Karka Kasadara

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Directed by R. V. Udayakumar
Written byV. Homojo (dialogues)
Story byR. V. Udayakumar
Produced byThanjai Ravi
Starring Vikranth
Lakshmi Rai
Cinematography M. Jeevan
Edited byD. S. R. Subash
Music byPrayog
Production
company
Smartline Pictures
Release date
  • 6 May 2005 (2005-05-06)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Karka Kasadara is 2005 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film produced and directed by R. V. Udayakumar. The film stars Vikranth and Lakshmi Rai in their debuts, along with Diya and Vadivelu in lead roles. The music was composed by Prayog with cinematography by M. Jeevan and editing by D. S. R. Subash. The film was released on 6 May 2005. This movie is popular for Vadivelu's comedy.

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Plot

The film begins with Rahul coming from the United States to India to see his grandparents for the first time. He helps a girl who was going to commit suicide due to her upcoming marriage. He also falls in love with Anjali.

Cast

Production

The film marked the acting debuts of actor Vijay's cousin Vikranth in lead role and Lakshmi Rai (now known as Raai Laxmi). [1] [2]

Soundtrack

Prayog, who earlier composed for Kannada films, made his debut in Tamil with this film. All the songs were written by R. V. Udayakumar. [3]

SongSinger(s)
"Minmini" Sadhana Sargam
"Karka Karka" Ranjith
"Noothana" Harish Raghavendra, Chinmayi
"A Joke" KK, Mahalakshmi Iyer
"Alappuzha" Grace Karunas
"Aithalakka"KK, Malathi

Marketing

Old Secret, a brewery brand involved in the film's promotion as brand ambassador. [4]

Reception

Indiaglitz wrote "Having ideas and giving shape to it are two different facets. The twists and turns make it an engrossing fare - though the shades of 'Gilli' and 'Thirupachi' cannot be discounted". [5] S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote "The director's forte used to be his absorbing way of story telling, which is completely missing in this film". [6] Chennai Online wrote "With a very loosely etched script, lacklustre narration and weakly defined characters, it looks like the director has totally lost his touch and exhausted all his ideas too". [7] Visual Dasan of Kalki felt Vikranth aped his cousin Vijay in acting and body language while also panning Jack Rase's villainy as over the top and Laxmi Rai's acting but praised Diya's character design but felt Udayakumar changing his style disappointed his fans. [8]

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