Senthoorapandi

Plot

Vijay returns to his village after his studies, much to the happiness of his parents. He falls in love with Meena, the sister of local bigwig Ponnambalam. He opposes their love because Vijay belongs to a lower caste, and tries to kill the entire family. But Vijay's brother Senthoorappandi, who is just released from prison, shows up on time and saves them.

Through a flashback, we learn that Senthoorappandi and Marikozhundhu were in love and that was opposed by her family. But Senthoorappandi overpowers the opposition and marries her. Enraged, her uncle kills her. In retaliation, Senthoorappandi kills the uncle and goes to prison.

Now that Senthoorappandi is out of prison, he tries to convince Ponnambalam to get his sister married to Vijay, but Ponnambalam insults Senthoorappandi and rejects the proposal. So Meena decides to marry Vijay against her brother's wishes. In an attempt to stop the wedding, Ponnambalam kills Vijay/Senthoorappandi's father.

Senthoorappandi proceeds with the wedding of his brother despite the killing of his father. Ponnambalam tries to stop the wedding, but Senthoorappandi fights him and kills him and goes to jail again, happy that Vijay and Meena are united.

Cast

• Vijayakanth as Senthoorapandi (Extended guest appearance)
• Vijay as Vijay
• Yuvarani as Meena
• Vijayakumar as Senthoorapandi's father
• Manorama as Maruthaayi, Senthoorapandi's mother
• Ponnambalam as Ponnambalam, Meena's brother
• S. S. Chandran as Sundaralingam
• Tiruppur Ramasamy as Postman
• Chaplin Balu as Vijay's friend
• O. A. K. Sundar as Meena's suitor
• Meesai Murugesan as Meena's suitor's father
• Gauthami as Marikozhundhu (guest appearance)
• S. A. Chandrasekhar (guest appearance in "Aadadhada Aadadhada")

Production

After Vijay's debut film as a lead actor Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) failed at the box-office, Chandrasekhar decided to cast an established actor alongside Vijay for his next film; Vijayakanth agreed to do the film for free.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva. For the dubbed Telugu version Bobbili Rayudu, all lyrics were written by Rajasri.

Reception

Malini Mannath of The Indian Express wrote it "turns out to be fairly engaging film". K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "It is amazing Chandrasegaran went into production without a proper story. Rajarajan's cinematography is the saving grace in this movie which seems to have nothing new to say". Thulasi of Kalki panned the plot and violence but praised the cinematography and music. Ananda Vikatan gave the film a score of 30 out of 100.

References

References

1. (1 December 2002). "நட்சத்திர படப் பட்டியல்". [[Cinema Express]].
2. (16 April 2018). "SAC recalls Vijayakanth's help for Vijay".
3. (14 December 2013). "When Vijayakanth helped Ilayathalapathy Vijay".
4. (December 28, 2023). "Vijay explains how dad SA Chandrasekar used Vijayakanth's popularity to launch him in Sendhoorapandi, watch throwback video".
5. "Sendhoorapandi (1993)".
6. "Bobbili Rayudu".
7. (August 2014). "Bobbili Rayudu".
8. Mannath, Malini. (17 December 1993). "Few dull moments". [[The Indian Express]].
9. Vijiyan, K.. (19 February 1994). "Tired old village love plot in Chandrasekaran's latest". [[New Straits Times]].
10. துளசி. (2 January 1994). "செந்தூரப் பாண்டி".
11. சார்லஸ், தேவன். (22 June 2021). "பீஸ்ட் : 'நாளைய தீர்ப்பு' டு 'மாஸ்டர்'... விஜய்க்கு விகடனின் மார்க்கும், விமர்சனமும் என்ன? #Beast".