Paadam


Paadam is a 2018 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Rajasekhar on his directorial debut and produced by Gipin P.S. The film stars newcomers Karthik and Mona as school students, Vijith, Nagendran in the lead roles while Yashika Aannand and Jangiri Madhumita provide pivotal roles in the film. The music is scored by Ganesh Raghavendra. The film was released on 27 May 2018 after undergoing several delays. The film also received average and poor reviews from critics and audience for portraying a dismal screenplay.

Plot

A school boy named Jeeva who is the son of Police officer Kottai Perumal questions the inabilities and defects in Indian educational system and also shows his frustration towards studying the lessons in English language instead of learning the subjects in Tamil. On the other hand, Jeeva's father too hesitate and feel afraid to speak in English similar to that of his son. If Jeeva hears even a single word pronounced in English, he will start to get frustrations about it. On one day, Jeeva's father Kottai Perumal was sent on a transfer to Chennai after his unruly behaviour with a higher police officer who didn't know to speak in Tamil. At the same time, his son Jeeva gets excitement as he thought that he can avoid of learning English by leaving the village to Chennai. But in reality, Jeeva faces the trouble when he was compelled by his father to study in English medium in a high school as Jeeva's father desired him to be fluent in speaking the language. Jeeva attended the high school and started to learn English but he faces the real danger from his English master who acts cruelly and mercilessly against the students for their poor efforts in learning the language. But Jeeva also gets support and advice from his Hindi language teacher and somehow manages to escape from the school. When his father Perumal comes to know about this truth, he politely requested his son Jeeva to study in English medium. Finally after his father's request, he changes his negative mindset on learning English language and later manages to acquire the skills by learning the language.

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