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Pathinaaru is a film of genre Drama with Shiva

Pathinaaru (2011)

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Length 1h46
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating56% 2.842542.842542.842542.842542.84254

Pathinaaru (Tamil: பதினாறு; English: Sixteen) is a 2011 Tamil romantic drama film written and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy, who earlier directed films like V.I.P (1997), Punnagai Poove (2003) and A Aa E Ee (2009). It stars Shiva and Madhu Shalini in lead along with musician Darbuka Siva and television artist Abhishek in pivotal roles. The film's background score and soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. After being launched in October 2008 under the title 16, the film was shot for over one year, getting finished in early 2010 only. One year after its completion, Kalaipuli S. Thanu bought the distribution rights and released the film on 28 January 2011 under his V. Creations banner. However, this movie was unsuccessful at the Box-Office. Despite that the movie did not fare well at the box office, it was remade as Jolly Boy in Kannada language.

Synopsis

Shiva (Shiva) and Indu (Madhu Shalini) are city-based students,who love each other. However, their love is strongly opposed by the latter’s parents. They're given a handwritten book titled "Pathinaaru" (Sixteen) by Indhu's mother to read.

Actors

Shiva

(Shiva)
Madhu Shalini

(Indhu Gopalakrishnan)
Abhishek Shankar

(Gopalakrishnan)
Kasthuri

(Ilavarasi (cameo appearance))
Black Pandi

(Sakkarai)
Darbuka Siva
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