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Bale Pandiya (2010 film)

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Bale Pandiya
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySiddharth Chandrasekhar
Written bySiddharth Chandrasekhar
Produced byKalpathi S. Aghoram
Kalpathi S. Ganesh
Kalpathi S. Suresh
StarringVishnu Vishal
Piaa Bajpai
CinematographySoundarrajan
Edited byShiva Saravanan
Music byDevan Ekambaram
Production
company
Release date
  • 3 September 2010 (2010-9-3)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Bale Pandiya (transl. Bravo Pandiya) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic action comedy film written and directed by Siddharth Chandrasekhar in his debut. It stars Vishnu Vishal and Piaa Bajpai in the lead roles. The film was released on 3 September 2010.[1]

Plot

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Contract killer AKP and his two sidekicks arrive at a club. The group walks into the club and starts showing their power before reaching their table. A finger with a ring is placed on the table. Pandian considers himself unlucky. All his efforts to come up in life end on the wrong side. He approaches AKP and urges to kill him. A shocked AKP is initially hesitant. Soon, he decides to give him some time. Hence, he gives Pandian some money and entrusts him with the job of turning a human bomb, a job that he should execute within 20 days.

Life changes for Pandian after he meets Vaishnavi. They fall in love with each other. When Pandian decides to go tell AKP that he would rather prefer to live, he gets a rude shock: AKP and his men are found murdered. The blame falls on Pandian. Meanwhile, Vaishnavi gets kidnapped by a gang for a big deal. It is chaos and confusion everywhere, before Pandian sets things right.

Cast

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Guest appearances in "Happy" song by: (in alphabetical order)

Production

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The film marked the directorial debut of leading advertising designer Siddharth Chandrasekhar. The filming was held at Chennai, Phuket and Pondicherry.[2]

Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was composed by Devan Ekambaram.[3][4] The a cappella song "Happy" includes over 20 singers.[5] It is the last song sung by Malaysia Vasudevan before his death in 2011.[6] The audio launch was held at Sathyam Cinemas in April 2010.[7]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSingersLength
1."Sirikkiren"VaaliNaresh Iyer, Mano, Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, Burn, Uma Shankar5:05
2."Happy"VaaliMalaysia Vasudevan, Haricharan, Devan Ekambaram, Naresh Iyer, Naveen Madhav, Ranjith, Rahul Nambiar, Paravai Muniamma, Manicka Vinayagam, Anuradha Sriram, Srinivas, Mukesh, Divya, Suchitra, Velmurugan, Malgudi Subha, Vijay Yesudas, Aalap Raju4:59
3."Aaradha Kobamillai"ThamaraiRaman Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi Iyer4:48
4."Ivan Thedal"Dr. BurnDr. Burn, Arun Ramamurthi3:39
5."Kangalae Kamalalayam"ThamaraiP. Unnikrishnan, Mrinalini4:06
6."Bale Pandiya"VaaliVelmurugan, Ranjith, Naresh Iyer4:27
7."Sirikkiren" (Instrumental) Arun Ramamurthi5:05
Total length:31:29

Critical reception

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Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com wrote, "Sidharth Chandrasekar's debut film hits the right note at certain places, and it certainly has its funny moments. If it had sustained that momentum in the second half, Bale Pandiya would have been even better".[8] Sify mentioned, "The trouble with Bale Pandiya is that the director just do not know whether to make a spoof or a comedy with songs and action, in the process he falls between two stools" and called it "half baked and contrived".[9] The New Indian Express wrote, "A promising effort from a debutant filmmaker, 'Bale Pandiya' is light-hearted entertainer, sustains its pace, and makes for easy viewing".[10] Bhama Devi Ravi of The Times of India rated the film 2 stars out of 5, saying it "tries hard to be a laugh riot and an engaging entertainer and succeeds in parts".[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Gibran Osman, the VJ who turned villain". The New Indian Express. 3 September 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  2. ^ Nadar, A Ganesh (2 September 2010). "Helming Bale Pandiya". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  3. ^ Karthik (20 April 2010). "Music review: Bale Pandiya (Tamil – Devan Ekambaram)". Milliblog. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  4. ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra (27 May 2010). "Bale Pandiya's music is pleasant". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Happy and happening: Haricharan". The Times of India. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Glimpse of Manasilaayo from Rajinikanth's Vettaiyan out". Cinema Express. 8 September 2024. Archived from the original on 19 September 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Audio launch of Bale Pandiya". The New Indian Express. 22 April 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  8. ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra (3 September 2010). "Bale Pandiya could have been better". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Bale Pandiya". Sify. 5 September 2010. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Bale Pandiya". The New Indian Express. 6 September 2010. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  11. ^ Ravi, Bhama Devi (6 September 2010). "Bale Pandiya Movie Review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
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