Pettikadai
{{Short description|2019 Indian film by Esakki Karvannan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Pettikadai
| image = Samuthirakani-pettikadai-movie-release-posters-79c30a2.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Esakki Karvannan
| producer =
| writer = Esakki Karvannan
| starring = Samuthirakani
Veera
Chandini Tamilarasan
Varsha Bollamma
Arunothayan Laxmanan
| music = Mariya Manohar
| cinematography = N. K. Ekambaram
| editing = Gopi Krishna
| studio = Lakshmi Creations
| released = {{Film date|2019|02|22|df=yes}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
Pettikadai Indru Vidumurai (lit. Petty shop on holiday today) also simply known as Pettikadai (lit. Petty shop) is a 2019 Indian Tamil sports drama film written and directed by Esakki Karvannan. The film stars Veera, Samuthirakani, Chandini Tamilarasan and Varsha Bollamma in the lead roles.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-12 |title=Pettikadai Trailer Starring Samuthirakani |url=https://silverscreen.in/videos/pettikadai-trailer-starring-samuthirakani/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181316/https://silverscreen.in/videos/pettikadai-trailer-starring-samuthirakani/ |archive-date=2019-02-20 |access-date=2019-02-20 |website=Silverscreen.in |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2019 |title=பெட்டிக் கடையில் 3 ஹீரோயின்கள் |url=http://m.dinamalar.com/cinema_detail.php?id=75960 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220235948/https://m.dinamalar.com/cinema_detail.php?id=75960 |archive-date=2019-02-20 |access-date=2019-02-20 |website=Dinamalar |language=en-US}} The film released on 22 February 2019 alongside LKG and Kanne Kalaimaane.{{Cite web |title=Director Samuthirakani's 'Pettikadai' gets a release date |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/director-samuthirakanis-pettikadai-gets-a-release-date/articleshow/68011850.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219075329/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/director-samuthirakanis-pettikadai-gets-a-release-date/articleshow/68011850.cms |archive-date=2019-02-19 |access-date=2019-02-20 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-02-19 |title=Tamil movies releasing this week: LKG, Kanne Kalaimane and others |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/lkg-kanne-kalaimane-tamil-releases-this-week-5588801/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220045918/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/lkg-kanne-kalaimane-tamil-releases-this-week-5588801/ |archive-date=2019-02-20 |access-date=2019-02-20 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN}}
Plot
A young doctor who comes to a village and finds an online supermarket suppressing small traders and decides to fight back.
Cast
- Samuthirakani
- Veera
- Chandini Tamilarasan as Dwaraka
- Varsha Bollamma as Thangam
- R. Sundarrajan
- Rajendran
- Priya Ashmitha
- Sundar
- Dhinakar
- Arunodhayan Lakshmanan
Soundtrack
1. "Sudalamada Saamikitta" - Shreya Ghoshal
2. "Aasaiya Aasaiya" - Shreya Ghoshal
Reception
The Indian Express wrote "Films take us on an emotional ride. They make us smile, sob, empathise, and laugh. While some teach us a social lesson, some others make us outrage for a noble cause. Pettikadai is the kind of film which apes the latter formula, but ends up making the audience outrage about the film itself for its regressive ideas."{{Cite web |title=Pettikadai movie review: A petty film filled with regressive ideas |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/feb/23/pettikadai-movie-review-a-petty-film-filled-with-regressive-ideas-1942417.html |access-date=24 February 2019 |website=The New Indian Express}}