Poove Unakkaaga

SunTV's NINAIVUGAL programme

FROM: STEVE actorvijayfans@yahoogroups.com

Ammu talked about Mega-Hit movie of the year 1996, Poove Unakkagha.
She tells lots of interesting information relating the movie.

Poove Unakkaaga

Cast and Crew...
Hero......Vijay
Heroine...Sangeetha
Others: Anju Aravind, Charlie, Nagesh, Nambiar, Jaiganesh, Malaysia Vasudevan and others.

Director.....Vikraman Producer.....R.B.Chowdry (Super Good Films)
Music Director : S.A.Rajkumar

Vijay's first movie was Naalaya Theerpu, which did fairly well in the box office but was not a great start; later his Sendoorapandi, Rasigan, Deva, Manbumigu Manavan etc were hits where as Chandralekha was his only flop.

After this film Poove Unnakaga, Vijay's films like Vasantha Vasal and Kaalam Ellam Kathiruppen were flops. However, this film was his first mega-hit which gave way to other mega-hit films like Once More, Kadhalukku Mariadhai, Love Today, Naerukku Naer, Ninaithen Vandhai, Nilaave Vaa etc which were all mega-hits in their own right.

Poove Unakkaga was in the top rank of all the movie released in 1996. It run for a record-breaking 270 days. In a interview director Vikraman has said that Poove Unakkagha was his first story, even though he did other movies first. It was his much impressed story-line of family sentiments, loves, sacrifies for love.

It is also the movie which tell that "Loosing also can be the winning of true love". It was one of Vijay's best performance, first combination with Super Good Films, and Director Vikraman. It is also the movie which gives lots of praises to Music Director SA Rajkumar.