Kalakkura Chandru | |
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Directed by | Ravi-Raja |
Written by | Rafi-Mecartin |
Produced by | B. Sampoornam |
Starring | Karthik Radha Ravi Pandiarajan |
Edited by | A. Joseph |
Music by | Sunil Xavier |
Production company | Sri Ashtalakshmi Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Kalakkura Chandru is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by the duo Ravi-Raja. The movie stars Karthik, Radha Ravi and Pandiarajan, It was a remake of Malayalam film One Man Show (2001) but failed to repeat the success at the box office.
Cast
- Karthik as Chandru
- Radha Ravi as Ravi Verma
- Pandiarajan as Singampuli
- Bhuvana as Shweta
- Urvashi as Host
- Mohan Raman as Advocate
- Singamuthu as Muthu
- Balu Anand as Police inspector
- Bayilvan Ranganathan as Veera Verma
- Alex as Doctor
Production
Ravi and Raja who earlier directed low-budget devotional films like Subramaniaswamy and Aarumugaswamy announced in 2005 that their next directorial is titled as Adhirshtham. The film is a remake of Malayalam blockbuster One Man Show directed by Shafi and starred Jayaram.[1] Karthik appeared in this film thus making his comeback, he claimed that he selected this film because he wanted his comeback to be different.[2][3]
Soundtrack
Music was composed by Sunil Xavier.[4]
- "Echampai"
- "Macham Konda"
- "Nagakannil"
- "Sollava Naan Sollava"
Release and reception
After two years of making, the film was finally released on 14 January 2007 on the eve of Pongal with low publicity.
Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "For fans of Karthik it will be a let down. For neither the actor nor the film works at any level".[5] The Hindu wrote "Anything well begun raises expectations. A film that starts with an interesting scene makes the viewers sit up for a fairly sumptuous fare. Thus when `Kalakkarae Chandru' opens with a scene a la the famous `Kaun Banega Crorepati' one's curiosity is aroused. But as the film progresses one realises with dismay that it is about the one and only gripping segment. It is again a case of the director unable to make use of a good theme".[6]
References
- ↑ "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on 5 December 2005.
- ↑ "The Hindu : Entertainment Chennai / On Location : Fun and frolic in the garden". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on 13 December 2005.
- ↑ "Kalakkura Chandru". JioSaavn. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ↑ "Kalakkara Chandru". chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ↑ "Treatment goes awry -- Kalakkarae Chandru". The Hindu. 26 January 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2023.