| Pattaya Kelappanum Pandiya | |
| Director: | S. P. Rajkumar |
| Producer: | M. Ani Muthu |
| Starring: | Vidharth Manisha Yadav Soori |
| Music: | Aruldev |
| Cinematography: | S. S. Murthy |
| Editing: | K. Thanigachalam |
| Studio: | Mutiara Films International |
| Distributor: | Gotham, from Madurai |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Tamil |
Pattaya Kelappanum Pandiya is a 2014 Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by S. P. Rajkumar and produced by M. Ani Muthu. It stars Vidharth, Manisha Yadav, and Soori[1] [2] in the lead roles. The music was composed by Aruldev with cinematography by S. S. Murthy and editing by K. Thanigachalam. The film was released on 5 September 2014.
The plot revolves around a minibus driver named Velpandiyan (Vidharth) and a conductor named Muthupandi (Soori) and how romance evolves with Kanmani (Manisha Yadav) on the bus.
The music was composed by Aruldev, who earlier composed for a film called Potta Potti.
The satellite rights of the film were sold to Raj TV.[3]
The Times of India gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Pattaya Kelappanum Pandiyaa is very much a film from the 1990s. The problem is that it hews closer to the dreary ones from the decade. It is the kind of film that stops for the director to utter a punchline to a joke before displaying his name in the credit".[4] The New Indian Express wrote, "The narration could have been crisper towards the latter part. Pattaya... may not have the best of screenplays, but it’s a fairly watchable and a clean wholesome family entertainer thanks to humour quotient".[5] Onlykollywood wrote: "Pattaiya Kelapanum Paandiya is just another Tamil film which glorifies barbaric stalking in the first half and renders an atrocious justification in the second half. The only saving grace in the film is its occasional situational comedies appearing out of nowhere".[6]