112-466: Soorarai Pottru ( transl. Praise the Brave ) is a 2020 Indian Tamil -language drama film directed by Sudha Kongara , who wrote the screenplay with Shalini Usha Nair. The film, co-produced by Suriya , Jyothika and Guneet Monga , stars Suriya, Aparna Balamurali and Paresh Rawal , while Mohan Babu , Urvashi and Karunas appear in supporting roles. The film was inspired by events from
224-468: A lexical root to which one or more affixes are attached. Most Tamil affixes are suffixes . Tamil suffixes can be derivational suffixes, which either change the part of speech of the word or its meaning, or inflectional suffixes, which mark categories such as person , number , mood , tense , etc. There is no absolute limit on the length and extent of agglutination , which can lead to long words with many suffixes, which would require several words or
336-484: A , as with other Indic scripts . This inherent vowel is removed by adding a tittle called a puḷḷi , to the consonantal sign. For example, ன is ṉa (with the inherent a ) and ன் is ṉ (without a vowel). Many Indic scripts have a similar sign, generically called virama , but the Tamil script is somewhat different in that it nearly always uses a visible puḷḷi to indicate a 'dead consonant' (a consonant without
448-759: A 2001 survey, there were 1,863 newspapers published in Tamil, of which 353 were dailies. Tamil is the primary language of the majority of the people residing in Tamil Nadu , Puducherry , (in India) and in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka . The language is spoken among small minority groups in other states of India which include Karnataka , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh , Kerala , Maharashtra , Gujarat , Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India and in certain regions of Sri Lanka such as Colombo and
560-622: A Regional Research and Development Office located at Bangalore and a Gliding Centre at Pune. The CAA has been envisaged as an autonomous regulatory body which will replace the DGCA and will meet standards set by the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The CAA will have separate departments to deal with safety, economic regulation and grievance resolution, as well as a full-fledged environment department. It will also have an independent accident investigation bureau. The Authority will also have
672-708: A delay in obtaining the No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the IAF. The makers announced a new release date of 12 November 2020, the eve of Diwali festival. Soorarai Pottru was released in Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam and Kannada languages; the Telugu version was titled Aakasam Nee Haddhu Ra ( transl. The sky is the limit ), and Satyadev provided dubbing for Suriya's character. A Hindi -dubbed version titled Udaan ( transl. Flight )
784-519: A family of around 26 languages native to the Indian subcontinent . It is also classified as being part of a Tamil language family that, alongside Tamil proper, includes the languages of about 35 ethno-linguistic groups such as the Irula and Yerukula languages (see SIL Ethnologue ). The closest major relative of Tamil is Malayalam ; the two began diverging around the 9th century CE. Although many of
896-564: A film that doesn't tick all those boxes of a typical commercial entertainer". Baradwaj Rangan wrote for Film Companion ; "In terms of sheer professionalism, the film is the best thing that's come on the southern OTT space". Soorarai Pottru was selected as one of ten Indian films to be screened in the Best Foreign Film category at the 78th Golden Globe Awards . On 26 January 2021, the film's executive producer Rajasekar Pandian announced that Soorarai Pottru had been entered into
1008-425: A long journey by road and train, he discovers that his father has died and his last rites have occurred. This event sparked Maara's ambition to start a low-cost carrier airline. Bommi, however, rejects him, saying that she and Maara are already married to their respective ambitions. Maara visits Naidu to ask for the ex-serviceman loan so he can start his airline but Naidu refuses. With no other option, Maara travels on
1120-436: A lot and speak, thinking through the sentence and then uttering it. But Sudha gave me dialogues that should be uttered continuously. I believe I smile a lot. And she'd ensure I didn't do that. Every sentence had a rhythm that was set. Eventually, I became more like Maara and not Suriya. – Suriya, in an interview with The Times of India Suriya played the role of Nedumaaran Rajangam (Maara), an ambitious man from Madurai;
1232-423: A moving, poetic biopic without deifying the leading man". Karthik Keramalu from The Quint gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half out of five, calling it a "comeback" for Suriya after the less-positively received works NGK and Kaappaan ", adding: " Soorarai Pottru largely works, as it is about a larger-than-life dream than one particular person. I'm not denying that it is based on GR Gopinath's life, but
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#17327945231511344-607: A number of apparent Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew dating to before 500 BCE, the oldest attestation of the language. Old Tamil is the period of the Tamil language spanning the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE. The earliest records in Old Tamil are short inscriptions from 300 BCE to 700 CE. These inscriptions are written in a variant of the Brahmi script called Tamil-Brahmi . The earliest long text in Old Tamil
1456-671: A number of skeletons were found buried in earthenware urns dating from at least 696 BCE in Adichanallur . Some of these urns contained writing in Tamil Brahmi script, and some contained skeletons of Tamil origin. Between 2017 and 2018, 5,820 artifacts have been found in Keezhadi . These were sent to Beta Analytic in Miami , Florida , for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) dating. One sample containing Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions
1568-518: A number of sound changes, in particular, a tendency to lower high vowels in initial and medial positions, and the disappearance of vowels between plosives and between a plosive and rhotic. Contact with European languages affected written and spoken Tamil. Changes in written Tamil include the use of European-style punctuation and the use of consonant clusters that were not permitted in Middle Tamil. The syntax of written Tamil has also changed, with
1680-460: A point, the hurdles that Maara has to cross begin to feel repetitive, making the film seem a bit overlong. But the closing visuals of the joy on the faces of the common folk who take the flight on Maara's aircraft ensure a smooth touchdown". According to Sudhir Srinivasan from The New Indian Express ; "It's a film with character purpose across the board, incisive dialogues, great performances, and much empathy and sensitivity to boot. Soorarai Pottru
1792-507: A rebellious boy and had a difficult and contentious relationship with his father. Maara joined the Indian Air Force, where he excelled but was often reprimanded by his superior, M. Naidu, due to his rebellious nature. When his father was on his deathbed, Maara tried to book a flight home, but he did not have enough money. He asks several people at the airport to help him out financially, but to no avail. When he reaches his house after
1904-429: A restroom, Paresh has an anxiety attack and tries to take his pill but it falls to the floor. A janitor picks up the pill for Paresh, inducing in him a sense of respect for lower-income groups. Adapted from the closing credits : In late 2009, Sudha Kongara conceptualised a film based on Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey by Simplifly Deccan founder-and-entrepreneur G. R. Gopinath when she assisted Mani Ratnam during
2016-561: A sentence in English. To give an example, the word pōkamuṭiyātavarkaḷukkāka (போகமுடியாதவர்களுக்காக) means "for the sake of those who cannot go" and consists of the following morphemes : போக pōka go முடி muṭi accomplish Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India) The Directorate General of Civil Aviation ( DGCA ) is a statutory body of the Government of India to regulate civil aviation in India. It became
2128-647: A small number speak the language. In Reunion where the Tamil language was forbidden to be learnt and used in public space by France it is now being relearnt by students and adults. Tamil is also spoken by migrants from Sri Lanka and India in Canada , the United States , the United Arab Emirates , the United Kingdom , South Africa , and Australia . Tamil is the official language of
2240-471: A smear campaign against Deccan Air in the hopes of ending Maara's dreams but Maara assures everyone that his flights are safe and cost-effective. On the day of the start of operations, however, no passengers checked in for one of the flights. Maara is about to give up when he is informed that a technical error resulted in no tickets for that particular flight being booked, whereas all other flights are fully booked. With tears of happiness in his eyes, Maara watches
2352-529: A statutory body under the Aircraft (Amendment) Act, 2020. The DGCA investigates aviation accidents and incidents , maintains all regulations related to aviation and is responsible for issuance of licenses pertaining to aviation like PPL 's, SPL 's and CPL 's in India. It is headquartered along Sri Aurobindo Marg , opposite Safdarjung Airport , in New Delhi . The Government of India is planning to replace
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#17327945231512464-552: A subject of study in schools in the French overseas department of Réunion . In addition, with the creation in October 2004 of a legal status for classical languages by the Government of India and following a political campaign supported by several Tamil associations, Tamil became the first legally recognised Classical language of India. The recognition was announced by the contemporaneous President of India , Abdul Kalam , who
2576-768: A surge in COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu. This decision was planned after the film was screened at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai for the Chennai International Film Festival in February 2021. After the positive response during its first theatrical screening, the makers planned a theatrical re-release. 2D Entertainment had planned to screen the film on a free-distribution basis in which the profits earned would be handed to theatre owners. The plan
2688-463: A variety of dialects that are all collectively known as Brahmin Tamil . These dialects tend to have softer consonants (with consonant deletion also common). These dialects also tend to have many Sanskrit loanwords. Tamil in Sri Lanka incorporates loan words from Portuguese , Dutch , and English. In addition to its dialects, Tamil exhibits different forms: a classical literary style modelled on
2800-438: A vowel). In other Indic scripts, it is generally preferred to use a ligature or a half form to write a syllable or a cluster containing a dead consonant, although writing it with a visible virama is also possible. The Tamil script does not differentiate voiced and unvoiced plosives . Instead, plosives are articulated with voice depending on their position in a word, in accordance with the rules of Tamil phonology . In addition to
2912-437: A well-knit cinematic tale that urges us to follow our dreams ... The intensity of proceedings does soften in the second half, when somehow, things seem to fall too quickly in place, with help pouring in from unexpected quarters for the protagonist. However, Suriya as Maara holds the show together". Ranjani Krishnakumar from Firstpost gave the film a rating of four-and-a-half out of five and said; "Sudha Kongara, Suriya tell
3024-584: Is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia . It is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India , along with Sanskrit , attested since c. 300 BCE. The language belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian language family and shares close ties with Malayalam and Kannada . Despite external influences, Tamil has retained a sense of linguistic purism, especially in formal and literary contexts. Tamil
3136-402: Is a former Indian Air Force Pilot Officer who dreams of starting a low-cost carrier airline. He idolises Paresh Goswami, the owner of Jaz Airlines. One day, Maara is visited by Sundari "Bommi," whose family is looking for a groom for her. Bommi is a fiery young woman who wants to open her own bakery. Maara is impressed by Bommi's nature and agrees to marry her. He tells her that he grew up as
3248-457: Is based on the dialect of Jaffna . After Tamil Brahmi fell out of use, Tamil was written using a script called vaṭṭeḻuttu amongst others such as Grantha and Pallava . The current Tamil script consists of 12 vowels , 18 consonants and one special character, the āytam . The vowels and consonants combine to form 216 compound characters, giving a total of 247 characters (12 + 18 + 1 + (12 × 18)). All consonants have an inherent vowel
3360-401: Is deemed unlikely by Southworth due to the contemporary use of the compound 'centamiḻ', which means refined speech in the earliest literature. The Tamil Lexicon of University of Madras defines the word "Tamil" as "sweetness". S. V. Subramanian suggests the meaning "sweet sound", from tam – "sweet" and il – "sound". Tamil belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian languages ,
3472-563: Is extensively described in the oldest known grammar book for Tamil, the Tolkāppiyam . Modern Tamil writing is largely based on the 13th-century grammar Naṉṉūl which restated and clarified the rules of the Tolkāppiyam , with some modifications. Traditional Tamil grammar consists of five parts, namely eḻuttu , col , poruḷ , yāppu , aṇi . Of these, the last two are mostly applied in poetry. Tamil words consist of
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3584-511: Is found in Tholkappiyam , which is dated as early as late 2nd century BCE. The Hathigumpha inscription , inscribed around a similar time period (150 BCE), by Kharavela , the Jain king of Kalinga , also refers to a Tamira Samghatta ( Tamil confederacy ) The Samavayanga Sutra dated to the 3rd century BCE contains a reference to a Tamil script named 'Damili'. Southworth suggests that
3696-405: Is generally taken to have been completed by the 8th century, was characterised by a number of phonological and grammatical changes. In phonological terms, the most important shifts were the virtual disappearance of the aytam (ஃ), an old phoneme, the coalescence of the alveolar and dental nasals, and the transformation of the alveolar plosive into a rhotic . In grammar, the most important change
3808-409: Is generally used in formal writing and speech. For instance, it is the language of textbooks, of much of Tamil literature and of public speaking and debate. In recent times, however, koṭuntamiḻ has been making inroads into areas that have traditionally been considered the province of centamiḻ . Most contemporary cinema, theatre and popular entertainment on television and radio, for example,
3920-410: Is in koṭuntamiḻ , and many politicians use it to bring themselves closer to their audience. The increasing use of koṭuntamiḻ in modern times has led to the emergence of unofficial 'standard' spoken dialects. In India, the 'standard' koṭuntamiḻ , rather than on any one dialect, but has been significantly influenced by the dialects of Thanjavur and Madurai . In Sri Lanka, the standard
4032-420: Is in fine form, switching between angry young man to conflicted son, romantic husband and cussing businessman ... Soorarai Pottru is easily Suriya's best outing in a long time. It's a pleasant flight even if there's some turbulence along the way". Critic Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave two out of five and stated; " Soorarai Pottru is marred by the high-pitched melodrama whistled up every time
4144-771: Is not always consistently applied. ISO 15919 is an international standard for the transliteration of Tamil and other Indic scripts into Latin characters. It uses diacritics to map the much larger set of Brahmic consonants and vowels to Latin script , and thus the alphabets of various languages, including English. Apart from the usual numerals, Tamil has numerals for 10, 100 and 1000. Symbols for day, month, year, debit, credit, as above, rupee, and numeral are present as well. Tamil also uses several historical fractional signs. /f/ , /z/ , /ʂ/ and /ɕ/ are only found in loanwords and may be considered marginal phonemes, though they are traditionally not seen as fully phonemic. Tamil has two diphthongs : /aɪ̯/ ஐ and /aʊ̯/ ஔ ,
4256-533: Is predominantly spoken in Tamil Nadu , India, and the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka . It has significant speaking populations in Malaysia , Singapore , and among diaspora communities . Tamil has been recognized as a classical language by the Indian government and holds official status in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Singapore. The earliest extant Tamil literary works and their commentaries celebrate
4368-409: Is the Tolkāppiyam , an early work on Tamil grammar and poetics, whose oldest layers could be as old as the late 2nd century BCE. Many literary works in Old Tamil have also survived. These include a corpus of 2,381 poems collectively known as Sangam literature . These poems are usually dated to between the 1st century BCE and 5th century CE. The evolution of Old Tamil into Middle Tamil , which
4480-411: Is the whole package really. It can be said that in charting the life of this man who wanted millions to soar, the film too has managed to". Logesh Balachandran of India Today gave three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying; "There is a tautness to the storytelling, especially until the interval, that keeps us gripped. The second half, however, lacked that substance which was built in the first half of
4592-793: Is used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia , along with English, Malay and Mandarin. A large community of Pakistani Tamils speakers exists in Karachi , Pakistan , which includes Tamil-speaking Hindus as well as Christians and Muslims – including some Tamil-speaking Muslim refugees from Sri Lanka. There are about 100 Tamil Hindu families in Madrasi Para colony in Karachi. They speak impeccable Tamil along with Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi. Many in Réunion , Guyana , Fiji , Suriname , and Trinidad and Tobago have Tamil origins, but only
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4704-562: The 93rd Academy Awards , for Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Director , Best Original Score and other categories. He also stated that it had been made available to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for votes and nomination at the Academy Screening Room . Although the film was one of 366 films that were eligible for nomination, it failed to progress further in the voting process. Soorarai Pottru
4816-465: The Pandiyan Kings for the organization of long-termed Tamil Sangams , which researched, developed and made amendments in Tamil language. Even though the name of the language which was developed by these Tamil Sangams is mentioned as Tamil, the period when the name "Tamil" came to be applied to the language is unclear, as is the precise etymology of the name. The earliest attested use of the name
4928-599: The University of Madras , was one of the earliest dictionaries published in Indian languages. A strong strain of linguistic purism emerged in the early 20th century, culminating in the Pure Tamil Movement which called for removal of all Sanskritic elements from Tamil. It received some support from Dravidian parties . This led to the replacement of a significant number of Sanskrit loanwords by Tamil equivalents, though many others remain. According to
5040-491: The 11th century, retain many features of the Vaishnava paribasai , a special form of Tamil developed in the 9th and 10th centuries that reflect Vaishnavite religious and spiritual values. Several castes have their own sociolects which most members of that caste traditionally used regardless of where they come from. It is often possible to identify a person's caste by their speech. For example, Tamil Brahmins tend to speak
5152-664: The Best Foreign Film category at the 78th Golden Globe Awards . The film also entered the Panorama Section of the Shanghai International Film Festival . It won five awards at the 68th National Film Awards : Best Feature Film , Best Actor (Suriya), Best Actress (Aparna), Best Screenplay (Kongara and Nair) and Best Background Score (Prakash Kumar). A Hindi remake titled Sarfira , again directed by Kongara, released in theatres on 12 July 2024. Nedumaaran Rajangam, nicknamed "Maara,"
5264-824: The DGCA conducted investigations and gave information to the investigations established by the Court of Inquiry and the Committee Inquiry. A separate investigative agency was established to comply with the Standards And Recommended Practices (SARPs) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Therefore, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) was established in 2011. In January 1978,
5376-481: The Indian state of Haryana , purportedly as a rebuff to Punjab , though there was no attested Tamil-speaking population in the state, and was later replaced by Punjabi , in 2010. In Malaysia, 543 primary education government schools are available fully in Tamil as the medium of instruction . The establishment of Tamil-medium schools has been in process in Myanmar to provide education completely in Tamil language by
5488-474: The Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the 22 languages under schedule 8 of the constitution of India . It is one of the official languages of the union territories of Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands . Tamil is also one of the official languages of Singapore . Tamil is one of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka, along with Sinhala . It was once given nominal official status in
5600-567: The Tamil Nadu government granted permission provided workers followed COVID-19 guidelines. In early June, the Central Board of Film Certification granted a U certificate for the film without cuts. The censor board report was released in August; the film's final runtime was 153 minutes and offensive words in the film were muted. This was further trimmed to 149 minutes. The film's deleted scenes were released on 19 February 2021, coinciding with
5712-590: The Tamil language, Kannada still preserves a lot from its roots. As part of the southern family of Indian languages and situated relatively close to the northern parts of India, Kannada also shares some Sanskrit words, similar to Malayalam. Many of the formerly used words in Tamil have been preserved with little change in Kannada. This shows a relative parallel to Tamil, even as Tamil has undergone some changes in modern ways of speaking. According to Hindu legend, Tamil or in personification form Tamil Thāi (Mother Tamil)
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#17327945231515824-696: The Tamils who settled there 200 years ago. Tamil language is available as a course in some local school boards and major universities in Canada and the month of January has been declared "Tamil Heritage Month" by the Parliament of Canada . Tamil enjoys a special status of protection under Article 6(b), Chapter 1 of the Constitution of South Africa and is taught as a subject in schools in KwaZulu-Natal province. Recently, it has been rolled out as
5936-438: The acting debut of Arjunan 's son Ilan and daughter Iyal. Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal was cast as the antagonist Paresh Goswami, making his Tamil debut. The character is based on Naresh Goyal , CEO of Jet Airways . Dan Dhanoa appeared in a short role as Vimal Balaiyya, which was inspired by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya . Sheik Maideen, who had a close resemblance to former president of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and
6048-442: The ancient language ( sankattamiḻ ), a modern literary and formal style ( centamiḻ ), and a modern colloquial form ( koṭuntamiḻ ). These styles shade into each other, forming a stylistic continuum. For example, it is possible to write centamiḻ with a vocabulary drawn from caṅkattamiḻ , or to use forms associated with one of the other variants while speaking koṭuntamiḻ . In modern times, centamiḻ
6160-547: The autonomy to recruit staff. Currently, the DGCA is understaffed and does not have any recruitment powers. The CAA will have administrative and financial powers similar to those of the American FAA. These powers will redefine the regulator's role and better equip it to face the challenges of the growing Aviation sector in the country. Employees working with DGCA will be transferred to the CAA. The estimated cost of establishing
6272-470: The character is loosely based on G. R. Gopinath. Sudha hired two or three assistant directors and writers from Madurai, to speak in Madurai dialect . Suriya said his character "is prone to anger ... Even in anger, he is able to think of why certain people are coming from a different perspective. He knows how to behave with his wife, his friends and others". Sudha fixed these elements before filming to make
6384-689: The culture associated with the Neolithic complexes of South India, but it has also been related to the Harappan civilization . Scholars categorise the attested history of the language into three periods: Old Tamil (300 BCE–700 CE), Middle Tamil (700–1600) and Modern Tamil (1600–present). About of the approximately 100,000 inscriptions found by the Archaeological Survey of India in India are in Tamil Nadu. Of them, most are in Tamil, with only about 5 percent in other languages. In 2004,
6496-952: The dialect of Madurai , and iṅkaṭe in some northern dialects. Even now, in the Coimbatore area, it is common to hear " akkaṭṭa " meaning "that place". Although Tamil dialects do not differ significantly in their vocabulary, there are a few exceptions. The dialects spoken in Sri Lanka retain many words and grammatical forms that are not in everyday use in India, and use many other words slightly differently. Tamil dialects include Central Tamil dialect , Kongu Tamil , Madras Bashai , Madurai Tamil , Nellai Tamil , Kumari Tamil in India ; Batticaloa Tamil dialect , Jaffna Tamil dialect , Negombo Tamil dialect in Sri Lanka; and Malaysian Tamil in Malaysia. Sankethi dialect in Karnataka has been heavily influenced by Kannada . The dialect of
6608-399: The differences between Tamil and Malayalam demonstrate a pre-historic divergence of the western dialect, the process of separation into a distinct language, Malayalam, was not completed until sometime in the 13th or 14th century. Additionally Kannada is also relatively close to the Tamil language and shares the format of the formal ancient Tamil language. While there are some variations from
6720-647: The district of Palakkad in Kerala has many Malayalam loanwords, has been influenced by Malayalam's syntax, and has a distinctive Malayalam accent. Similarly, Tamil spoken in Kanyakumari District has more unique words and phonetic style than Tamil spoken at other parts of Tamil Nadu. The words and phonetics are so different that a person from Kanyakumari district is easily identifiable by their spoken Tamil. Hebbar and Mandyam dialects, spoken by groups of Tamil Vaishnavites who migrated to Karnataka in
6832-441: The dramatic events that have carefully been picked from his tall tale are about a handful and director Sudha Kongara has glued them well with enough grit to sustain the proceedings". M. Suganth of The Times of India gave a rating of three-and-a-half out of five, stating: Right from the start, the film shows us how the nexus between capitalists and bureaucrats has been instrumental in crushing anyone who dares to dream big, after
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#17327945231516944-422: The executive producer of 2D Entertainment, stated the film would be premiered by streaming in 200 countries. Suriya further announced that ₹ 50 million from the film's profits would be donated to film-industry workers, and frontline workers who made necessary efforts to control the pandemic. A week prior to the film's release date, 21 October 2020, Suriya announced that the film would again be postponed due to
7056-452: The families of those working in those projects because I took the OTT route. That cheque saved families, and that's all I see right now". The direct-to-streaming release announcement disappointed many of Suriya's fans, who wanted to watch the film in theatres, and they asked him to reconsider his decision. Suriya faced a similar controversy when he released his film Ponmagal Vandhal (2020) on
7168-519: The film began in June 2018, and filming was speculated to start in November but was postponed because of delays in pre-production. G. V. Prakash Kumar was selected to work on the film's music; Kumar worked with director Sudha and actor Suriya for the first time. The film's technical crew were cinematographer Niketh Bommireddy , and Sathish Suriya , who edited the director's Irudhi Suttru and Guru and
7280-533: The film started on 14 June 2019, when scenes featuring Mohan Babu and Paresh Rawal were filmed. Rawal completed his scenes the following month. Also in July, the crew went to Hyderabad to film major sequences. A month-long schedule took place in August, during which some important scenes were filmed in Madurai and surrounding locations. It marked Suriya's return to filming in Madurai after Pithamagan (2003). During
7392-528: The film two-and-a-half stars out of five and stated; " Soorarai Pottru could have been far more inspiring and even engrossing had director Sudha Kongara done away with unnecessary songs and emotions. Her plane would have had a smoother flight sans the turbulence". According to Sify , which gave the film four stars out of five; " Soorarai Pottru stands out with its fine writing and outstanding performance of Suriya". Sowmya Rajendran , editor-in-chief of The News Minute gave four out of five and stated; "Suriya
7504-621: The film under the Sikhya Entertainment banner, which was known for producing critically acclaimed films such as The Lunchbox (2013), Masaan (2015) and the Academy Award -winning documentary film Period. End of Sentence. (2018). The company agreed to fund the project, which became its first South Indian film. The film was officially announced in April 2018 with the tentative title Suriya 38 . Pre-production work on
7616-409: The film's 100th-day run), by the production house through YouTube . G. V. Prakash Kumar worked on the film's score and soundtrack; in April 2019, before filming commenced, he recorded a song in collaboration with the band Thaikkudam Bridge for a rock number in the film. Singers Dhee , Senthil Ganesh and Harish Sivaramakrishnan of the band Agam also contributed to the album. Prakash worked on
7728-465: The film's background score in October 2019. The following month, Prakash announced Suriya will perform the rap versions of the film's theme music, which is titled "Maara Theme". The song was released on 24 January 2020. Sony Music India released the film's soundtrack album on 24 July 2020. Soorarai Pottru had been scheduled to release on Christmas Day , 25 December 2019. It was then postponed to Pongal , 15 January. Due to pending post-production work,
7840-509: The film's music, while Niketh Bommireddy was the cinematographer and Sathish Suriya edited the film. The theatrical release of the film was affected by post-production delays and the COVID-19 pandemic ; it was released through Amazon Prime Video on 12 November 2020, the eve of the Diwali festival, and received critical acclaim. It was selected as one of ten Indian films to be screened in
7952-416: The film's theatrical release was again postponed, this time to 1 May, and was then indefinitely delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 May that year on social media , Suriya stated the film would be scheduled for a theatrical release. On 22 August 2020, coinciding with Ganesh Chaturthi , Suriya announced the film would have a direct-to-streaming release on Amazon Prime Video on 30 October 2020, and
8064-489: The film. Sudha could have done a little more research on other aviation stories and incorporated them into the script. That said, the performance of Suriya is what holds the entire film together". Balachandran said the film "was made for the theatrical experience and would have been an amazing watch on the big screen", and concluded "the OTT release has given the makers of the film a wider reach". Gauthaman Bhaskaran of News18 gave
8176-457: The half-completed script. Suriya was impressed by the narration and story, and agreed to appear in and produce the project. Suriya wanted no-one to interfere in the film's budget or to change any sequence. He was also concerned about the film's quality and believed producing the project could let him handle the supervision. Because the proposed budget was considerably higher than expected, Suriya approached producer Guneet Monga to substantially fund
8288-699: The hill country . Tamil or dialects of it were used widely in the state of Kerala as the major language of administration, literature and common usage until the 12th century CE. Tamil was also used widely in inscriptions found in southern Andhra Pradesh districts of Chittoor and Nellore until the 12th century CE. Tamil was used for inscriptions from the 10th through 14th centuries in southern Karnataka districts such as Kolar , Mysore , Mandya and Bengaluru . There are currently sizeable Tamil-speaking populations descended from colonial-era migrants in Malaysia , Singapore , Philippines , Mauritius , South Africa , Indonesia, Thailand, Burma , and Vietnam . Tamil
8400-432: The introduction of new aspectual auxiliaries and more complex sentence structures, and with the emergence of a more rigid word order that resembles the syntactic argument structure of English. In 1578, Portuguese Christian missionaries published a Tamil prayer book in old Tamil script named Thambiran Vanakkam , thus making Tamil the first Indian language to be printed and published. The Tamil Lexicon , published by
8512-445: The lack of fuel. Naidu summons Maara to explain the emergency landing and lets him off with a fine. The airline's maiden flight catches fire and is forced to abort its takeoff. It is revealed that Paresh bribed the captain to sabotage the flight. The captain admits his mistakes in front of the inquiry panel. Vimal Balaiyya, a prominent businessman, offers to buy Deccan Air but Maara refuses, citing differences in their vision. Paresh starts
8624-461: The latter of which is restricted to a few lexical items. Tamil employs agglutinative grammar, where suffixes are used to mark noun class , number , and case , verb tense and other grammatical categories. Tamil's standard metalinguistic terminology and scholarly vocabulary is itself Tamil, as opposed to the Sanskrit that is standard for most Indo-Aryan languages . Much of Tamil grammar
8736-470: The license, but they disregard him. Maara then meets the President of India and requests his help in getting the license. Irked by his progress, Paresh uses his power to pass a law that requires Boeing to submit its airline blueprints to fly in Indian airspace. PlaneAm cancels the lease and demands a penalty fee. Maara requests Prakash to loan him money to pay the penalty but he refuses. Prakash reveals he
8848-435: The life of G. R. Gopinath , founder of Indian low-cost airline Simplifly Deccan , as described in his memoir Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey . The project was announced in mid-2018 under the working title Suriya 38 , and the official title was announced in April 2019. Principal photography began the same month and ended that September, and filming took place in Madurai , Chennai , and Raigarh . G. V. Prakash Kumar composed
8960-429: The major airports came under Paresh's control. He names his airline Deccan Air , and sells tickets at railway stations and petrol pumps. Retired Air Force pilots are hired to fly the aircraft and Bommi wins the bid for in-flight catering. On the day of the delivery of the aircraft, Paresh uses his influence to restrict the flight's landing at Chennai, forcing the flight to crash-land at Tambaram Air Force Station due to
9072-423: The name comes from tam-miḻ > tam-iḻ "self-speak", or "our own speech". Kamil Zvelebil suggests an etymology of tam-iḻ , with tam meaning "self" or "one's self", and " -iḻ " having the connotation of "unfolding sound". Alternatively, he suggests a derivation of tamiḻ < tam-iḻ < * tav-iḻ < * tak-iḻ , meaning in origin "the proper process (of speaking)". However, this
9184-560: The new Authority would be around Rs 11.2 million. The CAA would be self-financing and have a separate fund called the 'Civil Aviation Authority of India Fund' that would finance its entire expenses. It would have a Chairperson, a Director General and 7-9 members appointed by the Central Government. These members will be qualified in the fields of aviation safety, aircraft engineering, flight standard operations, aerodromes, air navigation systems and air space management. Previously
9296-537: The old aspect and time markers. The Nannūl remains the standard normative grammar for modern literary Tamil, which therefore continues to be based on Middle Tamil of the 13th century rather than on Modern Tamil. Colloquial spoken Tamil, in contrast, shows a number of changes. The negative conjugation of verbs, for example, has fallen out of use in Modern Tamil – instead, negation is expressed either morphologically or syntactically. Modern spoken Tamil also shows
9408-709: The organisation with a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), modelled on the lines of the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Endeavour to promote safe and efficient Air Transportation through regulation and proactive safety oversight system. These are classified and divided into the following: DGCA has fourteen Regional Airworthiness Offices (RAO) at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Bhopal, Lucknow, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Kanpur, Guwahati and Patiala. It has also five Regional Air Safety offices located at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. It has
9520-527: The other flights touch down. Paresh later calls Maara and offers to work with him but Maara rejects the offer, saying farmers have flown and will continue to fly, and that Paresh does not own the sky. Paresh accepts defeat as Deccan Air becomes a success. In a mid-credits scene, the Civil Aviation Minister of India summons Paresh to Delhi , reprimands him for sabotaging Deccan Air's inaugural flight and threatens to shut down Jaz Airlines. In
9632-437: The performance look consistent. He also did few physical transformations; For scenes of the character as a young man, Suriya had lost almost 20 kg (44 lb) to gain physique for the role; he also underwent a strict dietary regime by eating cucumbers. The film has 96 characters because the story tracks the protagonist's life from birth and many characters have importance despite their limited screen time. Aparna Balamurali
9744-557: The production designer was Jacki . Sudha confirmed the film is not a biopic of Gopinath but was inspired by events in his life. Kongara made changes to the script and screenplay to suit the film's real-life events. On 13 April 2019, the title was revealed with a poster release as Soorarai Pottru . Sudha wanted to bring out my personal emotions and my personal experiences while we were talking about script, and then talked about it from her point of view [...] Doing certain things out of my comfort zone felt new. For example, when I speak, I pause
9856-593: The production of Raavanan (2010). Kongara did extensive research for the script for more than ten years, while also working on the direction of Drohi (2010), and Irudhi Suttru and its Telugu remake Guru (2017). During the audio launch of Irudhi Suttru , Sudha met Suriya , who attended the event as a guest and narrated one line of the script. Suriya decided to start working on the film after his acting commitments in 24 and Si3 while Sudha started working on Guru . After completing Guru , Sudha again met Suriya in his residence in February 2017 to hand over
9968-654: The same flight as Paresh. He proposes that they work together to start a low-cost carrier. Paresh, however, believes the poor should not travel with the rich and humiliates Maara. Prakash Babu, the head of a venture capital firm overhears Maara's conversation with Paresh and asks him to explain his business plan to the firm's board. Meanwhile, Maara and Bommi start meeting each other frequently and eventually get married. He plans to lease Boeing aircraft from PlaneAm, who have agreed to lease it to them at low prices. After his funds get sanctioned, Maara tries to meet with Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials to acquire
10080-421: The same streaming service; it became the first Tamil film to be digitally released during the pandemic, and Suriya received pushback from theatre owners and exhibitors for his decision. Director Hari wrote to Suriya, asking him to reconsider the decision of releasing the film digitally, while Bharathiraja defended him and welcomed his decision, stating it was the correct move for the situation. Rajasekar Pandian,
10192-399: The schedule, Suriya organised a meet with fans, around 800 of whom met Suriya during the shoot. The crew later returned to Chennai, where they erected a building at a location near Chennai International Airport to hide the runway from view. Except for a few minor scenes, filming on the project ended on 27 September 2019. Suriya delivered gold coins to the film's crew members after completing
10304-416: The script needs to create fan-pleasing moments. Given Suriya's mega popularity, that is an always present temptation, and the film gives in, much too often." Writing for Hindustan Times , Haricharan Pudipeddi said; " Soorarai Pottru , which will go down as one of the best films of the year, is Suriya's return to form (after a few mediocre films) and it's quite gutsy of a mainstream hero to produce and star in
10416-466: The second-most-tweeted hashtag of the year in entertainment, according to a survey report by Twitter for India. The film also became the second-most-searched topic in Google Trends in India, becoming the only South Indian film to appear in the list. As of February 2021, Soorarai Pottru is the most-watched regional language film in the history of Amazon Prime Video in India. Soorarai Pottru
10528-535: The shoot. During the patchwork schedule, the team had to hire a real aircraft; the producers spent ₹ 4.7 million (US$ 56,000) per day to rent an aircraft for filming. The entire film was completed within 60 working days. Post-production on Soorarai Pottru began in January 2020, shortly after the end of filming, but it was suspended in March following the COVID-19 pandemic . Post-production resumed on 11 May 2020 after
10640-461: The signatures of over 10,000 fans, was launched at 34,000 ft (10,000 m) above sea level. The first-of-a-kind promotional activity went viral on social media platforms and the Internet. A Twitter emoji for the film was launched before its release. Soorarai Pottru was planned for theatrical re-release on 23 August 2021, when theatres were allowed to resume operations after closure due to
10752-470: The standard characters, six characters taken from the Grantha script , which was used in the Tamil region to write Sanskrit, are sometimes used to represent sounds not native to Tamil, that is, words adopted from Sanskrit, Prakrit , and other languages. The traditional system prescribed by classical grammars for writing loan-words, which involves respelling them in accordance with Tamil phonology, remains, but
10864-427: The theatrical release was cancelled. Suriya stated this decision was made because his production house 2D Entertainment had been facing financial difficulties due to the pandemic and had 8-10 projects to be produced; he also said he took his decision as a producer, not as an actor, and had to safeguard his projects and the crew working in the films. In an interview with HuffPost , Suriya said: "I am able to maintain all
10976-526: The word for "here"— iṅku in Centamil (the classic variety)—has evolved into iṅkū in the Kongu dialect of Coimbatore , inga in the dialects of Thanjavur and Palakkad , and iṅkai in some dialects of Sri Lanka . Old Tamil's iṅkaṇ (where kaṇ means place) is the source of iṅkane in the dialect of Tirunelveli , Old Tamil iṅkiṭṭu is the source of iṅkuṭṭu in
11088-534: Was a Tamilian himself, in a joint sitting of both houses of the Indian Parliament on 6 June 2004. The socio-linguistic situation of Tamil is characterised by diglossia : there are two separate registers varying by socioeconomic status , a high register and a low one. Tamil dialects are primarily differentiated from each other by the fact that they have undergone different phonological changes and sound shifts in evolving from Old Tamil. For example,
11200-588: Was abandoned when Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association (TNTOA) decided not to screen films that were released through streaming services. In December 2021, however, fans of Suriya announced the film would be re-released in theatres across Kerala from mid-December 2021 until January 2022. Owing to the response in Kerala, the production company reinstated the decision to re-release it in a limited number of theatres in Tamil Nadu on 4 February 2022. Soorarai Pottru received critical acclaim. Writing for The Hindu , Srinivasa Ramanujam said: "Director Sudha Kongara delivers
11312-833: Was also screened at the Chennai International Film Festival. The film also entered the Panorama section of the Shanghai International Film Festival . It won two awards at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne , namely Best Film and Best Actor (Suriya). It was nominated in 14 categories at the 10th South Indian International Movie Awards and won seven awards. At the 68th National Film Awards , Soorarai Pottru won five awards: Best Feature Film , Best Actor (Suriya), Best Actress (Aparna), Best Original Screenplay (Kongara and Nair) and Best Background Score (Prakash Kumar). The film became
11424-600: Was claimed to be dated to around 580 BCE. John Guy states that Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders from India. Tamil language inscriptions written in Brahmi script have been discovered in Sri Lanka and on trade goods in Thailand and Egypt. In November 2007, an excavation at Quseir-al-Qadim revealed Egyptian pottery dating back to first century BCE with ancient Tamil Brahmi inscriptions. There are
11536-540: Was created by Lord Shiva . Murugan , revered as the Tamil God, along with sage Agastya , brought it to the people. Tamil, like other Dravidian languages, ultimately descends from the Proto-Dravidian language , which was most likely spoken around the third millennium BCE, possibly in the region around the lower Godavari river basin. The material evidence suggests that the speakers of Proto-Dravidian were of
11648-452: Was filmed using multiple cameras fitted in a car; this sequence was choreographed by Hollywood stuntman Greg Powell . Scenes were filmed on a specially constructed set resembling the interior and exterior of an aircraft that was designed by art director Jacki. Cinematographer Niketh Bommireddy said the crew used hand-held cameras during the principal shooting session because most of the film was shot in closed interiors. The third schedule of
11760-491: Was popularly known as "Udumalai Kalam", played the character inspired by Kalam; Maideen's voice was dubbed by Naveen Muralidhar. R. Madhavan gave the narration for the film. Principal photography on Soorarai Pottru began on 8 April 2019. The team began filming for the first schedule, which was completed on 16 April 2019 and took place in Tamil Nadu . The second schedule began on 23 April 2019 at Chandigarh and finished on 6 June 2019. During this schedule, an action sequence
11872-403: Was released on 4 April 2021. As part of the film's promotional strategy, the production company announced they would partner with Indian budget airline SpiceJet , whose chairman Ajay Singh launched his company's Boeing 737 aircraft with a Soorarai Pottru poster branded on it on 13 February 2020. The same day, the second single of the film's soundtrack was launched on the same aircraft. This
11984-563: Was remade in Hindi as Sarfira by Sudha Kongara. The remake was produced by Suriya and Vikram Malhotra. It stars Akshay Kumar and Radhika Madan , with Paresh Rawal reprising his role. Suriya appears in a cameo role. G. V. Prakash Kumar was retained to compose a new soundtrack. The film was released in theatres on 12 July 2024. Tamil language Sri Lanka Singapore Malaysia Canada and United States Tamil ( தமிழ் , Tamiḻ , pronounced [t̪amiɻ] )
12096-404: Was signed to play the female lead, working with Suriya for the first time. Her character Sundari was modelled on Gopinath's wife Bhargavi. Aparna also learnt the Madurai dialect for the film. In June 2019, Telugu actor Mohan Babu was signed to play a senior officer named Bhakthavatsalam Naidu. He immediately accepted the role when approached, and dubbed in his own voice. Soorarai Pottru is also
12208-504: Was the lingua franca for early maritime traders, with inscriptions found in places like Sri Lanka , Thailand , and Egypt . The language has a well-documented history with literary works like Sangam literature , consisting of over 2,000 poems. Tamil script evolved from Tamil Brahmi, and later, the vatteluttu script was used until the current script was standardized. The language has a distinct grammatical structure, with agglutinative morphology that allows for complex word formations. Tamil
12320-451: Was the emergence of the present tense. The present tense evolved out of the verb kil ( கில் ), meaning "to be possible" or "to befall". In Old Tamil, this verb was used as an aspect marker to indicate that an action was micro-durative, non-sustained or non-lasting, usually in combination with a time marker such as ṉ ( ன் ). In Middle Tamil, this usage evolved into a present tense marker – kiṉṟa ( கின்ற ) – which combined
12432-412: Was the third time a passenger jet had been used to advertise an Indian film, after AirAsia India for Kabali (2016) and SpiceJet for Darbar (2020). A making-of Soorarai Pottru documentary was released on 14 April 2020, Tamil New Year's Day . Prior to the film's release, the makers launched a huge space balloon with a special poster at the highest possible altitude. The poster, which also bore
12544-646: Was working with Paresh, with whom he conspired to bring Maara down, and that Jaz Airlines has acquired the aircraft instead. Infuriated, Maara storms into Paresh's office but is tackled by the guards. He becomes short-tempered and often quarrels with Bommi but later apologises. He realises that he can fly smaller aircraft and strikes a deal with a Turboprop aircraft manufacturer . Paresh, fearing Maara may affect his business, decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, Maara's entire village helps him by donating as much money as they can. He plans to commence flight operations from airstrips that have been abandoned since
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