Sakalakala Vallavan (2015 film)

Plot

Shakthi (Jayam Ravi) and Chinnasamy (Soori) are family enemies who fight over an election. During that time, Shakthi falls in love with Anjali (Anjali), whom he later discovers is his enemy's cousin. When their love rapidly heats up, Shakthi is forced to marry Divya (Trisha), a city girl.

Before starting a life together, Divya tells Shakthi they must get to know each other, but every time Shakthi tries to do something good, it ends bad. This leads them on a plan for divorce. In exchange, Shakthi tells Divya to agree and stay for a month with his parents so they won't get hurt over the fact that they made Shakthi marry someone who doesn't even like him. To make this worse, Shakthi's father (Prabhu) gets Divya to stand for the female election to which she quietly agrees. When she loses in the family generation winning election, Shakthi's father angrily hits him.

That's when Shakthi reveals how he lost in love and life. Seeing how much he loves and respects his family and how his life has been, Divya slowly starts to like her husband. At the end, Divya and Shakthi happily live together while they argue over little things, making their life filled with love.

The film revolves round how a couple should compromise when faced in any situation.

Production

The film was launched in early June 2014 as a collaboration between director Suraj and producers Lakshmi Movie Makers with Jayam Ravi signed on to play the leading role. Actress Anjali was signed on to play a supporting role in July 2014, marking her comeback after a hiatus from Tamil films. The team began shooting in Chennai in July 2014, before moving on to Pondicherry. Village portion completely was shot in Adavi Nainaar Dam near Mekkarai village in Tenkasi.

Trisha joined the cast in August 2014 to play the female lead, after the team opted against signing Kajal Aggarwal, who had asked for a high remuneration. Catherine Tresa was also considered but not selected for the role. Poorna does a cameo role in the film. Vivek will be doing a role in the film for which he shaved his head. In July 2015, the title of the film was changed from Appa Takkaru to Sakalakala Vallavan Appatakkar.

Soundtrack

S. Thaman composed the soundtrack of this film. All of the songs are reused from his previous Telugu films.

Release

The trailer of the film was released on 20 July 2015. The film released 31 July 2015 worldwide. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.

Reception

The film was universally panned by critics. Avinash Gopinath of Filmbeat.com rated 3 out of 5 stars and said "An Outdated Flick" Rediff rated 1 out of 5 and said "The absurd script, inept execution, bizarre antics of the lead and supporting actors coupled with some ordinary music make director Suraj’s Sakalakala Vallavan Appatakkar a total bore". Behindwoods rated 1 out of 5 and wrote that "Despite its intentions, this Sakalakalavallavan doesn't entertain". Times of India rated 0.5 out of 5 and noted that "Sakalakala Vallavan is so abominable — a blot in the career of everyone involved in making it — that it makes us question its very existence and how it even came to be made".