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James Pandu is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by Selva. The film stars Prabhu Deva, Parthiban, Kausalya and Renu Desai.[1] The film opened to mixed reviews from critics.[2]

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James Pandu
Directed by	Selva
Written by	Suki Murthy Nagulan Ponnusamy (dialogues)
Story by	R. Parthiban
Produced by	V. Sundar
Starring	Prabhu Deva Parthiban Kausalya Renu Desai
Cinematography	Thangar Bachan
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Production company	Vishwas
Release date	21 April 2000
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

James and Pandu are porters. Though they were inseparable friends before, there is no love lost between them now. James is in love with Renu, while Kausalya, a mute, has feelings for Pandu. A chit fund company owner hires James to 'steal' a bag of money from himself so he could abscond with the money, but his manager hires Pandu to steal the bag from James. When James and Pandu lay their hands on the money, they become friends again and decide to split the money. However, the company owner is found murdered, and they become the prime suspects. In the climax, Raghavachari comes to court and tells the truth that he killed the company owner because the latter would cheat many people. James and Pandu are both proven innocent.[3]

Cast

Production

The film saw Parthiban and Prabhu Deva acting together for first time, though they appeared previously together in Suyamvaram but they didn't have any scenes together.[4] Selva had initially titled the film as Whistle, before renaming the project.[5]Isha Koppikar was initially cast in the film, but dropped out and was replaced by Renu Desai.[6] Title of the film is a spoof on Hollywood's famous character James Bond. The first shot was taken at the Arunachalam studios. The unit picturised two songs in the snowy and hilly areas of Gangtok in Sikkim.[7] There at a height of 14,000 feet is based an army camp, reported the highest situated army camp in the world. The unit, that got the permission to shoot there, had much difficulty picturising the songs in the cold hilly area, but have returned triumphant. Participating in the songs were Prabhu Deva and Renu. A ten days shooting schedule in Chennai followed by shooting, at places like Hyderabad, Chalakkudi and Mercara.[8] Television premiered was occurred in April 20' 2003 for as usual Normal weekend Sunday premier.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.[9]

Track #	Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Length
1	"James Pandu Da"	Mano, Unni Menon	Kalidasan	04:09
2	"Kannena Minsarama"	Devan Ekambaram, Bombay Jayashri	Na. Muthukumar	04:23
3	"Nikkattuma Nadakattuma"	Mano, Anuradha Sriram	Bharathi Sakthi	04:31
4	"Un Azhagai"	Srinivas, Reshmi	Viveka	05:04
5	"Vennila Ethuvum"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Reshmi	Thamarai	04:06

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