Pichaikkaran

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Vijay Antony as Arul Selvakumar
• Satna Titus as Magizhini / Magizhini Arul Selvakumar, Arul’s wife
• Bagavathi Perumal as Rajesh, Arul’s Personnel secretary
• Vazhakku En Muthuraman as Avinashi, Arul’s uncle
• Dheepa Ramanujam as Bhuvaneswari Selvakumar, Arul’s mother
• Kala as Magizhini’s mother
• Rakshita as Thilagam
• Sandhyababu Eelwar as Muttai
• Tharshan as Half Boil
• Karthi as Omelet
• Balakrishnan as NGO Manager
• Janaki Amma as Sun Paati
• Lalitha as Valantha
• Thalayan as Traffic police
• Suresh as Inspector
• Gunasekhar as a Hospital manager
• Thamizh Puli as Catering supervisor
• Mohan Raman as Audi Car Owner
• Moorthy as Beggar
• Vinod Sagar as Avinashi’s henchman

Storyline:

Arul Selvakaran, a wealthy businessman from Palladam, Tirupur lives a lavish life. In an unfortunate event his mother meets with an accident and slips into a coma and her condition becomes incurable. In a desperate attempt to save his mother’s life, Arul consults a priest who promises him that his mother would recover if he lived the life of a beggar for 48 days.

About Movie:

• Sasi began the production of Pichaikkaran in October 2014 and signed on Vijay Antony to feature in the lead role. The pair had earlier worked together in Dishyum (2006), in which Vijay Antony had composed the film’s music.
• The team shot a schedule in Pollachi near Everwin Spinning Mills near Achipatty village in January 2015, before moving to Puducherry by June 2015.
• A standalone sequel titled Pichaikkaran 2 was announced on 24 July 2020.
• Pichaikkaaran was released on 4 March 2016 and positive reviews from critics where it became a blockbuster at the box office.
• The film was remade in Odia as Baby, in Marathi as Bhikari and in Kannada as Amma I Love You.