Chocklet

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Chocklet
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Poster
Directed by A. Venkatesh
Written by Pattukkottai Prabakar
(Dialogue)
Screenplay byA. Venkatesh
Story by R. Madhesh
Produced byR. Madhesh
Starring Prashanth
Jaya Re
Cinematography S. D. Vijay Milton
Edited by B. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music by Deva
Production
company
Distributed byMovie Magic Films
A. P International
Release date
  • 7 September 2001 (2001-09-07)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Chocklet is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by A. Venkatesh with the story being penned by and produced by R. Madhesh. Starring Prashanth and debutant Jaya Re, the film also has Livingston, Suhasini, Mumtaj (dual role) and Nagendra Prasad in supporting roles, while the score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. The film opened on 7 September 2001 to a positive response and was successful at the box office. [1]

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Plot

Aravind meets Anjali and falls in love at first sight without knowing her background. When they meet, Anjali tells Aravind she would like to go for a trial-romance for a week, which might lead to a long-term romance, for which he agrees. Anjali is the daughter of assistant Commissioner Jayachandran and Saradha. Aravind maintains a cordial acquaintance with both of them, not knowing Anjali is their daughter. Anjali acknowledges them as her parents. Jayachandran convinces Anjali to dispense with this trial romance and make a deeper commitment as he finds Aravind a gentleman. Aravind convinces Saradha to support him as her suitor, so Saradha makes Aravind marry Anjali.

Cast

Production

The film began production in January 2001 and scenes were shot at Mayajaal for three days later that month. [2] At an official launch event held soon afterwards, producer R. Madhesh donated seventy five kilogrammes of chocolate to poor children, equivalent to the weight of the film's actor Prashanth. Reema Sen and Richa Pallod were considered to play the heroines, though their high remuneration meant that the makers signed on Avantika, a former Miss Goa pageant winner. [3] [4] For the film, Avantika was given the stagename of Jaya Re. [5] A fight scene was shot at Koyambedu Market Road near Chennai with 16 cameras, while scenes were shot in Japan and a song was shot on a cruise ship between Cambodia and Vietnam. [6]

Music

The music was composed by Deva and lyrics by Vaali. The song "Malai Malai" was the anthem for many youth around the time of the movie's release. Producer R. Madhesh opted against having a traditional audio cassette release function and chose to distribute the cassettes to music shops enclosed with Cadbury chocolate. [7]

SongSinger(s)
"Anjumani" Mathangi
"Chocolate"
"Dhuryodhana Dhuryodhana" Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
"Hosima Hosima" Devan Ekambaram, Anupama
"Kappaleh Kappaleh" Hariharan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
"Kokaragiri" Sabesh–Murali, Mathangi
"Malai Malai" Anuradha Sriram, A. R. Reihana
"En Nizhalai"Srikanth, Timmy, Mathangi
"Oru Five Star Paarvai"Niruban

Release and reception

The film opened to positive reviews in September 2001, after having an initial premiere at San Francisco Bay Area. A critic from Sify noted "The film tantalises in the beginning only to loose[ sic ] its fizz halfway through", adding "our heart goes straight out to Prashanth who despite the odds, comes up with a decent performance." [8] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu reviewed the film and added that "this youthful bonanza gets stretched, testing one's patience towards the end, none but the screenplay is to blame." [9] Rediff.com meanwhile gave the film a negative review noting "Matters are built towards a loud, dramatic, implausible climax. This one's a mess and what you keep wondering is why an accomplished actress like Suhasini Mani Rathnam had to make this the vehicle for one of her rare celluloid appearances." [10] Visual Dasan of Kalki wrote in a state of comprehension, why a good story which is backed up by fine characterisation and mature direction needs the support of glamour, this chocolate is a glamour dot com which cannot be tasted with family. [11]

The film was later dubbed and released in Telugu in March 2002 with the same name and won positive reviews from critics. [12] The success of the film led Prashanth and A. Venkatesh to re-unite, and they announced a project called Petrol in 2005, [13] [14] but Prashanth's marital problems eventually led to delays in the director's schedule and the film remains uncompleted. [15]

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