planes de sedarlo. Finalmente, Sambandham le da otra sorpresa a Janaki; se comprometerán en la casa de su abuelo. Después de la ceremonia de compromiso, Janaki finalmente logra sedar a Sambandham y recuperar su reloj. Después de la cirugía, Janaki le revela la verdad a Sambandham y pone fin a su compromiso; dejando a Sambandham con el corazón roto. Los problemas de Sambandham aumentan cuando se da cuenta de que su abuelo había firmado un documento legal que estipula un límite de tiempo para casarse y conseguir la logia, o la logia pasará a la unión de su casta. Cuando su abuelo descubre los motivos por los que Janaki canceló el compromiso de Sammandham, sufre un infarto masivo y muere. Mientras tanto, Malathi y Anand logran reconciliarse en una emergencia de ascensor y vuelven a estar juntos, cancelando su divorcio.
Janaki se siente culpable por ser responsable de la muerte del abuelo de Sambandham. También descubre que Sambandham había decidido transferirle la propiedad del albergue y convertirlo en un orfanato si se hubieran casado, y ante esta revelación, se da cuenta de que efectivamente se ha enamorado de él. Decide confesarle su amor a Sambandham, pero sin darse cuenta lo convence de que se case con su pariente, un levantador de pesas Rajeshwari alias Raji. El matrimonio está fijado para los próximos dos días, ya que perdería la posesión de la logia si no se casa para entonces. Sin embargo, resulta que Raji no tiene ningún interés en el matrimonio y está enamorado de un chico malayali. En un clímax hilarante, Sambandham, Janaki, Anand y Malathi ayudan a Raji a fugarse con su novio, y Sambandham y Janaki también se fugan. Ambos dúo se casan en una comisaría dentro del plazo, asegurando así que el albergue siga siendo propiedad de Sambandham, quien lo entrega al orfanato.
Kamal Haasan initially approached Moulee to make a film for his own production house, but efforts were fruitless. Subsequently, the film was started under P. L. Thenappan in August 2001 and the shoot was complete within three months.[4] The film's invitation card for the launch was shaped in the form of the alphabet "K", which formed a significant theme throughout the film. The card also featured images of Devayani who was later replaced in the film by Sneha.[5][6] Devayani was removed after she went on honeymoon following her sudden marriage and thus she was unable to fulfil her original schedules.[7] Kamal Haasan's character was a stunt double under Vikram Dharma in the film and the stunt director had used the air-ramp for the first time in a Tamil film.[8] During the making of the film, the significance of the initial "K" was hidden before Kamal Haasan revealed at a press conference two weeks before release that it stood for "Kalyanam" (Marriage), which the lead characters despised.[9] The title was inspired by Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar, who was considered as one of the fathers of Tamil theatre.[10]
The music was composed by Deva and lyrics for all songs were written by Vaali, Kabilan, Pa. Vijay and Kamal Haasan.[11] The song "Kandhasamy Maadasamy", written and sung by Haasan, has his character teasing a friend who is in a troubled marriage.[12] S. Suchitra Lata of The Music Magazine wrote "Deva, the music director for this production, does a decent job. The song I liked most for its warm listening experience was the Hariharan-Chitra duet Sakalakalavallavane".[13]
Pammal K. Sambandam was released on 14 January 2002, Pongal day,[14] and became a major commercial success, easily recovering its investment due to the low budget.[15] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu claimed that "if Mouli had sustained the humorous strain throughout, PKS would have turned out to be a complete comic treat from start to finish. Why he did not do it remains a riddle." The critic also praised the lead performances and Crazy Mohan's dialogue writing.[16] Rajita of Rediff.com described it as "an average film", stating that the only "real highpoint is 'Crazy' Mohan's dialogues".[17] BizHat said, "While Pammal K Sambantham does provide good humor, it falls short to be considered as a full-length comedy movie because of its unbalanced mix of drama and humor".[18] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote called the film "above average", saying Deva's music did not help the film in any major way, but Mohan's dialogues and Moulee's direction were the film's saving graces.[19] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "The director has taken the first half of the film at a racy pace, the characters with their quirks, the resultant confusion, Crazy Mohan's crazy lines (though few and far between) helping to pep-up the proceedings. Then the desperation shows in the forced attempts to generate humour. There are too many characters around and too less happening. And with almost all the characters giving up their individuality and receding from their earlier stand, the movie comes to a dull and expected ending".[20]
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