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{{Short description|2023 Indian film by Ravi Murukaya}}
{{Long plot|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aayiram Porkaasukal
| image = Aayiram Porkaasukal.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Ravi Murukaya
| writer =
| producer =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
*[[Vidharth]]
*[[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]]
*[[Arundhati Nair]]
}}
| cinematography = Banu Murugan
| editing =
| music = Johan
| studio = GRM Studio
| runtime = 125 minutes
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2023|12|15|ref1=}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aayiram Porkaasukal''''' ({{Translation|Thousand gold coins}}) is a 2023 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Romantic comedy|romantic comedy film]], written and directed by Ravi Murukaya. Produced by GRM Studio, with the film stars [[Vidharth]], [[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]] and [[Arundhati Nair]] in the lead roles. The film was released theatrically on 15 December 2023.

==Plot==
Animuthu is a lazy, jobless 52-year-old man living in [[Kuruvadipatti]] near [[Thanjavur]]. He only cooks, sleeps, and eats. He has a [[begging|beggar]] called Arivazhagan living outside his house that he also feeds. His sister, Senthamarai, and his nephew, Thamil, visit his home. Senthamarai makes Thamil stay at Animuthu's house. After Thamil secretly drinks his [[Alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] without Animuthu's permission, Animuthu calls his sister. So Thamil threatens Animuthu if his mother is ever to return.

A girl, Poongothai, who has a shop in the town, falls in love with Thamil after Thamil goes to the shop to buy [[cigarette|cigarettes]]. After Poongothai's friend, Aarayi lies that Thamil and Poongothai were together [[hug|hugging]] and [[kiss|kissing]] each other, Poongothai's mother visits Animuthu and Animuthu's neighbour, Govindan, and shouts at them, and tells them not to visit their shop ever. After the government announces a plan to clean up the waste in the village, each person in the town will build a [[toilet]] and submit a photo of the restroom at the panchayat office to get the relief of Rs. 12000. Govindan builds a toilet next to his home. Animuthu does not construct a toilet, decides to cheat by taking a photo next to Govindan's toilet and gets the relief fund of Rs. 12000. Animuthu spends the entire money on rice, fish, egg, soup and meat. Govindan informs the panchayat president that Animuthu smartly cheated him. Govindan threatens to go to the police, so Animuthu and Thamil decide to build a toilet in their backyard in five days, and Govindan agrees to give them the tools to construct the toilet.

Thamil and Animuthu build the toilet, while Govindan complains to the president whenever they sleep. Thamil injures his foot while cutting the ditch, so Poongothai provides medical attention to him. Animuthu recruits two people, Andavan and Harichandran, to dig the well in his backyard. Andavan and Harichandran dig the well. While Andavan goes to smoke a cigarette, Harichandran finds a lot of old [[gold]] coins from the [[Chola dynasty]]. Thamil and Animuthu see him put the coins in his lungi and fight with him. They agree to split the money and tell him to come early tomorrow.

Thamil and Poongothai plan to elope with the old coins at night, but a figure, smoking with a cape and a stick, blocks their paths wherever they run. Poongothai goes home, quickly puts her stuff away, and sleeps. Thamil finds out that Animuthu was the one who stood blocking their path.

One day, Thamil visits Poongothai, but her mother tells her to go home, so Poongothai locks Thamil inside the shop. When Harichandran goes to Animuthu to split the coins, Animuthu tells him to wait for Thamil. Animuthu repeatedly calls Thamil, but he says he will come. Eventually, Animuthu and Harichandran get into a fight. Poongothai lets Thamil out, and Thamil goes to his house to find Harichandran lying lifeless on the floor, surrounded by [[blood]]. Thamil takes his body and leaves it on the railway tracks. Thamil goes home to find Animuthu, and Animuthu tells Thamil that Harichandran stabbed him, that is why the blood was there, and that Harichandran was just unconscious.

Eventually, Harichandran is alive. Govindan overhears Animuthu supposedly murdering someone and believes that a murder has happened. Thamil and Animuthu visit Harichandran and realise that he has forgotten everything. After a few comedic incidents, the village discovers the old coins, and Harichandran regains his memory. They agree to split the coins with the town. Just then, the [[Archaeology]] department enters the police station, claiming that the gold coins belong to the [[Government of India|government]], and they take them. Just as they leave, Arivazhagan steals the coin pot, and there is a hilarious chase between the department and the villagers. Eventually, the Archaeology department takes the pot at gunpoint and leaves. A few minutes after they leave, the original Archaeology department arrives and discovers that the officers who came before were fake. Thamil says the deceptive officers could not have got as far as the neighbouring village, so the villagers go after them. Thamil and Animuthu go home on their [[motorcycle]], and after their motorbike goes over a pothole, the gold coins drop out of the back case. In a flashback, Thamil switched the gold coin pot with a pot full of stones. Animuthu gets happy. In the end, Thamil, Animuthu and Poongothai leave for [[Chennai]]

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Vidharth]] as Thamil
*[[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]] as Animuthu, Thamil's maternal uncle
*[[Arundhati Nair]] as Poongothai, Thamil's love-interest
*Hello Kandasamy as Govindan, Animuthu's neighbour
*[[George Maryan]] as Harichandran
*Vetrivel Raja as Ponram
*[[Semmalar Annam]] as Aarayi
*Pawan Raj as Andavan
*Jindha Gopi<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 February 2024 |title=I consider every role a learning experience: Jindha Gopi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/i-consider-every-role-a-learning-experience-jindha-gopi/articleshow/107378290.cms |website=The Times of India}}</ref>
*Karna Raja
*[[Bharathi Kannan]] as Police inspector Muthu
}}

== Production ==
Production work on the film began in mid-2017, with [[Vidharth]] and [[Arundhati Nair]] signed on to play lead roles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 September 2017 |title=Vidharth is getting the midas touch' |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/040917/vidharth-is-getting-the-midas-touch.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228120142/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/040917/vidharth-is-getting-the-midas-touch.html |archive-date=2023-12-28 |access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2017 |title=Arundhathi Nair picks village-based scripts |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/040817/arundhathi-nair-picks-village-based-scripts.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228120140/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/040817/arundhathi-nair-picks-village-based-scripts.html |archive-date=2023-12-28 |access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref> The shoot of the film progressed throughout 2018 and was completed by March 2019, with Arundhati briefly taking on the stage name of Jahnavika before reverting to her original name.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 March 2019 |title=Vidhaarth's next, Ayiram Porkasugal |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/mar/19/vidhaarths-next-ayiram-porkasugal-1952757.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228120140/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/mar/19/vidhaarths-next-ayiram-porkasugal-1952757.html |archive-date=2023-12-28 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=31 July 2018 |title=Vidaarth's next is with Bala's assistant |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vidaarths-next-is-with-balas-assistant/articleshow/65198692.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228120140/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vidaarths-next-is-with-balas-assistant/articleshow/65198692.cms |archive-date=28 December 2023 |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 June 2018 |title=ஆயிரம் பொற்காசுகள் |url=https://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/Preview/2018/06/25000702/Aayiram-Porkasugal-in-movie-the-cinema-preview.vpf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228120140/https://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/Preview/2018/06/25000702/Aayiram-Porkasugal-in-movie-the-cinema-preview.vpf |archive-date=28 December 2023 |access-date=28 December 2023 |website=www.dailythanthi.com}}</ref>

== Release and reception ==
The film had a theatrical release on 15 December 2023 across Tamil Nadu. A critic from ''[[Times of India]]'' noted that "a series of well-acted characters elevates this comedy of errors" and that "as for the cast, all actors are unanimously good, particularly those who play the smaller roles".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Aayiram Porkaasukal Movie Review : A series of well-acted characters elevates this comedy of errors |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/aayiram-porkaasukal/movie-review/106121830.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225173124/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/aayiram-porkaasukal/movie-review/106121830.cms |archive-date=2023-12-25 |access-date=2023-12-28 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> A reviewer from ''The South First'' wrote "Ravi Murukaya's directorial is not a rip-roaring comedy but then, it has sequences which do bring a smile to your face".<ref>{{Cite web |last=KR |first=Manigandan |date=21 December 2023 |title=Aayiram Porkaasukal review: An out-and-out entertainer |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/aayiram-porkaasukal-movie-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228120140/https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/aayiram-porkaasukal-movie-review/ |archive-date=28 December 2023 |access-date=28 December 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|10360834}}

[[Category:2023 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2023 Indian films]]
[[Category:2023 films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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