Chennai Kadhal | |
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Directed by | Vikraman |
Written by | Vikraman |
Produced by | Kalaipuli S. Thanu |
Starring | Bharath Genelia |
Cinematography | Muthu Ganesh |
Edited by | Anthony |
Music by | Joshua Sridhar |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Chennai Kadhal (transl.Chennai Love) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Vikraman, and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Bharath and Genelia. The score and soundtrack are composed by Joshua Sridhar. The film was released on 8 December 2006 and became a box office failure.
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Gautham, a college dropout and good-for-nothing guy, falls in love with Narmada, the daughter of a local don Sakthivel. She lives in a hostel after learning that her father is a criminal who now wants her to marry his partner Sardar's brother. So the two lovers elope to Mumbai, and they are soon tracked and separated. Finally, Gautham, along with his friends, fights against all odds to win back Narmada.
Unlike his previous ventures which were primarily family dramas, Chennai Kadhal was described by Vikraman as his "first attempt at reaching the youth". [1]
Soundtrack was composed by Joshua Sridhar and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay, Na. Muthukumar and Viveka. [2]
Song | Singers | Length |
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"Enjoy Idhu" | Ranjith | 03:48 |
"Angel Angel" | Karthik, Sunitha Sarathy | 05:05 |
"Silusilukkum" | Naresh Iyer, Kalpana Raghavendar | 02:23 |
"Thimre Thimire" | Sriram Parthasarathy, Sweta Mohan | 04:42 |
"Salladai" | Karthik, Swetha Mohan | 03:30 |
"Rendanjaamam" | Hariharan, Sangeetha | 04:19 |
Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "It is as though Vikraman, angered by the lukewarm response to his earlier family drama, has gone all out to fill up the film with formula stuff. Only that he goes overboard. The director could have stuck to family themes. At least it is known territory. `Chennai Kaadhal' is just old wine in worn out bottle". [3] Indiaglitz wrote "Laudable performances, a racy screenplay and the light-hearted comic sequences make Chennai Kadhal a definite winner". [4] Sify wrote "Director Vikraman has made a deliberate attempt to deviate from his usual formula and it has succeeded to a certain extent though the story, presentation and even dialogues are so predictable. The main problem lies with its script which has nothing new to offer and the love between the lead pair is so artificial has no life in it". [5] Sriram Iyer of Rediff.com wrote "The movie is director Vikraman's supposed attempt to make something different. It is surely not one of his usual slow paced dramas, but that alone is not enough to make it 'different,' by any standards. He has chosen a plot older than a heavily worn out doormat". [6] Lajjavathi of Kalki wrote Vikraman made a film different from family dramas however he did not move a inch away from formula calling the story routine and felt this film made tired of watching films with same formula. She praised the performance of Bharath, humour of Bharath's father and Muthu Ganesh's cinematography and concluded saying there are other directors who make such stories but there were only a few people like Vikraman who were able to play swings due to their feelings, with this film, Vikraman moved away from that line and requested Vikraman to do give a film in his style so that it will stay forever like sky (playing pun on his film Vaanathai Pola). [7]
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