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Poraali is a film of genre Drama directed by Samuthirakani with Allari Naresh
Poraali (2011)
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Add to a movie listPoraali (Tamil: போராளி; English: The Warrior) is an Indian Tamil film written and directed by Samuthirakani, starring M. Sasikumar in the lead role. The film, also featuring Telugu actors Allari Naresh and Swati alongside Niveda, Vasundhara and Ganja Karuppu in pivotal roles, released on December 1, 2011. Poraali illustrates an astute fighter who can take on a large, greedy group. The Telugu dubbed version of this film, Sangarshana also released on December 1, 2011. Upon release, the film generally received positive reviews and became super hit, although the Telugu version sank without a trace. The film was remade in Kannada as Yaare Koogadali starring Puneeth Rajkumar which released on December 20, 2012 and turned out to be a super hit.
Synopsis
The story begins on a rainy night, when Ilangkumaran(Sasikumar) and Nallavan(Allari Naresh) escape from a place and enter chennai with some suspense hidden behind their past. They settle at Pulikutty's (Ganja Karuppu) residence and find jobs in a petrol bunk. His honesty and kind heartedness win people. A girl named Bharathi (Swathi) comes into his life. Her initial wrong belief about Kumaran changes as soon as she knows his kind-heartedness. Soon,love blooms between them. Ilangkumaran along with his friends start a venture which grows fast.(service agency concept copied from the 1988 Malayalam movie WITNESS) This makes Pulikutty to give advertisement in a Magazine with their photo.Actors
Allari Naresh
(Nallavan)
Swathi Reddy
(Bharathi)
M. Sasikumar
(Ilangkumaran)
Vasundhara Kashyap
(Maari)
Niveda Thomas
(Thamizhselvi)
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