Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release
4.1 Critical reception
5 Soundtrack
6 References
7 External links
Plot
Chennai-bred Yuvraj (Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj) has had four close friends from childhood. He meets and falls in love with Deepali (Ishita Sharma). However, his cousin, Reema (Vedhika), is in love with him. After Deepali sees Yuvraj with Reema, she becomes jealous and ignores Yuvraj when he follows her. Then Yuvraj and Deepali get back together. Later she sees Yuvraj and Reema together, but it was an accident. Deepali starts ignoring him again. Yuvraj wants to prove that he was not with Reema so his friends decide to throw a birthday party to mend the trio's fractured relationship. Deepali and Yuvraj finally unite.
Cast
Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj as Yuvraj
Ishita Sharma as Deepali
Vedhika as Reema
Lokesh
Nizhalgal Ravi
Production
The producer Kalaipuli S. Dhanu began launched the film, Sakkarakatti, at AVM Studios on April 30, 2006 with A. R. Rahman, Vijay and K. Balachandar all attending.[3] The film featured Dhanu's son, Kalaprabhu, in his debut as director whilst Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, son of noted actor K. Bhagyaraj, was selected to portray the lead role. The film was initially described as a "candy floss love story with a city subject" and was set to feature Ishita Sharma and Sivi in other lead roles, although Sivi was later replaced by Vedhika.[4] During the making of Sakkarakatti, cinematographer Andrew left the project as his dates clashed with a prior commitment with a Hindi film and was duly replaced by cinematographer Raja.[3]
A song with graphics arranged by Soundarya Rajinikanth's Ocher Studios was shot in May 2007 at a cost of 35 lakh rupees, with the producer then exclaiming that "the song will be the talk of the town" when released.[5] The song "Taxi Taxi" was reshot following the enormous response from the audience after the audio release.[6][7]
Release
Sakkarakatti opened alongside Sun Pictures' Kadhalil Vizhunthen at the box office on September 26, 2008 with the media hyping that it was a battle of two films with debutants and successful soundtracks.[8]
Critical reception
Behindwoods cited : "Shanthanu has to play a thinly sketched hero, but he puts energy and charm into everything he does. He is more than promising- he’s star material, and he’ll survive this wreck",[9] while Sify said: "Shantanoo has that star quality to him which is so rare to find these days. But he is wasted in a role in which he just romance his heroines and dances",[10] Nowrunning said: "Shanthanoo is fairly convincing as a cool college dude who metro audiences would love. He has not much to do beyond hanging out with his friends and cuddling the two heroines. Though the young hero seems bubbly, Prabhu is not able to tap his potential".[11]
Soundtrack
Sakkarakatti
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released July 12, 2008
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios
2006-2008
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 34:31
Label Sony BMG
Producer A.R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
(2008) Sakkarakatti
(2008) Yuvvraaj
(2008)
The score and soundtrack was composed by A.R. Rahman and the album was released on July 12, 2008.[12] Initially Rahman was reluctant to compose the music for Sakkarakatti citing he was busy with other projects, but the director asked if Rahman could recycle songs from his Hindi films and he agreed.[13] Rahman reused "Chinnamma Chilakkamma" and "Yeh Rishta" from Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities as "Chinnamma Chilakamma" and "Naan Eppodhu." Indai Haza happens to be the alter-ego of singer Chinmayee as per her blog. A reviewer from Indiaglitz.com stated that "Sakkarakatti is truly as sweet as sugar candy" in regard to the soundtrack.[14]
No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (min:sec)
1 "Chinnamma" Benny Dayal, Chinmayee Pa. Vijay 05:36
2 "Elay" Krish, Naresh Iyer Na. Muthukumar 05:55
3 "I Miss You Da" Chinmayee, Indai Haza Na. Muthukumar 06:05
4 "Marudaani" Madhushree, A.R. Rahman, Hentry Kuruvilla Vaali 06:27
5 "Naan Epoudhu" Reena Bhardwaj Pa. Vijay 04:42
6 "Taxi Taxi Nanba" Blaaze, Benny Dayal, Javed Ali, Viviane Chaix Blaaze, Na. Muthukumar, Viviane Chaix 05:46
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 Release
5 Critical reception
6 References
Plot
Siddharth/Siddhu (Shanthnoo), the son of a school principal, runs away from his home due to failing in his higher secondary exams. He meets Pavithra (Chandini) who has likewise failed, and the two travel to Chennai, with Siddu planning to commit suicide after enjoying himself for a few days. They eventually fall in love and decide to start a new life.
After a host of misadventures, including one where Siddu crosses paths with a brutal policeman, they discover that Pavithra has actually passed her exams with distinction. When she realizes that Siddu had initially tried to hide this fact from her (since he found out first), she runs back to her house and joins a medical course.
Siddu attempts to get her back, staying in a barbershop owned by a local (Ganja Karuppu). There, he has to contend with Pavithra's murderous father, her eccentric uncle who determines to marry her, and a Gujarati woman who falls in love with Siddu. These elements, along with the policeman attempting to kill him in an encounter, come together in the final act to threaten Siddu and his love life. How Siddu triumphs forms the climax is the rest of story.
Cast
Shanthnoo as Siddharth (Siddhu)
Chandini Tamilarasan as Pavithra
Rajesh
Seetha
Pragathi
Kausha Rach as Kausha
Anirudh
Ganja Karuppu
Avinash
Seema
Anumohan
Manobala
K. Bhagyaraj (Cameo appearance)
Senthil (Cameo appearance)
Thalaivasal Vijay (Cameo appearance)
Soundtrack
Siddhu +2
Album cover
Soundtrack album by Dharan
Released October 31, 2009
Dharan chronology
Naan Aval Adhu Siddhu +2 Thambikku Indha Ooru
Music is composed by Dharan, teaming up with K. Bhagyaraj for the second time following a successful collaboration in Parijatham (2006).[4] The soundtrack album, which released on 31 October 2009, features six songs, with two of them being composed by Dharan and Babu Shankar, and another two being a remix from Bhagyaraj's Idhu Namma Aalu (1988) and "En Sogakathaiyai" from Thooral Ninnu Pochu. Notably, music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and film director Venkat Prabhu's had lent their voices for each a song.[2] "Poove Poove" in particular became popular and a chartbuster.[5] Lyrics were penned by Na. Muthukumar, Babu Shankar and Amudhamani.
All music composed by Dharan, except where noted.
Track listing
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Poove Poove" Na. Muthukumar Yuvan Shankar Raja & Chinmayi 04:33
2. "Money Money" (Babu Shankar) Babu Shankar Benny Dayal & Reshmi 03:47
3. "Kelu Kelu" Amudhamani Haricharan, Ganja Karuppu, Maniyan, CA. Raja 05:23
4. "Gundu Chattikkule" (Thaman) Na. Muthukumar Ranjith, Naveen, Rahul Nambiar 04:49
5. "Naan Alana Thamarai" Amudhamani Suchitra, Sri Mathumitha & Venkat Prabhu 04:25
6. "Poove Poove (Remix)" Na. Muthukumar Yuvan Shankar Raja 04:23
Release
The film remained unreleased for one year, it was initially slated to release on January 2011 but eventually got preponed and released on December 2010.
Critical reception
Behindwoods wrote:"‘Siddu +2, 1st attempt’ has a neat story [sic] but the heart and soul of this concept remains unexplored throughout the show".[6]
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Release
4 Reception
5 Soundtrack
6 References
7 External links
Plot
Vasanth (Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj) is an engineer who comes from Chennai to visit his grandfather(Vijayakumar) who claims to be ill. When he arrives at his hometown, he finds that a marriage has been arranged for him and that his grandfather isn't really ill. To escape from the marriage, he lies, saying that he is in love with a girl. The grandfather wants the see the girl as soon as possible, and Vasanth returns to Chennai.
Vasanth falls in love with a pretty girl named Narmada (Rashmi Gautam) at first sight. He acts blind and she eventually falls for him, too. They date and Narmadha's father (Ashish Vidyarthi), a police commissioner, gets to know about his daughter's love. He refuses, not wanting to marry his only daughter to a blind man. The pair decide that they will marry at the register office without the consent of their parents. During the proceedings of the marriage, Narmada finds out that Vasanth isn't actually blind but had acted like one to win her heart. Narmada is angered and leaves the registrar's office, but forgives him after he apologizes. Narmada's father finally agrees to their marriage, and the two get engaged. In the light of the engagement, Vasanth treats his friends to a night in a bar. They get drunk, and Vasanth gets involved in a fight during which he is hit by an iron rod on the back of his head, damaging his nerves and losing his eyesight.
The doctor convinces him that there are laser treatments to get his eyesight back. She says that he has to undergo an operation but he has to wait until the head wound heals, and also that the surgeon will have to fly in from London. She tells him to rest and asks Vasanth's friend Saami(Santhanam) to take care of him. Vasanth is then discharged from the hospital, but he asks the doctor not to tell anybody about his blindness before he leaves. Then one day, Narmada and her father suddenly come home with her father's friend. Narmadha's father says that he would not have accepted Vasanth if he had been blind, and Vasanth and his friend realise that they cannot know that Vasanth is blind. Vasanth wants to tell Narmada that he is blind, but she gets angry when he mentions blindness. She tells him that she is glad he was only pretending to be blind, as living with a blind person would be extremely hard. Feeling down, Vasanth doesn't tell her about his accident.
One day, while crossing a road, Vasanth asks a girl for help. Narmada sees this and misunderstands, thinking that he is cheating on her as a sense of deja vu hits her – it is similar to their first meeting, when Vasanth pretended to be blind. Narmadha's father comes to know about this. He decides to marry Narmada off to another boy on the same marriage date, but she asks for a break and says that she wants to go to London to study. Saami comes to know about this. Also, the ophthalmologist who's coming from London for Vasanth's operation had his flight cancelled. So Vasanth, along with his doctor in Chennai, boards the flight to London – on which Narmada is also travelling. Another coincidence occurs when the air hostess is the same girl who had helped Vasanth cross the road earlier. She tries to warn the air-hostess, saying that he deceives girls by pretending to be blind. The air hostess, on the other hand, manages to tell Narmada the truth and she comes to know about Vasanth's blindness. They reconcile, and as the movie comes to an end, Vasanth has a successful operation and they return to India happily to get married.
Cast
Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj as Vasanth
Rashmi Gautam as Narmada
Santhanam as Saami
Vijayakumar as Vasanth's grand father
Ashish Vidyarthi as Narmadha's father
Nimmi as the Doctor
Release
The satellite rights of the film were bagged by STAR Vijay. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.
Reception
The film received mixed reviews. Rashmi Gautam was praised for her acting and glam quotient. Behindwoods quoted that "she was the film's glam quotient and showed streaks of brilliance."[4] Indiaglitz also praised her that "she is a welcome addition to the list of Tamil heroines and that she emoted well and interestingly after a long gap one got to see a heroine hogging major share in a movie."[5] Rohit Ramachandran of nowrunning.com rated it 2.5/5 stating that "Kandaen is a romantic comedy without a heartbeat but enough pulse to crack you up."[6]
Soundtrack
Kanden
Soundtrack album to Kanden by Vijay Ebenezer
Released 9 December 2010
Recorded 2010
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Photon Kathaas Music
Producer Vijay Ebenezer
Film score and soundtrack of Kanden are composed by noted evangelical composer, Vijay Ebenezer, who made his debut into film music with the project. The audio rights of Kanden, were bought by Gautham Menon after Singer Krish and Vijay had given a copy to Menon following the recommendation of actress Sangeetha and producer Sebastian. Menon impressed, wanted to release the audio under his newly launched label, Photon Kathaas Music. The music garnered positive reviews. Behindwoods quoted that the "It was a pretty decent effort composed by a newcomer. "[7]
The launch of Menon's banner and the film's album was held on December 9, 2010 at a ceremony featuring several chief guests including Suriya, K. Bhagyaraj and prominent composers Yuvan Shankar Raja and Harris Jayaraj.[8] The following a day, a promotional event was held at Odyssey in Chennai, with live renditions from the album. The event featured performances from Chinmayi, Suchitra and Krish whilst Gautham Menon, Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj and Karthik Kumar were also in attendance.[9]
Track listing
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Enge En Idhayam" Thamarai Dr. Burn, Krish, Prashanthini
2. "Oru Paaravai" Krish Krish, Gurupriya
3. "Narmada" Krish Haricharan, Suchitra
4. "Ninaivugal" Ravindran Devan Ekambaram
5. "Aa Hah" Thamarai Krish, Ujjayinee
6. "Yavarakum Thalaivan" Vaali Chinmayi, Senthil Das
7. "Cassanova" Ravindran Rahul Nambiar, Samcy, Sheeba
Contents
1 Cast
2 Plot
3 Production
4 References
Cast
Sathyaraj as Lingam
Shanthnoo as Gopal
Sana Khan as Megha
Kamal Kamaraju as Dilli
Suman
Ganja Karuppu as Tyson
Suja
Delhi Ganesh
Muraliraj
K. J. Yesudas
Plot
The film opens when a child named Tarun starts asking his father Gopal to tell him an interesting story. The father starts saying the story of Lingam, his former adopted father. Lingam is don of Madurai and the people get scared when his name is heard.So the police commissioner orders that if Lingam takes part in any of the crime he'll be killed. Thus,the don takes a decision to build a mill in Aayiram Vilakku Nagar. Gopal is a man who works in a rice mill. Megha and Gopal love each other and constantly romance.
The people in Aayiram Vilakku Nagar accept the deal and move from that place except Gopal. So one day the don's men came for asking his land but he rejects the deal. Lingam notices this and decides to adopt Gopal. Gopal's life changes and he is soon a protector of his adopted father. He is soon a problem for an opposing gang and the police force. They begin to cause trouble for him and Lingam. The opposing gang challenge Gopal and Lingam to fight. Gopal refuses and one night at a wedding, Megha and Gopal are chased by the opposing gang and run throughout the village trying to escape. Gopal kills the henchmen and saves Megha, who was about to get tortured. Gopal and Lingam are then forced to accept the fight with no other choice. Lingam and Gopal get their guns prepared overnight and head to the fields the next morning. Lingam and Gopal both fight with the main villains and kill all of them with their guns and hands. The police force enter the situation and soon Gopal and Megha leave the fields running but are followed by one more villain. The police tell Lingam that if he shoots the villain, he will be killed for all his past crimes. IF he doesn't he will be cleared of all charges and return to normal life. Lingam tells Gopal that a bad guy is behind him but Gopal doesn't hear him. The bad guy is just about to stab Gopal until Lingam shoots the bad guy. Gopal hears the shot and sees a bad guy dead. The officers shoot Lingam. Megha and Gopal run back to Lingam and Lingam says that he was proud of Gopal and wishes Gopal to take his place as leader of the dons. Gopal, in tears, accepts, and Lingam dies in Gopal's hands. Gopal is seen later telling his son the pain he feels even today.
Production
S. P. Hosimin who earlier worked as co director to Shankar and also directed Bharath starrer February 14 made his comeback and started his next project in 2009. Shanthanu is the lead hero and he would be playing a young man from Madurai. Sathyaraj was selected to play important role.[3] Sana Khan was selected[2] to play a village belle.[4] The film was started shooting in October 2009.[5][6]
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